Merinomink™ Possum Merino Felted Hat

Structured hat in warmest, softest Possum Merino, by Merinomink™

This meticulously hand crafted hat oozes elegance and will complement a variety of outfits. Featuring a ribbed brim and structured, felted top, this hat offers all the warmth of a beanie but with an added layer of sophistication.

Matching gloves also available. One size fits most.

Knitted and hand finished in New Zealand using a premium blend of 40% Possum fur, 50% Merino and 10% Silk.

About Possum Merino

Once you’ve tried it nothing else will feel as warm and soft. Possum Merino is a wonderful blend of possum fur and superfine New Zealand Merino wool with a texture similar to cashmere - luxuriously soft, incredibly lightweight, exceptionally warm and easy to wear. It won’t pill, it won’t wrinkle, it’s anti-static and is an innovative and practical market solution to an environmental challenge facing New Zealand.

The Brushtail Possum fibre has two rare qualities

• No scales so the fibre itself resists pilling as there is no friction. Merinomink^TM garments stay looking new for ages. The more possum fibre in the blend the more the garments resist pilling!
• A hollow structure so the fibre has a very high warmth to weight ratio, air is trapped both within the fibre and in the fabric when blended with high crimp, fine Merino (just like insulation) so that is why Merinomink^TM garments are so warm yet not bulky. For its weight, Merino wool blended with Brushtail Possum fibre is twice as warm as any other wool blend in the world!

Care Directions

Please follow those on care label attached to the garment. Cool hand wash with a gentle detergent. Cool rinse well. Lay flat to dry in the shade. Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. Drycleanable.

About Merinomink^TM

Knitwear is the heritage, life and passion of Snowy Peak Limited, parent company of Merinomink^TM. Established in 1981, Snowy Peak Limited is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The company is named after the high country property in Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand on which Peri Drysdale, the company founder, grew up.

Snowy Peak Limited pioneered the use of Brushtail Possum fibre blended with wool in 1992 and following deep research, launched Merinomink^TMon the market in 1996. In 1998 it also launched Untouched World^TM, an ethical lifestyle fashion brand and retail concept.

The vision of Snowy Peak Ltd, is to create a healthy, vital and dynamic future for the planet and its people, through both its products and business activity.

Having firmly established a reputation for innovative design, luxurious quality and authentic provenance, Merinomink^TM has become a coveted brand for celebrities and royalty alike.

About the Brushtail Possum

The use of Brushtail Possum fibre in New Zealand benefits our environment by contributing to a reduction in the use of broadcast poisons; and to the effort to protect our native forest and birds. The Brushtail Possum is an animal introduced to New Zealand in 1837 from Australia; it is only found in Australasia. The Brushtail Possum is New Zealand’s biggest ecological threat.

Brushtail Possums occupy 95% of New Zealand, with an estimated total of nearly 60 million eating their way through thousands of tonnes of native vegetation each night, they also eat the eggs and chicks of our native species. They are legally classified as pests. Much of the control of possums has been through broadcast toxic chemicals which New Zealand wants to reduce or eliminate.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) support our use of possum fur.