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The holiday fabric? It’s cashmere!
Jan
The holiday season, typically spanning from late November to early January, including Epiphany or Befana – one of the most beloved Italian traditions – is deeply felt in Italy.
The holidays are back, bringing their magic and the desire to spend time with family, to meet and reconnect. However, they’re not always easy to handle: there’s a particular stress and frenzy that can pull you into a kind of vortex and, despite the vacation days, can feel like diving into deep waters. Preparation is necessary, both for managing gifts and choosing outfits and looks to wear. Cashmere is an optimal fabric from all perspectives, being practical to wear for various festive occasions where it guarantees maximum appeal and comfort, but also perfect for gifts for friends and family. 1stAmerican offers it in countless variations that can help you make the most of the end of 2020 and start the new year in the best way.
Why Choose Cashmere
Cashmere, as we’ll never tire of repeating in our blog, is a precious fabric with ancient history. A yarn with ancient origins that has been crafted for millennia, thanks to its unmatched characteristics that make it versatile like few other materials and suitable for all seasons, not just winter but also autumn, spring, and even summer. Let’s look at its peculiarities in detail:
- Cashmere is a natural temperature regulator. It’s a fabric that can adapt to any type of climate, due to the history of the goat that produces it, the Hircus goat that lives in Central Asian territories above 1000 meters. These places are characterized by strong hot-cold and dry-humid alternations with temperature variations that have led this highly intelligent animal to develop perfect protection for any occasion that’s also soft and elastic, two more characteristics of cashmere. An interesting fact: the Hircus goat has been able to adapt to other environments outside its place of origin and today is even bred in some areas of Italy, including small areas of Valle d’Aosta. This demonstrates how cashmere can truly be versatile and able to adapt effectively.
- Unmatched softness. The Hircus goat doesn’t just produce a yarn that can interact with difficult climates and protect it from situations but, we could say, manages to do it with style. Cashmere, in fact, has a unique softness that makes you want to pamper and be pampered. An unmatched tactile experience.
- Feather-soft skin contact. Soft as a feather, cashmere is an excellent material for skin contact, an element that sets it apart from any other type of wool and makes it truly effective. This is a factor not to be underestimated, as cashmere is so unique and definitely reliable. In fact, it guarantees non-allergenicity, even for those with particularly sensitive and delicate skin, so much so that cashmere can be worn in direct contact with skin, without any contraindications or itchy sensations. An unparalleled pleasantness and a particular sensation of hydration.
- Cashmere is a durable yarn that can last a lifetime. It’s special in this aspect too, as it manages to return to being soft and fluffy every time – just handle it with care by letting it air out after wearing and washing it very gently. By adopting these small precautions, cashmere can last for decades, accompanying a person throughout their life with its grace.
Finally, but no less important, cashmere is a fabric that takes up little space, effectively addressing an important problem when planning a trip, even for the weekend. Cashmere is perfect because it fits in your suitcase without bulk, an added value in winter luggage which, compared to summer luggage, has significantly more bulk.
With such quality, one might ask: how much does cashmere cost? Indeed, it’s not cheap, since its production requires a lot of yarn. The price can be significant, but one of the distinguishing features of 1stAmerican is that it’s kept at a level accessible to everyone. While the economic investment is, we can say, cashmere’s only drawback, with 1stAmerican this is no longer an issue, making cashmere truly flawless. These are the reasons why, in a season like the holidays when there’s a need to feel pampered, warm, and relaxed, it proves to be the truly ideal fabric.
How to Wear Cashmere under the Christmas Tree: Looks for Her
The question comes naturally: how should I dress during the holiday season? The desires seem apparently contrasting, swinging between wanting to be comfortable and wanting to impress friends and family. But are we sure one excludes the other? Absolutely not, if you choose a fabric like cashmere – refined, comfortable, warm, and elegant like no other. It’s a truly perfect option that can make a difference, even more so considering that 2021’s style is comfy chic, elegant and easy to wear, a trend in which 1stAmerican’s cashmere finds its natural expression.
The style of 1stAmerican is sporty yet cool and basic, suitable for “all day” looks, from morning to evening, able to accompany women both in work moments and leisure time, including holidays, always making them feel perfectly at ease. Basic pieces that perfectly match this year’s trends, for all ages. But let’s not waste any more time: let’s start with some looks that will make you feel perfectly comfortable under the Christmas tree.
