The Synin Knit from Bellerose, a cropped brown knit in 100% cashmere with a ribbed texture, a turtle neck and loose wide sleeves, listed at 385 GBP with all four sizes in stock. It is worth beginning with the fibre, because it is the whole value of the garment and the number that governs it is missing. It is worth then reading it, which is 100 per cent cashmere. It is worth then stating what cashmere is graded by, which is fibre diameter and fibre length, and what is given, which is neither. It is worth then saying what this run has found on every fine fibre it has met, which is merino, extrafine merino, cashmere and alpaca, and no micron on any of them, and that this is the run's first pure cashmere and the answer is the same. It is worth then stating what makes it worse here, which is that at 385 this is the most expensive garment in this house, and the fibre's entire value is its diameter, and the diameter is not stated. It is worth then turning to the sleeve, because this garment is one of the two in this house that grades it. It is worth then reading it, which is 52, 56, 60 and 64, stepping 4 and 4. It is worth then recalling the run's law and its new boundary, which is that below about 200 the sleeve is not graded and above about 300 it is, and stating where this sits, which is at 385, above the line, and it grades. It is worth then turning to what the garment calls its sleeves. It is worth then reading the prose, which says famed by loose, wide sleeves, and stating what kind of word wide is, which is a width, and what is published, which is a length. It is worth then saying what that repeats, which is the Dussyr in this house doing exactly the same thing one batch ago, on a frozen sleeve. It is worth then stating what that establishes, which is that the house grades the sleeve or it does not, but in both cases it withholds the width. It is worth then turning to the fit, because there is no word for it. It is worth then reading the bullets, which are cropped silhouette, turtle neck, ribbed and mid-weight, and stating what is not among them, which is any fit word. It is worth then doubling the chest, giving 37.01 to 46.46 in around, and setting that against bodies of 31 to 37 in. It is worth then reading the ease off, which is 6.01, 7.16, 8.31 and 9.46. It is worth then stating where that lands, which is below regular at 8.37 to 9.46 on the two smaller sizes and level with it on the largest. It is worth then saying what that does to the run's own finding, which was that the garment with no word measures closest to the band, and this one does not, so silence means unclaimed, not accurate. The reference is the Synin Knit. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable knitwear on OEM and ODM terms, from yarn and trim development to retail or FBA ready packing. We publish this as a development reference and build your own version of it, and we do not supply the branded original or reproduce anyone else's label.
Key Features
- 100% Cashmere as stated, one fibre at full share, with no micron and no fibre length given. See the note below
- Loose, wide sleeves as stated, measured at 52 to 64 cm, with no sleeve width, no bicep and no cuff opening given. See the note below
- A graded sleeve at 52 to 64 cm, stepping 4 and 4, matching the chest at the same rate. See the note below
- Cropped silhouette as stated, at 51 to 60 cm, consistent with the other cropped garment in this house. See the note below
- Ribbed texture as stated, with no rib depth and no stitch construction given
- Turtle neck as stated, with no neck width, no neck drop and no rib depth given
- Mid-weight as stated, a weight claim with no figure. See the note below
- Hand wash or dry clean only as stated, with no temperature as a number, no drying instruction and no iron instruction. See the note below
Customisable Options
- Yarn: 100% cashmere to the reference with the fibre diameter in microns and the fibre length stated, or a cashmere and merino blend with both microns stated, or a merino with the micron stated, or a lambswool with the micron stated, each quoted separately
- Traceability: full traceability for the cashmere with the origin and the grade named, or a certified responsible cashmere with the standard named, or a recycled cashmere with the certification named, each quoted separately
- Gauge and weight: a mid-weight knit to the reference with the gauge and the grams per square metre stated. See the note below
- Sleeve: loose wide sleeves to the reference, with the sleeve width, the bicep and the cuff opening stated so the word wide can be specified. See the note below
