Art Essay Lily Long Cardigan

A reversible knit is a different problem from a reversible woven. A woven can be lined, bonded, or built as two cloths sewn back to back. A knit has to be constructed so that both faces are finished faces, which is why a reversible knit is nearly always two colors: each face is showing a different yarn. This one is black on one side and white on the other. The raised seams follow from the same constraint. On a knit with no wrong side there is nowhere to conceal a join, so the seams are made visible and slightly proud instead, and the trims are set in a contrasting color so that what would have been hidden becomes the finish. In cotton rather than wool it stays crisp, which a structure built this way needs, because a yarn with a halo would blur the very edges the garment is made of.

A long cardigan is the most useful layer there is, and a reversible one is two of them. That the construction is shown rather than hidden is what made it worth having.

Art Essay knits in Italy, and this is the piece where the knitting itself is the design rather than the ground for one.

One hundred percent cotton. Made in Italy. Reversible, knitted in two colors, with subtle raised seams and contrasting trims. Black and white. We do not hold a knit structure, a gauge, a length, or any other measurement.

A long cardigan is chosen on the length and on the shoulder rather than on the chest, and this one is reversible, so it has no inside to accommodate anything. Cotton has little recovery, so it relaxes across a wearing and stays where it settles rather than springing back. We do not hold a length. Call the store and someone will measure it.

Black side out over black, where the white trims are the only thing showing. White side out over the Tommy Hoodie in Sand. Over a narrow trouser either way, because a long cardigan over volume stops being a layer and starts being a coat.

A cotton knit, so it washes, and the thing to protect is the structure rather than the fiber. Wash it cool and inside out, whichever side you are calling inside, and dry it flat rather than on a hanger, because a long knit carrying its own wet weight will grow and will not come back. Keep heat away from it. Our care guidance covers the rest.

The Tommy Hoodie is the cashmere hood this goes over, and the Kara Hoodie is the one trimmed in ostrich feather. Everything we carry from Art Essay is listed together.