What colors do you like for cashmere sweaters? - Page 8

I hope you are not as underwhelmed with cashmere as I was. Granted, I din't get the primo stuff, but still.

May I ask what your budget is? PM me if you don't want it out in public.

Where do you plan to source the cashmere sweaters from? Have you identified the sources yet?

You have to look very hard ... preferably NOS. I'll wait and watch what you get.But for now, I am totally off cashmere.

I have no direct experience with either brand. However, I have heard from multiple sources that W. Lockie is very good. From pictures I have seen, they have gorgeous, vibrant colors. 'Poppy' or somesuch is a superb shade of red. Look around and see if you can find good pics ...

Lockie is too expensive for me though ...

I imagine $300 a sweater will be tough,given your specs.
Can anyone comment on BBBF cashmere sweaters? Is there pilling? How is it compared to regular non BF cashmere sweaters?

RJman and I have recent experience with Johnston's, and it's not good. In fact they and Ballantyne are the two Scottish companies I've been most disappointed with recently. The sweaters I've seen have been much thinner, cheaper looking and knit with a slightly higher gauge (smaller knit) than traditional Scottish cashmere.

To be fair I haven't had any shedding problems with these Johnston's or Ballantynes. I don't whether RJ has.

I have a dark purple V-neck cashmere from Martin & Osa that's the tits. IMO purple is a very underrated color, and very flattering, kinda like black but more interesting. I don't know why everyone loves pure cashmere though, I prefer blends. Dark red isa also a good choice. As long as you don't buy some lame pastels of yellow, blue or green it'll look cool.

I keep hoping that somewhere, in one of these too-numerous and too-similar discussions, someone who knows what traditional Scottish cashmere is supposed to look like and has recent buying experience with labeled products from Lockie, Murray Allen (if they're still around), N. Peal, even old standards like Pringle etc will chime in and let us know. Until then, all we have to work on are conflicting marketing claims (e.g. Johnston's is claiming they're the only Scottish company who's still processing from raw fiber, which apparently isn't true) and companies telling us half the story about what yarns they're using.

20 years ago Pringle was supposed to be the best. I never see them around any more. I assume they are just done.

Used to have a nice little store in the Burlington Arcade. In 1990, my mother bought a plain sweater there that was marked down from GBP 600.