Working on a Handmade Cashmere Sweatshirt — Would love your thoughts

[christianGV]

I’ve been quietly working on something over the past few months — a small project that started as an experiment in simplicity and quality.


The idea was to take the familiar shape of a sweatshirt, but make it entirely from hand-combed cashmere, produced by a small family atelier in Nepal, close to where the fibers are sourced.


The process is slow and deliberate — from combing and spinning the yarns, to the final finishing. Each piece is individually numbered (only 25 exist), and I’ve been refining every detail — the weight, texture, and proportions — to make it feel as honest and pure as possible.


This one is No. 17 of 25, in a warm brown-beige tone.


I’d really appreciate your thoughts —
not so much from a commercial angle, but more about the feeling it gives you:
Does the idea of a piece like this still have a place today?
Something understated, handmade, and almost meditative in its simplicity.


— Christian

 

[christianGV]

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[Phuel]

Lovely. From the sourcing, to the simplicity of the form, to the packaging.

Other than I would have much preferred a classic all-grey colorway, there’s not much to say since it’s really just a sweater in design. Would have been neat to see the inclusion of the classic v-insert at the collar just for tradition’s sake, since it’s such a signature of the heritage of a sweatshirt, even if it may not have a purpose for your cashmere version. Someone like Grace Wales Bonner would have included such a sartorial detail.