- Fit: a cropped body to the reference with the ease published for every size and a fit word stated, or a regular fit with the ease published, or a relaxed fit with the ease published, each quoted separately
- Neck: a turtle neck to the reference, with the neck width, the neck drop and the rib depth stated, or a roll neck, a crew neck or a vee neck, each with the measurements given, each quoted separately
- Composition with the fibre diameter in microns and the fibre length stated for cashmere, yarn count and ply, knit gauge and fabric weight in grams per square metre, chest and waist with the flat or round method stated, sleeve length with its measurement point stated and its grading published, sleeve width, bicep and cuff opening, front and back length given separately, shoulder width with its measurement point, neck width, neck drop and rib depth, trim width, shrinkage figures for both length and width, pilling and abrasion ratings, a hand wash temperature as a number with full drying and iron instructions, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling
Specifications
| Style | Cropped knit in 100% cashmere with a ribbed texture, a turtle neck and loose wide sleeves |
| Reference | Bellerose, Synin Knit, colour Tiramisu, style BW262937 K1581U-764, sizes XS to L |
| Composition | 100% Cashmere, as stated, one fibre |
| Fibre Diameter | Not stated, in any form. See the note below |
| Fibre Length | Not stated |
| Cashmere Grade | Not stated, with no grade, no origin and no traceability |
| Yarn Count and Ply | Not stated |
| Knit Gauge | Not stated |
| Fabric Weight | Described as mid-weight, and no figure given. See the note below |
| Hand Claim | Soft hand as stated, with no micron, no fibre length and no weight given |
| Certification | None named |
| Fit Word | None. No regular, no relaxed, no loose, no oversized. See the note below |
| Sizes Offered | XS, S, M and L, four sizes, four in stock at the time of writing |
| Size Conversion | Not stated, the sizes given as letters only |
| Model | Not given |
| Chest | Pit to pit 47 to 59 cm, or 94 to 118 cm around. See the note below |
| Chest Around | 94, 102, 110 and 118 cm, or 37.01, 40.16, 43.31 and 46.46 in. See the note below |
| Ease at the Chest | About 6.0 in at an XS, 7.2 at an S, 8.3 at an M and 9.5 at an L. See the note below |
| Ease Against the Words | No fit word is given, and the ease lands below regular at 8.37 to 9.46 on the smaller sizes. See the note below |
| Change in Ease per Size | Plus 1.16 on each 4 cm step, so the ease grows with size here |
| Waist | Not measured |
| Hip | Not measured |
| Shoulder | Not measured |
| Bicep | Not measured, although the sleeves are described as wide. See the note below |
| Sleeve | 52, 56, 60 and 64 cm, stepping 4, 4 and 4. See the note below |
| Sleeve Width | Not measured, although the sleeves are described as wide. See the note below |
| Sleeve Measurement Point | Not stated |
| Cuff | Not given any opening, although the sleeves are described as wide |
| Total Length | 51, 54, 57 and 60 cm, stepping 3, 3 and 3 |
| Sleeve Against the Body | 64 cm of sleeve on a 60 cm body at the largest size, and 52 on 51 at the smallest. See the note below |
| Neck | Turtle neck as stated, with no neck width, no neck drop and no rib depth given |
| Texture | Ribbed as stated, with no rib depth and no stitch construction given |
| Care | Hand wash or dry clean only, as stated, with no temperature as a number, no drying instruction and no iron instruction. See the note below |
| Bullet List | Four bullets, covering the silhouette, the neck, the texture and the weight, with no fit word among them. See the note below |
| Measurements Published | Pit to pit, sleeve length and total length for all four sizes |
| Photographs | Six |
| Production | Made in China as stated |
| Reference Retail | 385 GBP as listed, the most expensive garment in this house, quoted to show the price band this sits in, not as our price |
| Category | Filed by the reference under knitwear |
| Occasion | Everyday, autumn and winter, layering |
| MOQ | 100 pcs per style per colourway, mixed sizes and colourways accepted |
| Sampling | 7-10 days after tech pack or reference sample confirmation |
| Bulk Lead Time | 20-30 days after sample approval and deposit |
