Allude’s cable knit sweater remakes workwear warmth in cashmere
A 1.5 gauge diamond cable drawn from North Atlantic fishing tradition becomes pure luxury in the Swiss house's new wool and cashmere blend, rendered in a softened Fog grey.
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The cable knit belongs to the North Atlantic, where fishermen wound their wool thick and deliberate, each twist engineered to trap warmth exactly where the body needed it most. Allude takes this utilitarian geometry and renders it in something altogether more refined. A sweater in 70 per cent wool and 30 per cent cashmere, structured around a 1.5 gauge diamond cable, transforms the logic of labour into pure tactile pleasure.
The construction is what arrests you first. The cables rise from the surface with sculptural presence, the diamonds formed by the pattern creating a rhythm across the chest and shoulders that catches light in shifting gradations. In Fog, a grey so pale it verges on a whisper, the texture reads as almost monumental despite its softness. The wool provides the structure and the slight grip that keeps the sweater from becoming merely cloud like; the cashmere seams the whole thing with a whisper of luxury that asks nothing of you but makes itself felt against the skin.
What makes this piece essential is how it navigates the space between heritage and desire. The fishermen’s sweaters of the Atlantic were built for need. Allude borrows their practical intelligence, their respect for fibre and construction, then allows cashmere to open the whole gesture toward something less functional and more sensual. The turtleneck sits high and soft. The proportions are generous but not loose. This is what happens when real craft meets real material in the hands of people who understand both.
From Allude’s Art of Cashmere 2026 collection, available through the brand’s channels.
Imagery courtesy of Allude (@allude_cashmere).