Is Quince Cashmere Any Good?

Our answer

The fiber holds up. Every Quince sweater we carry is 100% cashmere in the shell, and Quince publishes a spec most brands at four times the price do not. On its oversized crewneck, it lists 15.8 to 16.2 microns and fibers 34 to 36 millimetres long. Both numbers sit in the range the trade treats as fine, long cashmere. What the label cannot tell you is the make. Knit weight varies a lot across the range, so judge each style on its own. The featherweight and shrunken styles are layers; the cozy weight and fisherman knits are winter sweaters. Our read is to buy Quince for the fiber at a fair price, buy the heavier styles, and read the coat labels twice.

Two things to know before you shop the list below. Quince's coats called Wool Cashmere are 90% wool and 10% cashmere, which is a good wool coat, not a cashmere one, and the card says so. And cashmere in the United States has a legal definition. The fibers must average 19 microns or finer. Quince's published 16 microns clears that comfortably.