- Best Sweater#1
Alex Mill Jordan Sweater
Alex Mill’s Jordan sweater has the friendly correctness that the brand does well: good color, good proportion and just enough texture to make the piece feel owned rather than merely purchased. It is the sweater for transitional weather, over a shirt or under a coat, with denim or a proper trouser. The success is in the lack of over-design. A sweater should warm the outfit and calm the room. This one manages both.
- #2
La Ligne Marin Sweater
La Ligne’s Marin sweater is built around one of the most durable ideas in clothing: the stripe. It brings a little Riviera, a little school uniform and a little New York lunch reservation into the same garment. The shape is easy without being sloppy, and the pattern does the styling work without needing accessories to compensate. Striped sweaters can become cliché, but good clichés endure because they solve something. This one solves the blankness of a plain morning.
- #3
COS Pure Cashmere Sweater
COS’s cashmere is the sensible luxury pick: quiet, clean and useful in the way a good knit should be. It does not trade on heritage theater or pastoral fantasy; it simply offers a soft layer with modern proportions and restrained colors. The result is a sweater that works under a coat, over a T-shirt or on its own with trousers. It is not heirloom cashmere, perhaps, but it is civilized cashmere — and sometimes civilization is enough.