With more cold weather in the pipeline for the next few weeks, our knitwear and warm jumpers are getting a helluva lot of use and one cardigan from Next has been praised by shoppers for being warm, thick and stylish. The Mole Soft Touch Pocket Button Front Ribbed Knitted Cardigan costs £54 and looks like it’d be the ultimate cosy cover up when the temperatures plummet. Again.
With a relatively long length – in comparison to your standard hip-length cardis – the brown-grey knit gives us some serious Claudia Winkleman vibes, a la The Traitors, and works as a great alternative to her Textured V-Neck Relaxed Cardigan from Marks & Spencer (which she wore last week).
With a crew neckline fastened with a chunky button, the cardigan has sleeves long enough to wear flat or folded over and has been designed with pockets to keep your hands cosy when outside – if no coat is present, of course.
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Crafted from a wool blend, the cardigan is described as being ‘soft touch’ so you know it’ll be a cosy staple in your winter wardrobe and would work gorgeously paired with some jeans and your favourite trainers or some wide leg trousers and boots for a more sophisticated office look.
With all sizes still in stock, the cardigan has proven to be a hit with shoppers with some sizes ‘low in stock’ and an overall star rating of 4.5, with many gushing about its ‘excellent’ quality. One happy Next fan said: “I found this cardigan/jacket as the picture and description showed.. great fit good length.. I’m sure I’ll be wearing it a lot.”
Another shopper gushed: “Lovely thick material, feels really expensive. Can wear it with so many different things – love it.” Echoing this praise, a third chimed: “As expected from Next, a good quality nice thick warm cardigan.”
One buyer shared their ‘only criticism’, stating: “Nice cardigan. Bought as a gift. Only criticism is clearly designed for a tall person – arms are ridiculously long – problem with online shopping and difficult to know from description that would be the case.”
A solution for that, however, is you can fold up the sleeves to create a chunkier look. Get it here. Although, if that’s not quite your bag, & Other Stories has a lovely Boxy Merino Wool Cardigan whose fit is more regular, here for the £67. Elsewhere, New Look’s Mink coloured cardigan is just £29.99 while ASOS’ similarly styled taupe oversized cardigan is £30.