Highland Cow Hats

The shaggy Highland cow has gone from Scottish hillside to high street. UK retailers including Next, Dunelm, Matalan, George at Asda and John Lewis now stock Highland cows across homeware, and Next even gave its range a character called Hamish. The look is a long wavy outer coat over a soft fluffy undercoat, big curving horns and a fringe that flops down over the eyes, somewhere between farm animal and teddy bear. In its native Scotland the breed is affectionately called the Heilan coo, and the craze has spread as far as cow cuddling sessions on UK farms. These Highland cow hats are for the fans, not only the farmers. Two badges carry the names people search, HIGHLAND COW and HAIRY COO. The sentence designs play with the coat and the craze: JUST A GIRL WHO LOVES HIGHLAND COWS, a phrase already printed on shirts, a set of bangs that look suspiciously Highland cow inspired, fringe benefits, and the ordinary wish to keep one in an apartment. Highland cattle are described as calm and good-natured, which is exactly why JUST A LITTLE MOODY HIGHLAND COW is funny. That line and the JUST A GIRL line each get a second colorway. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Wear one for the cow you love, or give it to the friend whose fringe already looks the part.