A jumper that could survive a cold wind off the Swedish coast: that was the whole brief when Tina and Peter Karstorp founded Holebrook in Gällstad in 1999. We stock Holebrook Sweden at Shirley Allum in Shaftesbury, in windproof knitwear built for coastal weather.
A windproof membrane sits inside the knit itself, not bolted on as a separate layer, so the jumper still looks and feels like a jumper rather than technical outerwear.
It began on Sweden's west coast, developed for sailors and hikers dealing with the Bohuslän coastline, and has grown from that single small factory since.
It layers well under a coat for genuinely cold days, or works alone as the warmest thing in the wardrobe on a blustery walk.
Try one on at the Shaftesbury boutique, or shop Holebrook Sweden online by size.
