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Browse all Inis Meáin jackets & outerwear →Women's Cashmere Raftery Coat
The verdict
Fit
Raftery silhouette adapted for women; structured yet flowing, designed for feminine proportions.
Quality
At $1,195, positioned in upper-contemporary to luxury range; cashmere and Irish craftsmanship support the tier.
Is the price fair?
Premium pricing for women's cashmere; luxury-adjacent but more accessible than full-designer alternatives.
Best for
Women seeking a refined cashmere coat balancing heritage craftsmanship with contemporary styling.
Care
Professional dry cleaning essential; store cashmere with care to prevent damage from humidity and pests.
What owners report about Inis Meáin jackets & outerwear
Inis Meáin's jackets are knitted pieces — a linen pub jacket and a heavier storm jacket — made by hand on the Aran island where the company knits everything. Press coverage and a long-running Styleforum thread treat the line as top-tier knitwear: owners describe pieces still in perfect shape after years of wear, and the storm jacket is reported as the brand's most detailed and most expensive item. The recurring gripes are the steep prices and sizing that shifts between models and between regional versions of the same garment.
- Strengths
- Owners and press consistently report hand-finished, made-in-Ireland knitting in high-grade yarns that holds up over years of wear.
- Watch out for
- Prices run high and owners report noticeable variation in listed sizes across identical models made for different markets, so fit is the main thing that goes wrong.
- Sizing
- Sizing is not consistent across the line — some knits run true while others run small, and European, US and Japanese versions of the same model can carry different listed sizes — so check the garment-specific measurements before ordering.
About Inis Meáin's jackets & outerwear line as a whole. Sources: Inis Meain knitwear | Styleforum · Cometh the hour, cometh the Meáin jacket – The Irish Times · Inis Meain knitwear | Page 27 | Styleforum