To help you along, here are our top picks of balaclavas to buy now.
The evidence is clear: we’re all about covering up, for practical purposes and those of style. Ski masks, meanwhile, have long been the headgear of choice for those wanting to show a bit of edge, whether rappers or anonymous artists. Pair that with a cosy hat and you’ve got the balaclava. We may have started wearing masks for Covid protection reasons, but the warmth they gave us in the colder months was definitely appreciated.
Kim may have tipped the balance, but just look to the past year’s various face covering options for evidence that we’ve been considering variations on the balaclava for quite sometime. While some have pointed to Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala look as the cause for the balaclava’s dramatic rise (Depop reports a 145% increase in searches in the past month), the truth is that we’ve been edging towards a knitted headgear surge for quite some time. Instead, the head-warmer of choice this season is the balaclava, ski mask, or knitted hood – anything that covers the majority of your face, basically.
