Cashmere comes in very different qualities, and the price reflects that more than you might think. A one-hundred-dollar cashmere sweater from a fast retailer is not the same fibre as a five-hundred-dollar one from a designer.
Buying Cashmere
How to buy cashmere is a question I return to every time a cardigan feels either like a daily layer or a serious investment. This edit compares wool-cashmere blends with 100% cashmere styles, from SIMKHAI and Anthropologie to Toteme, A.P.C., FRAME, and Veronica Beard, with plenty of cardigans to make the differences tangible.
Zorina Wool & Cashmere Cardigan with Shearling Collar
SIMKHAI
$645
The Juliet Cashmere Cardigan Sweater
Anthropologie
$158
OLYMPE CASHMERE CARDIGAN -- COTTAGE
DOEN
$398
Cashmere cardigan
Toteme
$790
Juliet 100% Cashmere Cardigan
Anthropologie
$158
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Wool-cashmere cardigan (W)
A.P.C.
$285
Kennedy Cashmere Sweater
Elie Tahari
$398
Sotheby's Cashmere Sweater
FRAME
$698
Daro Embroidered Cashmere Cardigan
Veronica Beard
$598
Angel Top in Chalk Cashmere Jersey
Khaite
$740
TONI SUPERFINE CASHMERE SWEATER
Staud
$395
Cashmere Phoebe Polo
Jenni Kayne
$595
