These 5 Brands Are Owning Winter Knitwear


Contrary to the never-ending stories calling out teddy bear coats as this season’s biggest trend, there’s another style reigning supreme this winter: knitwear. Before you scoff and ask how sweaters, already a cold-weather staple, can be a trend, we invite you to take a stroll through your Instagram feed. Those Ganni mohair sweaters sparked an oversized knitwear obsession that just won’t quit. Far from nude cashmere cardigans or ribbed turtlenecks, this season’s most popular items are hella-chunky and full of bright colors and exaggerated stripes. They’ve also inspired a slew of brands making luxury knitwear through handcrafted techniquesand we can’t stop bookmarking their cozy, pastel-colored pieces.

 

Here, meet five knitwear brands that are reinventing the idea of your usual winter sweater.

 

Frisson Knits

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Cropped classic in sky blue 💙🖤

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Frisson Knits’ creator, Charlotte Jennings, was on the right path when she named her recently-launched knitwear brand. The French word frisson translates to shiver, an adequate depiction of us come winter. Sustainably conscious shoppers take note: Each garment is handmade using New Zealand-grown and spun wool.

 


FRISSON KNITS

Cropped Classic Sweater

$264



FRISSON KNITS

Mini Classic Sweater

$304


FRISSON KNITS

Riley Sweater

$182

 

Maiami

 

 

There’s nary a micro-influencer that hasn’t posed in one of Miaimi’s colorful striped sweaters. The Berlin-based knitwear brand, brought to life by Maike Dietrich, is a favorite for well-coiffed lifestyle bloggers—so much so that they even released a capsule collection with Madewell this past fall.

 


MIAIMI

Big Striped Sweater

$330


MIAIMI

Turtleneck Blousy Sweater

$335


MIAIMI

Striped Big Cardigan

$445

 

Valentine Witmeur Lab

 

 

Valentine Witmeur started her Belgium-based brand in a quest to produce high quality, one-of-a-kind garments. The label’s knitwear is crafted by a small, family-owned atelier in Portugal, resulting in beautiful sweaters sold for a relatively affordable price point.

 


VALENTINE WITMEUR

Hangoverish

$250


VALENTINE WITMEUR

Oldish

$271


VALENTINE WITMEUR

Sneakiest Bis

$159

 

Loopy Mango

 

 

Since 2004, Loopy Mango’s two New York-dwelling founders, Waejong Kim and Anna Pulvermakher, have been inspiring women to take up the craft themselves through comprehensive D.I.Y. crochet kits and materials. Though the kits are Loopy Mango’s bread and butter, the brand’s own handcrafted creations that are worth checking out.

 


LOOPY MANGO

Cable Cardigan - Merino

$715


LOOPY MANGO

Cropped Urban Fisherman Sweater - Merino

$679


LOOPY MANGO

Her Turtleneck - Merino

$679

 

Gold Freckles

 

 

Just across the pond, Saskia Thomas has been turning a fun hobby into an exciting new fashion brand. Coming from a generational line of seamstresses, Thomas went on to earn a textile degree, using knitting as a meditative pastime. In time, her knitwear designs had garnered enough praise for her to eventually launch Gold Freckles.

 


GOLD FRECKLES

The Cardigan

$302


GOLD FRECKLES

Honey BiBi Sweater

$222


GOLD FRECKLES

Bee Bomber

$256

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