that same d%&n sweater
Yup, it’s that same one that I bought just before Christmas from J. Crew again. But it’s so useful and so versatile and so soft! I’m tempted to wear it every day, but that would get boring.
A few tips for cashmere:
- Wear a camisole or even better a tee underneath so that there’s less skin-to-cashmere contact. This way, you’ll get more wears before washing and prolong the life of that sweater.
- Alternate between dry cleaning, handwashing or machine washing on delicate. I’m not going to tell you to only handwash, because let’s be honest you’re busy, I’m busy and for busy people like us, that’s a lot of time to be standing over a sink. But, if you dry clean sometimes (too much = too many chemicals for fine materials like cashmere), hand wash sometimes and machine wash sometimes (DO NOT PUT IN DRYER—lay flat), then your garment will last a pretty long time.
- Apparently some cashmeres are dry clean only… you should probably do what the label says. See bullet one for increased wearability before dry cleaning.
black cashmere sweater - J. Crew, with coupon
tie skirt - HousingWorks
belt - HousingWorks
pumps - new from Loehmann’s - Tahari - finally replacing my old ones which were in baaaaad shape