Our first proposal is very fashionable and features the knit dress as the protagonist, a true must-have for the Fall/Winter 2021-2022 season. 1stAmerican couldn’t help but make it in cashmere, making it warm, lustrous, and harmonious. The colors are suitable for winter and include the following shades:
These are shades that flatter different skin tones and are, especially in the case of blues and red, extremely Christmas-like. A perfect dress to wear on New Year’s Eve and during a mountain vacation, where snow is plentiful and the warmth of the fireplace heats up the atmosphere.
Another holiday look we propose that features 1stAmerican’s pieces at its core is really simple: jeans and a cashmere sweater. It might seem basic but it absolutely isn’t and can be worn anytime, especially when meeting friends and family – just make sure you have quality pieces on your side. The perfect 1stAmerican sweater for the holidays? If we have to choose one, and it’s not easy, we suggest the 100% cashmere V-neck sweater , a basic piece that pairs perfectly with jeans, including the flared ones that have come back into fashion this season thanks to the revival of the Seventies.
In the latest women’s festive look we highlight, we again find the 1stAmerican 100% cashmere V-neck sweater, but the 100% cashmere turtleneck sweater is also perfect, to be worn with the pants, also 100% cashmere. It will almost feel like wearing a tracksuit but with a significant advantage: all the elegance that only cashmere can provide. This look is also great for special festive moments, including a New Year’s Eve spent with friends. To finish the look, just pair it with a coat or a fur (even synthetic) and the 1stAmerican silk scarf, that splash of color capable of adding extra light, truly trendy.
Festive Outfits for Him
Men’s elegance is something not easy to define, as the options can seem banal and almost predictable. But who says that men can’t be refined during the holidays? 1stAmerican’s pieces offer a style where he is a bit like a ray of sunshine, an intimate and intense beauty, able to stand out discreetly in the room without being ostentatious. A simple yet sophisticated mood, just like cashmere.
The 100% cashmere turtleneck sweater is perfect for the holidays and adds that extra atmosphere, providing an unparalleled warmth sensation where the neck is highlighted and warmed. 1stAmerican offers it in a simple and relaxed mood, perfect, for example, with velvet pants, the current fall/winter season’s trend fabric.
The color not to miss? The basic shades typical of 1stAmerican’s style. Velvet also pairs well with a 100% cashmere crewneck sweater, as well as the turtleneck, and the hues to focus on in the outfit feature blue, brown, even in a particular shade like taupe, gray, and green as protagonists. Cashmere perfectly matches velvet thanks to its natural softness and the comfort it exudes. A truly refined man, but also comfortable; an outfit suitable even for New Year’s Eve.
Another solution we suggest is a total cashmere look, just like the one we proposed for women, with cashmere pants to pair with the sweater. The effect is fashionable and trendy, pure harmony: 1stAmerican’s cashmere pants provide that element of simplicity and informality even in the most sophisticated settings, allowing him to always feel like himself. Pay attention to accessories, which can also be in cashmere, for a cashmere mood from head to toe, including scarf, gloves, and hat. What shoes to pair? We recommend a desert boot or a suede loafer, a soft leather that echoes the style of cashmere.
The last men’s look we propose for the holiday season features another essential piece for festive looks: the cardigan. 1stAmerican offers it in two versions: 100% cashmere and cashmere silk. The first, featuring exclusively cashmere, presents a sweater that reveals the shirt, polo, or even, for the colder ones, a cashmere crewneck/turtleneck sweater. The colors perfectly match all complexions and include cobalt, gray, black, and green, the latter perhaps the most fashionable and festive. Perfect choices that make cashmere intriguing and interesting. The neckline is deep and features six buttons.
A sporty and refined sweater, which is also true for the other cardigan made by 1stAmerican, the one in cashmere silk, characterized by having more buttons than the previous one along with a slightly more elastic cut; the fabric is even more lustrous yet still soft. The colors are basic and include, alongside blues, black, and gray, two truly special shades: plum, between burgundy and plum, and an almost military green. Particular and intriguing nuances, perfect to pair with a shirt or a tone-on-tone polo.
A New Year Full of Surprises
The intellectual Ralph Waldo Emerson expressed a thought about the new year that remains very current and interesting: “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.” This is somewhat the wish for the new year that we at 1stAmerican extend to you: to live every day of 2022 in a special and carefree way. Cashmere is a material that makes you feel secure in all moments of life, both everyday and important ones. Perfect for starting 2022 with a thousand surprises!