I don’t know why, but I have always had a strong attraction to men in hats. Perhaps it is because as a child my parents took extreme pleasure in dressing me up in a different hat every day of the year. This resulted in my inescapable association with the name ‘hat baby’ and ever since, I have found myself subconsciously gravitating towards the hat-wearing kind.

Despite this, I know there have been many ridiculous hat trends recently. The ‘animal hat’ for example – it might have been okay for Davy Crockett to wear a racoon on his head but it certainly isn’t okay now.

However, one hat trend that I wholeheartedly approve of this winter is that throw back from the nineties, the bobble hat. You might not see them as the sexiest addition to your outfit. In fact, you probably associate them with your youth, being forced to wear that garish rainbow bobble hat with a frolicking reindeer pattern. Despite my flatmate saying that they make everyone look like children and elves, I think they are great in so many ways. I know what you are thinking now; a bit of foresight would have been appreciated. If you had known these hats were ever going to be acceptable, even ‘cool’, you would have kept the one your granny so lovingly knitted back in the day.

As well as the benefit of extreme warmth, for me, these hats say so much more about a guy’s personality. Forgive the pun, but you need balls to carry off a bobble hat. A bobble hat wearer is going to be sure of himself, and also someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously. Not everyone will feel comfortable looking like they’ve plonked a tea cosy on their head, but it works. I like a guy who can have fun with his fashion sense.

So step out into the cold wearing your bobble hat with pride, as far as I am concerned, the bigger the bobble the better.