The cardigan has spent decades being underestimated and we think that ends here. Done badly it reads as an afterthought, something grabbed because the weather turned and nothing else was clean. Done well it is one of the most useful layering pieces in a wardrobe that actually gets used. The difference is in the weight, the button quality, and whether the cut is considered enough to sit properly over a collar or under a jacket without pulling across the shoulders. We have been looking specifically for cardigans that work across multiple situations without requiring a complete rethink of what you are wearing underneath. Over a Oxford cloth shirt for the office. Over a plain tee on the weekend. The ones that fail usually do so because they are too shapeless, too thin, or in a colour that only works with half of what you own. These cardigans do not have that problem.