| Service | OEM / DDM / private label, cashmere, merino, lambswool, wool, cotton and viscose yarn sourcing with the fibre diameter in microns and the fibre length stated for every animal fibre and full traceability for cashmere, knit gauge and fabric weight development with both published so a weight word carries a figure, sleeve grading across the size range with the width, bicep and cuff opening published for every shaped sleeve, cropped, regular and long body lengths with the front and back given separately and a model reference published, turtle neck, roll neck, crew neck and vee neck development with the neck width, drop and rib depth stated, regular, relaxed and loose blocks with the ease published against a stated fit word, rib and texture development with the stitch construction and depth stated, shrinkage measured in both directions and published, pilling and abrasion testing, care labelling with a temperature as a number and full drying and iron instructions, retail or FBA ready packing |
Size Chart as Published by the Reference
| Size | Pit to Pit (cm) | Sleeve Length (cm) | Total Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 47 cm | 52 cm | 51 cm |
| S | 51 cm | 56 cm | 54 cm |
| M | 55 cm | 60 cm | 57 cm |
| L | 59 cm | 64 cm | 60 cm |
The pit to pit figures are flat half measures taken with the knit laid down, doubling to 94, 102, 110 and 118 cm around, or 37.01 to 46.46 in. Against bodies of roughly 31 to 37 in, the ease at the chest runs 6.01, 7.16, 8.31 and 9.46 in, and this run derives that a grade of g centimetres flat moves the ease by 0.79g minus 2 inches per size, which gives plus 1.16 on each 4 cm step, matching the chart on all three. No fit word is given anywhere in the description or the bullets, and the ease lands below the regular fit this run measured elsewhere in this house at 8.37 to 9.46 on the two smaller sizes, and level with it on the largest. All three columns grade: the chest by 4, the sleeve by 4 and the length by 3, so the sleeve and the chest keep pace with each other and the length lags slightly. Note that the sleeve is longer than the body at every size, being 52 against 51 at the smallest and 64 against 60 at the largest, which is what loose wide sleeves on a cropped body produce, and the run can see it only because both columns were published. No sleeve width, bicep or cuff opening is given, so the word wide is never given a number. No waist, no hip and no shoulder width are published, and there is no size conversion, no model, no fibre diameter and no fabric weight. Our proposal below publishes the fibre diameter and length, the fabric weight, the sleeve width, bicep and cuff opening, and a fit word with the ease stated for every size.
Our Proposed Body Chart
| Size | Body Bust | Sleeve | Body Waist | Body Hips | Length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 31 in / 79 cm | 52 cm | 24 in / 61 cm | 34 in / 86 cm | 51 cm / 20.1 in | Our proposal |
| S | 33 in / 84 cm | 53 cm | 26 in / 66 cm | 36 in / 91 cm | 53 cm / 20.9 in | Our proposal |
| M | 35 in / 89 cm | 54 cm | 28 in / 71 cm | 38 in / 97 cm | 55 cm / 21.7 in | Our proposal |
| L | 37 in / 94 cm | 55 cm | 30 in / 76 cm | 40 in / 102 cm | 57 cm / 22.4 in | Our proposal |
Occasions and Styling
Suits everyday autumn and winter wear and layering. A cropped cashmere turtle neck with wide sleeves works over high-waisted trousers and skirts, and the cropped length sits at the waist so the knit does not add bulk under a coat.
Production and Quality Control
The reference publishes three measurements for all four sizes, grades all three of them at even steps, states a single fibre at 100 per cent, names its silhouette, neck, texture and weight, states a washing method, and names its country of manufacture, and it carries six photographs and four bullets. It gives no fibre diameter and no fibre length for a 100 per cent cashmere at 385 pounds, which is the most expensive garment in this house, no cashmere grade, origin or traceability, no yarn count or ply, no knit gauge and no fabric weight although it calls the knit mid-weight, no micron behind the word soft, no sleeve width, bicep or cuff opening although it calls the sleeves wide, no measurement point for the sleeve, no fit word anywhere, no size conversion, no model, no waist, hip or shoulder width, no neck width, neck drop or rib depth, no rib depth for the texture, no temperature as a number, no drying instruction, no iron instruction, no shrinkage figure and no certification. Three things follow: the run's first pure cashmere, and still no micron, on the fibre whose whole value is its diameter; a sleeve that grades, which sits above the boundary this run found for this house in the same batch; and a garment with no fit word whose ease lands below regular rather than on the band.
