For many years mittens have had a bad rap. Not only have they been considered the slightly dorky cousin of more grown-up gloves but they are also the mainstay of a cautionary rhyme (whose three little kittens lose and soil their mittens, much to the dismay of their parental unit).
I’ll admit that they are a little nerdy, slightly juvenile, and a piece of clothing that takes you back to junior school and suggest the presence of an attached cord (so that, as your mother might say, “you can’t lose one”) but this year mittens have been given an overhaul and are a lot more mature.
