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By Zach Liollio on Feb 06, 2023 12:01 am
Head-warming hats like beanies and woolen caps are so ingrained in our daily lives, we don’t ever really consider their origins. Almost everything we wear has some sort of utilitarian roots, but the universal need to keep our heads warm in the colder seasons has spawned numerous different styles of cold-weather headwear – styles that have transcended utility and embedded themselves into the modern sartorial zeitgeist.
Being in the business of gear that’s built to last, naturally about 80% of the garb we cover here at Heddels is some sort of take on workwear styles, and that applies to hats and caps. Watch caps and winterized caps feature in our editorial each year when the temps drop, but we’ve never examined the roots of cold-weather headwear. So without further ado, that’s what we’re going to do.
Make yourself a coffee and prepare to have a whole new level of appreciation of your winter hats.
The Great Frozen North
A map game from the Klondike Gold Rush, 1897. Image via Library of Congress.
Few places test the limits of human endurance like Alaska. Many have laid claims to the land over its history; the United States acquired it in 1867 leading to much lampooning by critics who thought of it as nothing more than a frozen wasteland. The discovery of gold in the Klondike, a region that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border, froze further complaints. Adventurers and writers like Jack London followed the waves of prospectors who hoped to strike gold there at the close of the 19th century. In that harsh climate, practical winter workwear was impossible to undervalue. An intermixing of American, Canadian, Native, and Russian dress kept travelers warm in driving snow and winds in temperatures that plummeted well below freezing.
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