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The Best Jumpers for Men Make Winter (More) Special
Mood-boosting knits from Diesel, Miu Miu and more
Ever been on a bus, peering out of a rain-washed window with something wistful on repeat, and felt like you’re in your very own (admittedly, very low-budget) music video? Or been walking through the streets of your hometown during the Christmas break, on the way to an old local, and felt like the protagonist in a (again, distinctly uninspired) Hallmark movie?
These are instances that we and the rest of the internet call 'Main Character Moments'. And what we’ve recently come to realise – even though it’s always been glaringly obvious – is that the sartorial key to unlocking such moments is jumpers. Specifically, super cosy ones.
Luxury labels like Loewe and Miu Miu are exceptional at the very kind. More affordable brands like Cos and ISTO, too. Their offerings are also versatile, made to last (who doesn't want to get their money's worth?) and thick enough to work as a top layer during the autumn and spring, yet thin enough to assume the role of base layer (under trek-ready nylon puffers, big cashmere power coats etc.) during the winter.
Discover Main Character knits from these marques and more in our list of the best jumpers for men for 2023 (and beyond), below.
Diesel
How to gain approval from the cool kids in 2023: wear Diesel. Bonus points if it's a knit adorned with the house’s coveted Oval D logo.
£210; diesel.com
Norse Projects
Fact: men are incapable of looking scruffy when clad in brushed lambswool jumpers. Grab a good one from Norse Projects.
£250; norseprojects.com
Gobi Cashmere
This Mongolian Cashmere crew-neck jumper is so cosy, it mollycoddles. And would you look at that price!
£86.70; gobicashmere.com
Vuori
Vuori does more than activewear, it also does refined pieces for wear at formal affairs – this heather grey sweater being our top pick.
£110; vuoriclothing.co.uk
Miu Miu
The flyest thing a guy can wear in 2023 is, without a doubt, Miu Miu womenswear. (We’ll let this short-sleeve wool and cashmere jumper convince the naysayers.)
£1,460; miumiu.com
Paul & Shark
Plenty a study has determined that the clothes we wear directly affect our mood and behaviour. For calm and relaxation, we’d prescribe Paul & Shark's crewneck jumper in shade ‘forest night’.
£375; paulandshark.com
Auralee
Auralee – an eight-year-old Tokyo-based label favoured by the understated dressers that govern fashion’s inner circle – delivers a ribbed knit royal blue masterpiece for the current season.
£365; brownsfashion.com
A.P.C x JW Anderson
Is it a coincidence that the A.P.C x JW Anderson Connor jumper shares a name with Jonathan Anderson’s current menswear muse, Kit Connor? Considering the actor features in the campaign for the collaboration wearing the knit, and it’s of a design that aligns with his affable, boy-next-door demeanour, it's highly unlikely.
£460; endclothing.com
Loewe
Also a Jonathan Anderson knitwear creation, but one seemingly inspired by realms outside of our reality.
£1,100; harveynichols.com
ERL
No modern-day jumper round-up is complete without an ERL entry. The American marque is the king of knitwear, after all.
£550; mrporter.com
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