When it comes to dressing for a party, a T-shirt is usually something you change out of rather than put on.
But this Party season, the casual tee experienced a metamorphosis. Enter: The Cocktail T-Shirt.
Made of wool rather than cotton, it usually has a room rather than a clingy cut and sleeves that hit above the elbow. Sometimes it comes with sparkling embellishment around the neck or it’s plain, giving wearers the option to add their own level of Glitz or Brooche.
“There is this kind of unknown that a T-shirt gives to the wearer, but not like a cotton t-shirt kind of unravels,” as a polished effect, “says the founder of the British Knitwear Brand & daughter. He describes the thing as having “the same ease as a T-shirt but the beauty of a knit”.
The cocktail t-shirt is an emerging category of evening knitwear. As a natural fiber, wool has thermodynamic properties, which means that you will be warm in cool weather and cool in the right conditions – a quality level of heating where the level of heating a person is a human sauna.
& Evening Daughter’s Knitwear includes a slouchy cashmere T-shirt made from cashmere spun in Hawmick in Scotland that comes in eight colors, including – A Red Red Red, and a bestselling pickle green The Lambswool iteration with slightly stronger sleeves.
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Miuccia Prada, known as Mrs Prada in the fashion industry, is one of the main catalysts behind the understated t-shirt’s glow-up. She always wore a simple cashmere jumper with puffed sleeves and a gem-set necklace for her post-show bow.
This season she and her co-designer, Raf Simons, toyed with the idea of femininity and beauty on the catwalk, declaring it “is not a time for decadence” as they unveiled knitted T-shirts featuring chains and pearls dangling from the neckline, worthy of Mrs Prada’s own wardrobe.
While the PRADA T-shirt is on sale Four numbersthe high street easily replicates the look, albeit using synthetic fibers or blends rather than pure wool. This means that they do not biodegrade and as a non-breathable fabric can help with proofing. There are also concerns that high demand for cheap cashmere is contributing to the exodus from countries including Mongolia, where the goats are targeted.
Qika Ferrer, the fashion director of John Lewis, says the long T-shirt trend is driven by customers looking for value for money and convenience. The £80 cashmere t-shirt, which can be worn to the office or to a fashionable dinner, has become a perfect dinner.
Noemi Pike, a commissioning editor at Elle UK, is a fan of the cocktail T-shirt and says it also helps reduce overconsumption. “I want to be able to use everything in all the wardrobes and this helps to happen when it comes to rotating skirts and not wasting expensive pennies.”
Pike also said that the cocktail T-shirt also appeals while offering an alternative to the flesh tops that are often marketed to shoppers every Party season.
“Cashmere, with the soft knit and stretch to me and my proportions that I know better, my bust better measurements of measurements of measurements of measurements that are always punished,” Fasmere said that is always punished, “says Pike.