How to Pronounce Yves Saint Laurent (and YSL)
Yves Saint Laurent is pronounced eev san lo-RAHN. How to say each part, how to say YSL and Saint Laurent, and the mistakes to avoid.
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The YSL Logo: What the Cassandre Means and What YSL Stands For
YSL stands for Yves Saint Laurent. The story of the Cassandre monogram, drawn in 1961, and where Saint Laurent uses the logo today.
Le Smoking: The YSL Tuxedo and How to Wear It Now
Yves Saint Laurent cut Le Smoking, the first tuxedo for women, in 1966. Its history, what makes a Saint Laurent tuxedo and how to wear one now.
Who Was Yves Saint Laurent? The Designer, the House and Saint Laurent Today
Yves Saint Laurent founded his Paris house in 1961. The designer, Le Smoking, the Cassandre logo and who designs Saint Laurent today.
Where to Buy N.Peal: Stores, Stockists and Shipping
You can buy N.Peal at its own stores in London and New York, through its website, at Harrods, and at Coveti, which ships the N.Peal women's edit worldwide with every piece checked for authenticity. Coveti carries jumpers , cardigans , capes and outerwear from the current season.
N.Peal Autumn Winter 2026: The Pieces to Buy
N.Peal Autumn Winter 2026 is a collection of textures: honeycomb lounge knits, chunky cables, chevrons shot with lurex and a large outerwear offer trimmed with fur. The palette is quiet, with pebble grey, oatmeal, cashew, navy and black, lifted by rustic red and damson. Shop the full season in...
N.Peal Cashmere Dresses: Jumper, Wrap and Cable Knit Dresses
A cashmere dress is a jumper you can wear alone: warm, soft and finished with a boot. The three N.Peal shapes worth knowing are the roll neck jumper dress, the wrap dress and the long cable knit, all in the N.Peal edit , and you can shop more in midi dresses and maxi dresses at Coveti. For other...
The Best Cashmere Brands, Compared by an Editor
The best cashmere brands buy long, fine fibre, spin and knit it densely and finish it well. For cashmere itself, the London house N.Peal is our first recommendation; for Italian tailoring alongside the knitwear, Brunello Cucinelli ; for an architectural cut, The Row . Shop them all in designer...
Fur Trim Cardigans and Knitwear: The Winter Edit
A fur trim cardigan adds a fur collar, cuffs and placket to a cashmere knit, so it is warm enough to wear as a light jacket and soft at the neck. This winter the trims run from detachable fur collars to rex fur panels and shearling. N.Peal makes the widest range we carry, across cardigans ,...
Cashmere Lounge Sets, Hoodies and Joggers for Women
A cashmere lounge set is a matching top and trouser in the same knit and colour, usually a hoodie with drawcord trousers . It is the most comfortable way to travel and still look put together. N.Peal makes its lounge pieces in matching textures and shades, so you can buy the top and bottom...
Cashmere Capes and Ponchos: How to Choose and Wear Them
A cashmere cape is the easiest luxury layer there is: it goes over any jumper without bulk, needs no sizing guesswork and turns a knit outfit into something finished. Choose a lightweight knitted cape for travel and indoors, a fur-trimmed cape for winter and a woven cape to wear instead of a...
Cashmere Ply Explained: 1-Ply vs 2-Ply vs 9-Ply
Ply is the number of yarn strands twisted together before a cashmere jumper is knitted. A 1-ply cashmere is fine and light for layering, 2-ply is the classic everyday weight, and 3-ply up to 9-ply makes the heavy, warm knits for real winter. Ply is not the same as quality, but it tells you how a...
What Is Mongolian Cashmere and Why Is It the Best?
Mongolian cashmere, the fibre behind the best cashmere jumpers , is the soft undercoat of goats raised on the steppes of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, where extreme winters make the animals grow some of the longest and finest cashmere fibres in the world. Long, fine fibres make a softer knit that...
Why Does Cashmere Pill? How to Remove and Prevent Bobbles
Cashmere pills because loose short fibres work their way to the surface and tangle into small balls where the knit rubs, under the arms and at the cuffs. Some pilling in the first weeks is normal, even in good cashmere, and it settles once the loose fibres are gone. Remove it with a cashmere...
How to Wash Cashmere by Hand, Step by Step
Wash cashmere by hand in cool water with a gentle wool wash, press the water out without wringing, then dry it flat on a towel away from heat. That keeps a cashmere jumper soft and the right size for years. Most knitwear in the N.Peal edit is labelled hand wash; tailored and fur-trimmed pieces...
N.Peal Cardigans: Cropped, Cable and Long Cashmere Cardigans
N.Peal makes cashmere cardigans in four main shapes: cropped and buttoned, classic round neck, cable knit and long. The cropped styles are the most searched this season, and the long and wrap styles do the work of a light coat indoors. Shop them in the cardigan edit and the full N.Peal...
The Best Cashmere Jumpers for Women, Chosen by Our Editor
The best cashmere jumper for most women is a fine crew neck in a neutral, followed by a roll neck for colder days and one textured cable knit. Look for long-fibre cashmere, a dense knit that springs back when you pull it and neat ribbing at the cuffs. These are our picks from the cashmere...
N.Peal and James Bond: The Cashmere Behind 007
N.Peal became the knitwear of James Bond in 2012, when the stylists on Skyfall chose a lapis blue N.Peal sweater for Daniel Craig. The house then made custom pieces for Spectre and No Time to Die, and posters for Spectre showed Bond in N.Peal. The women's collection shares the same yarn and the...
N.Peal Size Guide: How Women’s Cashmere Fits
N.Peal sizes women's cashmere in letters from XS to XL, and each letter covers a span of UK sizes: XS is a UK 6, S a UK 8 to 10, M a UK 10 to 12, L a UK 12 to 14 and XL a UK 14 to 16. Take your usual letter in jumpers and cardigans , then check the half chest measurement below against a jumper...
Is N.Peal a Luxury Brand? The London Cashmere House Explained
Yes. N.Peal is a British luxury cashmere house, founded in 1936 in London's Burlington Arcade and still trading from the same Mayfair shop. It controls its cashmere from the herders of Inner Mongolia to the finished garment, and it is best known for cashmere jumpers , cardigans and the knitwear...
Alexander Wang Fall 2026: Faux Fur, Tweed, Leather and Crystal
Alexander Wang Fall 2026 is built on faux fur trims, tweed with crystal edging, leather minis and bombers, 65mm kitten-heel boots and the Rocco Reissue.
Who Is Alexander Wang? The Designer, the Label and the Look
Alexander Wang is an American fashion designer, born in San Francisco in 1983, who founded his New York label in 2005 and was creative director of Balenciaga from 2012 to 2015.
Mach & Mach Mules and Sandals: Every Style and Heel Height
A line-by-line guide to Mach & Mach heeled mules and ankle strap sandals, with heel heights, materials and advice on choosing between a mule and a sandal.
Pink Heels: Mach & Mach’s Pink Edit, from Satin to Gingham
Pale satin, pink gingham, sheer mesh and bold fuchsia: the Mach & Mach pink heels worth knowing, and the outfits that make pink shoes work.