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Totême cardigans: cashmere, wool, compact knit and mohair

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Totême cardigans: cashmere, wool, compact knit and mohair

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Totême makes the cardigan in five families, and each does a different job. Everything here links to the Totême collection at Coveti, the wider cardigans edit and the knitwear guide. The compact knit and fitted polo cardigans are slim, smooth and close to the body, the ones to wear as a top. The hammered button cardigans, in wool and in cotton, are about the metal shank buttons. The shawl-lapel cardigan is a heavy ribbed wool you wear as a jacket. The raglan-sleeve cashmere cardigan has a shirt collar and button cuffs, and the puffed cardigan is a cloud of mohair. 32 cardigans on Coveti, $756 to $1,170, median $1,030. This page is each one, what it is made of and how it fits.

Key facts

  • 32 cardigans on Coveti, $756 to $1,170, median $1,030
  • Cashmere: raglan-sleeve cardigan, 100% cashmere, point collar and button cuffs
  • Wool: shawl-lapel cardigan in heavyweight ribbed RWS wool (double-breasted); hammered button cardigan in 99% RWS wool
  • Cotton: hammered button cotton cardigan in 100% organic GOTS cotton for warmer months
  • Compact knit and polo: viscose blends with stretch, slim fit; puffed cardigan: RMS mohair, recycled polyamide and RWS wool, oversized
  • Sizes XXS to XXL; the brand says size up between sizes for a softer drape
  • Care: cool hand wash for the knits; dry clean the polo cardigan

The compact knit and polo cardigans

The compact knit cardigan is the house signature stretch knit, smooth and dense, with a clean neckline, slim sleeves and high patch pockets. It works with a skirt, a dress and denim alike. The fitted polo cardigan takes the lines of a polo shirt: a high collar, a button front and slightly cropped sleeves, in a smooth viscose blend. Both are slim fit.

The hammered button cardigans

The buttons are the point: metal shank buttons with a hammered surface down the placket and on the pockets. The wool version is 99% RWS wool in a relaxed fit, the one the brand suggests with jeans at the weekend. The cotton version is 100% organic GOTS cotton, made for warmer months, cut to a clean, true line.

The shawl-lapel cardigan

The heaviest of the group, a ribbed wool blend with curved shawl lapels, wide rounded sleeves and a double-breasted front with tonal buttons. The brand calls it a sculptural outerwear piece, and that is how to wear it: over a shirt in place of a jacket, in milk and mid grey melange.

The raglan-sleeve cashmere cardigan

Knitted from spongy 100% cashmere with raglan sleeves that soften the shoulder line, and borrowed shirting details, a point collar and button cuffs. The house suggests three ways to wear it: as a cardigan, over the shoulders and buttoned up as a shirt.

The puffed cardigan

The directional one: oversized, puffed proportions in a light, warm mohair blend, with an open front you overlap and leave to drape. The brand styles it over a dress at home. In bloom and off-white.

Sizing and care

Sizes run XXS to XXL. The brand advice is to size up if you are between sizes for a softer drape; the slim knits are meant to sit close. Hand wash the wool, cashmere, cotton and mohair cool, dry flat and store folded. The knitwear guide covers the crews, the cable knits and the rest.

The pieces on Coveti now

1. Fitted polo cardigan in Black, $790

Made from 48% viscose, 29% polyester, 20% polyamide, 3% elastane, shown in black.

2. Fitted polo cardigan in Off-white, $790

Made from 48% viscose, 29% polyester, 20% polyamide, 3% elastane, shown in off-white.

3. Classic compact knit cardigan in Black, $840

Made from 53% viscose, 45% polyamide, 2% elastane, shown in black.

4. Classic compact knit cardigan in White, $840

Made from 53% viscose, 45% polyamide, 2% elastane, shown in white.

5. Hammered button cardigan in Charcoal, $910

Made from 99% RWS wool, 1% elastane, shown in charcoal.

6. Hammered button cardigan in Grey melange, $990

Made from 88% wool RWS, 8% cashmere, 4% polyamide, shown in grey melange.

7. Shawl-lapel cardigan in Milk, $990

Made from 85% wool RWS, 15% polyamide, shown in milk.

8. Hammered button cotton cardigan in Black, $1,030

Made from 100% organic GOTS cotton, shown in black.

9. Hammered button cotton cardigan in White, $1,030

Made from 100% organic GOTS cotton, shown in white.

10. Shawl-lapel cardigan in Black, $1,030

Made from 94% RWS wool, 6% polyamide, shown in black.

11. Shawl-lapel cardigan mid grey in Mid grey melange, $1,030

Made from 94% RWS wool, 6% polyamide, shown in mid grey melange.

12. Hammered button cardigan in Black, $1,040

Made from 53% cashmere, 44% wool, 3% elastane, shown in black.

“It’s not about changing your wardrobe every year,” Elin Kling told The Telegraph in February 2025, “but about small tweaks of newness that give life to your existing clothes.”

Frequently asked questions

Are Totême cardigans cashmere?

The raglan-sleeve cardigan is 100% cashmere. The others are RWS wool, organic cotton, mohair blends and viscose stretch knits.

How much is a Totême cardigan?

$756 to $1,170 on Coveti, median $1,030.

Do Totême cardigans run small?

The compact knit and polo cardigans are slim fit by design. The brand says to size up if you are between sizes for a softer drape.

What is the Totême hammered button cardigan?

A cardigan with hammered metal shank buttons on the placket and pockets, in 99% RWS wool and in organic cotton.

Which Totême cardigan can I wear as a jacket?

The shawl-lapel cardigan, a heavyweight ribbed wool with a double-breasted front that the brand calls a sculptural outerwear piece.

How do I wash a cashmere cardigan?

Cool hand wash, press out the water in a towel, dry flat and reshape while damp. Store it folded, never on a hanger.

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Sources and method

Checked on 7 November 2026 by Coveti Editorial, the Coveti fashion desk. Product facts, the compositions, care lines, dimensions, heel heights and country of manufacture, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Coveti’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the founders’ biography and the house history come from the brand’s own pages and the press articles listed below, each read on the date above; the size scales are the brand’s own. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.

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Coveti Editorial is the in-house fashion desk at Coveti, the London-based luxury fashion marketplace. The team writes our designer guides, brand profiles and buying advice from the collections our contracted boutiques carry: more than 500 boutiques across eight cities. Every guide is checked against the designer's own information before it is published.

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