Those dainty leather driving numbers don't cut it with winds whipping by at 30 degreesand big, ugly ski gloves leave style in the cold. Enter the storied French glove-maker Causse. Each pair of their mitts is handmade using a 100-year-old process, with results so fabulous that Karl Lagerfeld orders 250 sets at a time. Though they make everything from the fingerless models that the Kaiser favors to over-the-elbow opera styles, our favorites are these shearling-lined gold lambskin versions. Mittens this luxurious and functional deserve a handyours.
Causse Garance mitten in gold lambskin, $250, available at Davis Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho, (208) 725-0180, and Causse, Paris, 011-33-1-49-26-91-43. For more information, see www.gant-causse.com.