BALACLAVA CHIC...

Apparently there's a cold spell coming and I feel completely unprepared. However many layers of clothing I put on there are two parts of me that remain freezing whatever - all of my face and all of my fingers. And thumbs. Ok,that's more than two, but you get my drift.
When I'm riding my bike I wear His new super-duper Gore gloves even though they're massive on me, but who cares when they're like central heating for hands. And I received a gorgeous pair of black leather cashmere-lined gloves for xmas that make me feel like I've just stepped out of a Hitchcock film.
But the face thing is a problem. What can I wear ON MY FACE that doesn't make me look like an off-duty armed robber?
And then I came across this...

And I realised that in the face of abject coldness, practicality always wins!


Balaclava photo from www.outsapop.com