Sou'wester

Headpieces

Stormproof
Skippers and other seafarers use it to protect their hat against wind, rain, cold and splashing seawater. But this cool fisherman's hat also comes in handy for brisk bike rides. The wide brim, which extends far at the back and thus falls over the collar, prevents a nasty cold jet of water from entering your neck during rain showers. Originally made of oil cloth, but nowadays also of other water-repellent materials, so wear it mainly through weather and (southwestern) wind. If it's up to Gucci's chief designer Alessandro Michele, southwesterners and bucket hats are becoming a fashion staple again: for Spring/Summer 2017, he sent men onto the runway in red and yellow southwesterners with matching raincoats.

Image: © AGU, model Westminster

 

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