Cardigan
Knitted jacket that opens all the way down, with buttons or a zipper. It is a soft layer over a T-shirt, polo or shirt and can replace a sport coat in calm settings. Navy or gray goes with chinos, wool trousers and jeans. The name goes back to the British Earl of Cardigan.
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From the Guide
- Navy on top is the safest choice: safe with light, gray, earth-toned and brown trousers. Navy with navy or with jeans only works with a clearly different fabric.
- A gray sweater on top is safe with brown and with jeans. With gray, navy and light trousers it quickly becomes tone on tone.
Related terms
- Oxford shirtShirt made of Oxford cloth, usually with a button-down collar whose points are buttoned to the shirt.
- Poplin shirtShirt made of poplin: smooth, dense and fine, with a collar that carries a tie, such as the wide-spread cutaway collar.
- Chambray shirtShirt made of chambray, which from a distance looks like lightweight denim.
- Camp-collar shirtShirt with a flat, open lapel collar without a collar stand and a straight hem, made to be worn untucked.
- Band-collar shirtShirt that has only the collar band and no collar points.
- PoloShort-sleeved top with a shirt collar and a short placket with two or three buttons.