Everything worth knowing about Reformation Dusk Knit Top is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. Fibre content tells you more than price. Look for the percentage, not the word cashmere. A tight gauge holds shape; a loose one drapes and eventually grows. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is fibre, gauge and how well it holds shape. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: Boden's Bow Neck Knitted Sweater-Poppy Red at $140, and RESA's Minka in Black Knit at $72. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. A tight gauge holds shape; a loose one drapes and eventually grows. Fibre content tells you more than price. Look for the percentage, not the word cashmere. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

Tuck the front hem only. It reads as considered rather than fussy. From the second group, Frankies Bikinis's Cuddle Knit Tank Top - Montauk Stripe ($67) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, shorts, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 knits here from 14 brands, $29 to $279, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. Liverpool Los Angeles's PETITE SHORT SLEEVE V-NECK KNIT TEE at $29 is the low-risk way in, and St. Agni's Slim Square Neck Knit Top - Black at $279 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. On reformation dusk knit top specifically: the difference between the top and the bottom of this list is real but smaller than the price gap suggests. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: one considered purchase beats three hedged ones.