Button-Front Mock Neck Sweater

A turtleneck and a cardigan at the same time. The button placket runs the full length of the front and keeps going up through the funnel neck, so you can fasten it to the chin, open it to the collarbone, or undo the lot and wear it over a tee.

The neck stands on its own without the bulk a folded turtleneck adds, which is the detail that makes it work under a coat.

The fabric

A fine-gauge knit cut to skim rather than cling, with ribbed hem and cuffs holding the shape at the edges. Four colours — black, pink, grey and oatmeal — all of them opaque.

How it fits

Chest 44–54 inches, length 22 inches. One size. The length sits at the hip, which works tucked or out.

Looking after it

Cold wash on a delicate cycle inside a mesh bag, dried flat. Fine knits pill where they rub, so turn it inside out for the wash and take a comb to it twice a season rather than picking at it by hand.

Among cute clothes for women in their 30s it is the piece that goes under a coat in January and over a dress in May — korean fashion winter layering starts with exactly this shape, and it counts as comfy cute clothes without looking like it.