Only you could make a balaklava look so chic and sleek Irina!

Thank you, ladies, you are so kind!
Helena, LOL. Maybe my ignorance made me brave - I don’t ski and didn’t know it’s a part of a winter gear. Yesterday I saw 2 balaclavas in COS and 3 in Winners. Mine is from H&M and they have a selection online.

I just saw an article that they're trending! Good idea for the pool!

Funny piece of trivia: The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean war had Lords Cardigan and Raglan participate on the British side and all three had styles of knitwear named after them !

Cee, LOL Balaclava is a small town in Cremia. I don’t think we ever called this kind of hat a balaclava in Russia, though.

It was a name adopted by the Brits after the war in remembrance of the battle where the ill fated Charge of the Light Brigade occurred. Lord Cardigan often wore a thin button up knit sweater his wife knitted for him for cold days under his military tunic. Lord Raglan had previously asked for his coat and tunic sleeves to be altered after he'd lost his right arm at the shoulder after the Battle of Waterloo.

Cee, Cool! Thank you!

I’m so glad you posted about your experience with the balaclava, Irina. It was a style I had never considered.

I have a lot of hair to stuff into a hat of any type—I’ve tried many, and look dreadful in all of them. I just really needed to keep my neck and ears warm and not scare the horses!

I loved the balaclava on you and thought that style of headgear might do for me. It does. I ended up with two: a lovely black one with faux fur edging on the hood, and an inexpensive one from H&M that I can tell will be a real workhorse. So far, I haven’t scared any horses or children while wearing! So thank you. Ears warm at last!

My favourite balaclava story concerns a bank robber who accidentally knocked himself out when he pulled one over his face not realising he had it on backwards and then ran into a signpost.

Easiest arrest the cops made that day.

Cee, lol
Kate, I’m glad it works for you, too! Initially bought to have limited use, it became a workhorse for me.