Research on materials, eras and care — written by the people who catalogue the pieces, not by a marketing department.
Care labels, fibre content and country of origin are the closest thing archival clothing has to a birth record. Here is how we read them, and what the small print usually gives away.
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Ply, gauge and the way a sweater is finished matter more than the name on the label. A short guide to buying cashmere that improves with age instead of pilling into oblivion.
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Vintage sizing is a fiction. Four numbers taken on a marble table will tell you more about fit than any label ever printed.
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