There’s a knit that I’ve all the time worn below every part. It’s what I put on below a tailor-made jacket, like the Anthology gray herringbone, but in addition what I put on below informal clothes like my Connolly tobacco suede.
It goes with the total vary from formal to informal, by itself or for layering. It’s the two-ply flannel-grey cashmere crewneck.
I had one from Luca Faloni for a very long time, and that featured frequently on PS over time. However I used to be all the time searching for a denser, Scottish-made model, if solely as a result of I didn’t just like the strip of beige the opposite one had across the collar.
Not many individuals appeared to promote one although. Exterior of larger manufacturers, Colhay’s was the most effective match, and I did converse to Ronnie about doing a flannel-grey model of one in all his crewnecks that I put on. However he already did a darkish gray, and (most likely sensibly) determined that he didn’t need two greys.
So final 12 months we began working with a Scottish mill to make our personal, with a couple of small tweaks alongside the way in which. That is what’s going on sale right now, and is pictured above and under.
In most methods, it’s that straightforward, traditional gray crewneck I wished.
The 2-ply yarn and 21 gauge makes it the on a regular basis mid-weight that you may put on a lot of the 12 months, together with indoors, and which layers below jackets and coats.
The color is the mid-grey flannel everyone knows from tailoring, that goes with each color and has that specific skill to melt sturdy hues.
The actual fact it’s Scottish made means the knit is tighter, utilizing extra cashmere, and can final higher, softening over time and with the occasional wash. (See video with Colhay’s right here on that.)
However we additionally made some small tweaks to tie in with the remainder of the PS merchandise. So we raised the collar barely on the again, in the identical means as the Tapered T-shirts. I believe it’s typically extra flattering.
The opposite gray crewnecks are likely to have a double cuff, which whereas good, isn’t the straightforward and versatile look I wished with right here – as with the Cashmere Rugby. So that is single cuff.
The sleeves are usually a bit brief on these knits, so we lengthened them a few cm. Higher to err a contact on the lengthy aspect, as you gained’t discover a small quantity of additional fullness within the sleeve, however you’ll discover if it’s too brief. We additionally introduced the physique slot in a tiny quantity to deliver them in keeping with the opposite PS items.
None of it revolutionary, as Luke Walker talked about in our current video interview. Simply tweaks to make it our good model, and to make it in step with every part else.
I had a glance by way of outdated photographs on the Lookbook to see the place I had worn a gray cashmere crewneck up to now, and there have been fairly a couple of. It supplied some proof for what I had in any other case assumed – that it’s the kind and color of knit I put on essentially the most, due to its versatility. I’ve included a couple of of them under.
As with the Tapered T-shirt, it’s actually satisfying creating one thing that you just all the time wished, as a result of now you’ve gotten it. And you’ll keep it up carrying it with every part.
The Cashmere Crewneck is obtainable on the store, priced £270 plus taxes (£324 within the UK).
Product particulars:
- 100% cashmere, utilizing two-ply Scottish yarn
- Knitted in Scotland at 21 gauge
- Single cuff, increased again collar
- Average to slim match (see measurement chart under)
- Basic size
Dimension and match:
- Runs true to measurement
- I put on a Medium, have a 39-inch chest and usually put on a measurement 40 jacket (measurement 50 European)
- Be aware the knits are labelled with the producer’s measurement, which doesn’t correspond to a regular chest measurement (just like the Cashmere Rugby)
Dimension chart
| XS | S | M | L | XL | |
| Chest | 19.5 inches | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 |
| Size | 25.75 | 26.25 | 26.75 | 27.25 | 27.75 |
| Below arm | 20.75 | 20.75 | 21 | 21.25 | 21.25 |
Different garments proven:
- Classic blue/black searching jacket
- White PS Undershirt
- Classic seventies Levi’s 501s
- Bespoke Anthology jacket in PS Shetland Tweed
- Rubato Officer’s Chinos
Apologies for the dearth of straight-on shot or flat lay. I will add these later.
Photographs under present different outfits with a gray cashmere crewneck, not the brand new PS mannequin
