Best brands for cold weather

Outdoor and workwear brands whose jackets and sweaters score highest on the material rubric.

How we rank

Cold-weather wear lives or dies on warmth + durability. The composite overall grade captures both. Wool, down, and insulated synthetics dominate the high-scoring catalogs here.

Tags: Outdoor · WorkwearCategories: Jackets, SweatersRanked by: Overall material grade

1
Barbour🇬🇧OutdoorWorkwear
5 Sweaters · sustainability 54/100 · overall 67/100
C67Overall material grade
2
Topo Designs🇺🇸OutdoorAmericana
20 Jackets · 13 Sweaters · sustainability 57/100 · overall 65/100
C65Overall material grade
3
Patagonia🇺🇸OutdoorEcoGorpcore
23 Sweaters · 12 Jackets · sustainability 62/100 · overall 64/100
C64Overall material grade
4
Cotopaxi🇺🇸OutdoorEco
133 Jackets · 52 Sweaters · sustainability 46/100 · overall 62/100
C62Overall material grade
5
Gramicci🇺🇸OutdoorStreetwear
24 Jackets · 19 Sweaters · sustainability 38/100 · overall 61/100
C61Overall material grade
6
Gildan🇭🇳Workwear
5 Sweaters · sustainability 41/100 · overall 61/100
C61Overall material grade
7
L.L.Bean🇺🇸OutdoorWorkwearAmericana
26 Jackets · sustainability 41/100 · overall 60/100
C60Overall material grade
8
South2 West8🇯🇵OutdoorWorkwear
18 Sweaters · 15 Jackets · sustainability 34/100 · overall 59/100
C59Overall material grade
9
Snow Peak🇯🇵OutdoorWorkwear
43 Jackets · 25 Sweaters · sustainability 34/100 · overall 59/100
C59Overall material grade
10
Kapital🇯🇵Avant-GardeDenimWorkwear
4 Jackets · sustainability 39/100 · overall 58/100
C58Overall material grade
11
nanamica🇯🇵OutdoorTechwearMinimalist
27 Jackets · 7 Sweaters · sustainability 28/100 · overall 57/100
C57Overall material grade
12
Eddie Bauer🇺🇸OutdoorWorkwearAmericana
71 Jackets · 33 Sweaters · sustainability 29/100 · overall 56/100
C56Overall material grade
13
Columbia🇺🇸OutdoorSportswear
39 Jackets · sustainability 28/100 · overall 55/100
C55Overall material grade
14
Engineered Garments🇺🇸WorkwearAmericanaAvant-Garde
7 Sweaters · 1 Jackets · sustainability 27/100 · overall 55/100
C55Overall material grade
15
Workman🇯🇵WorkwearOutdoorTechwear
15 Sweaters · 11 Jackets · sustainability 22/100 · overall 54/100
D54Overall material grade