Risa's Fedora Traveler is made for weather and for the road. Shaped from 100 per cent wool felt and waterproofed, it is soft enough to settle to the shape of its wearer's head and comfortable enough to wear all day. The brim is deliberately cut into an oval, giving the hat a sporting, modern line while keeping the poise of a classic fedora.

Each one is made to order in the Risa Hutwerkstatt at Hägglingen, in the Swiss canton of Aargau, where hats are still shaped by hand with an iron and a damp cloth. It comes in black, dark taupe, light grey and anthracite, in sizes 54 to 63, which cover most heads in most families.

A Swiss hat with more than a century of hat-making behind it, for anyone whose idea of a winter walk allows for the possibility of rain.