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Cashmere Sweater Hierarchy

epsilon22

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Photographing dark navy is hard... Anyways, since it'll be boring with just a pic of a single sweater, I'll throw in some bonuses. From left to right: Colombo kid cashmere navy turtleneck, Permanent Style (Umbria Verde) navy wool crewneck, GRP burgundy merino polo.

The Colombo turtleneck is nice and snug around the neck, and very soft, noticeably softer than Scottish cashmere, even compared to my Lockie turtleneck that has been washed 4x (I wash turtleneck more frequently as they come into contact with skin moisturizer/sunscreen and hair product). Is it worth ~3x the price of comparable style Scottish sweater? Well, hard to say, the full price is tough to swallow, but I'll see if I end up wearing this much more than my Lockie in the future.

The PS finest crewneck (I took off all the labels as they're prickly to my skin, considering this is worn directly without any undershirt) is knit in higher gauge, close up picture attached to compare the Colombo turtleneck and the PS crewneck. It uses LP Wish wool, which I find comparable to cashmere in terms of how prickly they are on my skin, I think it's not as fine as the Colombo kid cashmere, but the hand feel is smoother due to the higher gauge knit. It's also very thin, on a very cold day I sometimes wear this under a chunky sweater, kind of like an undershirt (a very fancy one if I may say so, I don't think uniqlo will ever make a fully-fashioned polyester undershirt haha).

Haven't worn the GRP polo yet, but it's a very nice shade of burgundy. I bought it for the upcoming Chinese New Year, I don't usually wear red clothing, so I guess it's a nice excuse to force me out of my comfort zone. It's not fully-fashioned like most Scottish knitwear, I think it's cut and sewn like a normal shirt, which may be a downside for some, but I'm not too bothered by it.

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I'll throw in a few other ones. Two Colhay's cardigans oatmeal lambswool and merino navy (with cream/burgundy trim), and one The Armoury ink cashmere cable crewneck (bought via Drop 93, likely made by Lockie). The club cardigan with cream/burgundy trim was bought many months ago, but didn't see any action until the weather got colder so it feels quite new. The lambswool cardigan and the cashmere crewneck are more recent additions.

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I ordered my first William Lockie Oxton crewneck off MrPorter in size XXL. I love it, very densely knit, slimmer waist with enough room in the chest for a relaxed fit, the turn back cuffs are long enough for my taller frame.. Anyone know what # size this equates to when looking at A Hume’s selection of Lockie? There’s nothing on the garment besides XXL
 

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I ordered my first William Lockie Oxton crewneck off MrPorter in size XXL. I love it, very densely knit, slimmer waist with enough room in the chest for a relaxed fit, the turn back cuffs are long enough for my taller frame.. Anyone know what # size this equates to when looking at A Hume’s selection of Lockie? There’s nothing on the garment besides XXL
A Hume's Lockie sweaters are sized based on the chest pit-to-pit width, though sometimes there are inconsistencies and different retailers may request different modifications to the fit (sleeve length, waist width, body length).

I'd suggest measuring your sweater's chest width, then order the size that's 2x of that width (e.g., if it's 22" wide, then the corresponding size "should" be 44).
 

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A Hume's Lockie sweaters are sized based on the chest pit-to-pit width, though sometimes there are inconsistencies and different retailers may request different modifications to the fit (sleeve length, waist width, body length).

I'd suggest measuring your sweater's chest width, then order the size that's 2x of that width (e.g., if it's 22" wide, then the corresponding size "should" be 44).
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Dyou reckon it’s easy to replace the leather pull tab on the Lockie quarter zips with a standard metal tab?
 

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Dyou reckon it’s easy to replace the leather pull tab on the Lockie quarter zips with a standard metal tab?
Hmm can't help with that, sorry. I don't have it, or any other quarter zips as of yet. If I were to get a zip sweater I'd probably go with Colhay's though, looks more interesting with the taller collar.
 

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