Brooks Brothers vs Johnstons of Elgin Cashmere sweater?

[zodiacs]

Greetings Guys,

I got a fairly good deal on both of these ~200 each. If you had to pick one that had better quality, which would it be? It's my first cashmere sweater and I'd like it to last a few seasons. I'd keep both, but well, 200 is a bit much.

Thanks!

Z

 

[zodiacs]

No thoughts on this?

 

[apack]

Johnston's is a good cashmere maker. That's top-end cashmere to me. Brooks Brothers isn't a fabric maker so it's hard to evaluate exactly what you have there. Most likely Johnston's is better, but, again, hard to say without a side-by-side comparison.

 

[LaymanX]

Brooks Brothers uses Todd & Duncan (at least for the men's sweaters), which also supplies for Hermes I believe. For what it's worth, I have a Johnston's cashmere scarf and a Brooks Brothers Scottish cashmere sweater and they've both held up nicely.