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From balabonnets to hoods – what’s behind the trend for grownup bonnets?


No longer the preserve of newborns, the bonnet is having its own catwalk moment this season. But is their cosy revival driven purely by practicality, or something deeper?

Mette Wendelboe Okkels, the Danish knitwear designer and founder of PetiteKnit who created the viral mini Sophie scarf, is experiencing similar success with her bonnet pattern. Photograph: James Halsall-FoxCloser to home, the British knitwear brand Herd has collaborated with the homeware shop Straw London on a range, which come in matching baby sizes. Last year, the French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla was told she would have to swap her hijab for a baseball cap to participate in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

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