Mary | Timeless Cardigan for Women

The layer for cold rooms, not cold weather — one thin panel of woven cotton, with nothing on it to fasten.

Almost every cardigan sold is knitted, which makes it a garment for winter. But the thing most women are actually cold in from May to September is not weather at all — it is a room: the restaurant, the waiting room, the produce aisle, anywhere the air conditioning is turned up. That needs a different garment entirely, not a warmer one but a thinner one. The Mary is a single layer of lightweight woven cotton: enough to take the chill off indoors, and nothing at all walking back out into the heat. Nothing on it fastens — no buttons, no ties, no belt — so there is nothing to gape at the bust or strain across the back, and nothing that fits in the morning and stops fitting after lunch. It simply hangs open from the shoulders over whatever you already have on, which is also how the sizing reaches all the way to 5XL. The body is pieced from panels that each run vertically from shoulder to hem, with a plain solid band down both front edges, so a garment covered in pattern is built entirely of lines that travel down rather than around. The front hem is not cut straight across but drops into a point on each side, carrying those lines past the hip, and the sleeves are cut wide and stop at three-quarter length so they slide over a blouse without fighting the sleeve underneath and stay clear of the dishwater.

Why you'll love the Mary

• ✔ Made for the room, not the weather — one layer of light woven cotton
• ✔ Nothing to fasten — no buttons to gape, no closure to strain
• ✔ Every line runs down — pieced panels from shoulder to hem
• ✔ No line across your hips — the front hem drops into points
• ✔ Slides over what you're wearing — wide three-quarter sleeves
• ✔ Sizes S all the way to 5XL — because there is nothing on it to fit

Specifications

• Style — open cardigan, hip length
• Fabric — lightweight woven cotton (not knit)
• Construction — pieced vertical panels, each a different pattern
• Front — open, with a plain solid band down each edge; no fastening
• Hem — front panels drop into points
• Sleeve — wide, three-quarter length, with a contrast band at the cuff
• Colorways — five, including Blue
• Sizes — S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL. Take your usual size; it goes over what you already have on.

For the woman who has left a cardigan on the back of a chair in every restaurant in town.
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