No micron, and that is the first thing, and it is worth saying what cashmere is before saying what is missing. It is worth then reading the composition, which is 100 per cent cashmere. It is worth then stating what cashmere is graded by, which is fibre diameter and fibre length, and what is given, which is neither. It is worth then saying what this run has found on every fine fibre it has met, which is merino, extrafine merino, cashmere and alpaca, and no micron on any of them. It is worth then stating what makes this the worst case, which is that this is the run's first pure cashmere, it is the most expensive garment in this house at 385, and the fibre's entire value is its diameter, and the diameter is not stated. It is worth then turning to the sleeve, because this one grades. It is worth then reading it, which is 52, 56, 60 and 64, stepping 4 and 4. It is worth then recalling what this run found in this same batch, which is that in this house the sleeve is frozen below 200 and graded above 300, and stating where this sits, which is at 385, above the line, and it grades. It is worth then turning to what the garment calls its sleeves. It is worth then reading the prose, which says famed by loose, wide sleeves, and stating what kind of word wide is, which is a width, and what is published, which is a length. It is worth then saying what that repeats, which is the Dussyr in this house doing the same thing one batch ago, on a frozen sleeve at 60. It is worth then stating what that establishes, which is that the house grades the sleeve or it does not, but in both cases it withholds the width, so the grading decision changed and the withholding did not.
Six point nought one, and that is the third thing, and it is worth saying what this run concluded two batches ago before saying what it finds here. It is worth then reading the bullets, which are cropped silhouette, turtle neck, ribbed and mid-weight, and stating what is not among them, which is any fit word. It is worth then doubling the chest, giving 37.01 to 46.46 in around, and setting that against bodies of 31 to 37 in. It is worth then reading the ease off, which is 6.01, 7.16, 8.31 and 9.46. It is worth then stating where that lands, which is below regular at 8.37 to 9.46 on the two smaller sizes and level with it on the largest. It is worth then recalling the run's earlier conclusion, which was that the garment with no fit word measured closest to the relaxed band while every garment that claimed relaxed measured something else. It is worth then stating what this does to that conclusion, which is that it was an over-reading: this garment says nothing and lands below regular, so silence means unclaimed, not accurate, and an unclaimed garment can land anywhere. It is worth then turning to the care label last. It is worth then reading it, which says hand wash or dry clean only, six words, with no temperature, no drying and no iron. It is worth then recalling the cheapest garment in this house, the shirt at 155, which gives a temperature, a drying instruction and an iron instruction. It is worth then stating what that gives, which is that the 155 shirt tells a buyer more about how to care for it than the 385 cashmere does. It is worth then saying what the run has now seen twice in two houses, which is that the disclosure gets worse as the price goes up, and why: the expensive garments say dry clean, and dry clean is a complete instruction that needs no numbers, so the more a garment costs the more likely the house is to hand the care to a third party and stop writing.
Optional upgrades include the fibre diameter in microns and the fibre length for the cashmere, the cashmere grade with the origin and full traceability, the yarn count and ply, the knit gauge and the fabric weight in grams per square metre so the word mid-weight carries a figure, the sleeve width, bicep and cuff opening so the word wide can be specified, a stated fit word with the ease published for every size, the front and back length given separately, a model reference so the word cropped can be placed, the neck width, neck drop and rib depth, the rib depth and stitch construction, the shoulder width, the waist and the hip, shrinkage figures for both length and width, pilling and abrasion ratings, cashmere blend, merino and lambswool options with the micron stated, roll neck, crew neck and vee neck options, longer body options, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling.
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