The PS Finest Crewneck has been restocked today, in the existing colours of navy and grey plus a new (as requested by readers) black.
The crewneck has been a consistent part of my wardrobe ever since we launched it, eight years ago. Made in the finest merino, it feels like cashmere but has all the performance properties of the best wool: greater strength, less pilling, less wrinkling.
It’s lightweight, folds down small, and as a result is great for travelling. I wear mine on its own against the skin or with a vest or undershirt. It works well as a lightweight knit under tailoring (as pictured above) or layered under something like my Saman overshirt.
Regular readers will be familiar with all of this, so forgive me for repeating it because we also get lots of questions from more recent visitors.
The last thing to highlight is the superfine quality of the make, from Umbria Verde in Italy. They only make this quality for the likes of Brioni and Hermes, and this 37-gauge knit is unique to them.
The rest of the technical details are on the original launch article here.
Why black for the new colour? Well, as noted in the Exmoor article, it seems to fit well with a lot of the clothes we write about currently – the charcoals, dark browns and olive greens in tailored jackets or trousers, plus more standard navy or grey.
There’s more on black knitwear in that Exmoor piece, and above it’s shown with the Anthology corduroy suit we reviewed recently.
Navy and grey are always likely to be the most popular menswear choices, and that’s why they’ve both been restocked in the Finest Crewneck as well. But black is a useful, perhaps less traditional option, and it’s been interesting to see how well received it has been in the Exmoor.
In terms of the PS shop as a whole, there will be the usual article in late February running through all the restocks and new launches for spring and summer.
As usual, we won’t be launching too much that’s completely new, but there are two new categories that I’m particularly excited about. And some popular things from last year like the Madras shirts are going to be expanded with new colours.
Anyway, all to be discussed next month, so please leave off questions until then.
If more recent readers haven’t seen those update articles and want to know what they look like, you can see an example here.
There will also be an events article next month, detailing the pop-ups and trunk shows that will be coming through the showroom in London. This will include the usual Permanent Style one, where readers can see all the PS products like the Finest Crewneck, and try them on to confirm their size etc.
Any questions about the Finest or anything else in this schedule, do let me know in the comments.
Below, the Finest in the other colours of navy and charcoal. The all-navy outfit is from this style article. The other outfit has not featured in an article. For details on the brown-cord suit outfit, see article on that suit here. The bracelet is a vintage Japanese piece, from Solakzade in Tokyo.
