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Lambswool Crew Sweater
About Drake's sweaters: Drake's is a British classic-menswear house — its knitwear runs to lambswool, Shetland, merino and cashmere crews and cardigans in heritage cuts and rich colours.
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Drake's makes British classic-menswear knitwear — lambswool, Shetland, merino and cashmere crews and cardigans in heritage cuts with the house's rich, considered colours. Owners praise the fibre quality, the colour range and the timeless cut. Reviewers see it as a luxury heritage knit, with the caveats that the price is high and the styling is deliberately classic. The yarn quality, colours and heritage cut are the draw.
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- Material
- Lambswool, Shetland, merino or cashmere depending on style, mid gauge.
- Fit
- Classic heritage fit, true to size.
- Quality
- High — quality fibres, rich colours and clean heritage finishing.
- Best for
- Classic-menswear outfits, rich heritage colours, and quality lambswool or cashmere.
- Care
- Hand-wash or gentle wool cycle and lay flat to dry; shave any pilling.
How Drake's sweaters hold up overall
Owners on Styleforum report the knits holding up to heavy use — one wore a fair isle cashmere piece hard all winter with little to any pilling. The range is knitted by different outside mills, and owners note the specs vary between models, so fit is not consistent across the line: some pieces are reported to run small in the chest and body length while others run large. Price is the recurring gripe — even posters who like the knitwear say the brand tends to overcharge relative to what comparable Scottish-knit pieces cost.
- Strengths
- Durability — owners report seasons of hard wear with minimal pilling on the wool and cashmere knits.
- Watch out for
- Sizing is inconsistent from style to style because different mills knit different models, and several owners consider the line overpriced for what it is.
- Sizing
- Measurements differ between models, so owners advise checking each piece's measurements rather than trusting your usual size — and when in doubt, sizing up.
About Drake's's sweaters line as a whole. Sources: Who produces Drake's cashmere sweaters/cardigans? — Styleforum · Drakes Knitwear Question - Odd Sizing — Styleforum
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