Knitwear brand fashion editors swear by launches menswear: jumpers inspired by James Baldwin and Jarvis Cocker

&Daughter is manner insider’s champion kept knitwear secret, launched successful 2013 and crafted by manus by 5 makers successful Scotland and Ireland. Now, laminitis Buffy Reid is expanding the offering to menswear.

“We person taken our signature silhouettes and reworked them for masculine proportions,” she says. Think agleam grandad cardigans, slouchy crewnecks, airy pinkish knit rugby shirts, important subject greenish rotation necks and charming lambswool waistcoats. 

“A bully jumper is arsenic indispensable arsenic a achromatic t-shirt,” Reid continues. “We spot knitwear arsenic the instauration of modern dressing and our lawsuit shops and wears knitwear successful the aforesaid way. They see a sweater, cardigan oregon polo garment to beryllium the cornerstone of an outfit, that portion that brings everything other together.”

As for her foray into antheral wardrobes, she explains: “I thought of those men who conscionable deterioration knits brilliantly — from Derek Jarman successful a navy unit astatine Dungeness to James Baldwin walking the streets of Paris successful a colourful sweater, oregon Jarvis Cocker successful a skinny V-neck successful the nineties.”

The ten-piece collection, disposable now, is “foundational” — but Reid’s apical prime is the Rosh Crewneck (£350, and-daughter.com). “A crewneck was the archetypal portion we designed erstwhile we started the marque 10 years agone and for maine it's inactive the godforsaken land knit piece, if I had to deterioration 1 jumper for the remainder of time.”

As for wherefore the manner acceptable person swooned for them — yes, the products are simple, blase and sleek. But it’s besides the attraction item gathering a tiny scale, section accumulation enactment that makes &Daughter basal out. “We lone enactment with 5 yarns and 5 makers, each based successful the UK and Ireland. For this archetypal men's collection, we worked with a ace good lambswool that is RWS certified and spun by practice Scottish spinners, Todd and Duncan, who are situated connected a quality reserve successful Loch Leven. Why? It is argued that Scotland spins the champion yarns successful the satellite and perchance the champion knitwear too, due to the fact that of the purity of the water,” says Reid. 

It’s arsenic bully a income transportation arsenic any.