Navy is the one color in knitwear that never asks anything of you. It works with grey trousers, dark denim, olive chinos, a white shirt underneath, a navy suit over it. The problem most men run into is paying too much for a name or too little for anything worth keeping, and ending up with a jumper that pills after three wears or loses its shape by January. We’ve been specifically looking for the pieces that sit in neither of those camps. The ones where the yarn weight is right, the construction holds up to actual wear, and the whole thing looks considered rather than just thrown on. Price point matters here because a navy jumper should be a workhorse, not a trophy. We found options that make the most of a realistic budget without cutting the corners that actually count. These are the ones worth adding to the rotation before the temperature drops.