So far I’ve tried Everlane’s ribbed wool-cashmere crew —reviewed here (a favorite and probably most worn Everlane sweater) and their premium ribbed cashmere crew—reviewed here (highly overpriced at the time and sent back immediately). So I thought why not try their regular cashmere ribbed crew neck sweater, which is a new release for this year. I was debating on not getting it because I already purchased a second waffle knit cashmere crew in oatmeal (the first one I got was the navy last year-reviewed here- and that one was a favorite all winter/spring long). But there’s something about textured cashmere sweaters that I have a hard time passing up, especially when they come out in interesting colors like loden, a olive brown green.

{Wearing: Everlane cashmere rib round crew sweater (size small), Storq easy pants (review coming soon), Everlane Boss Mules (reviewed here—and now that I’ve broken them in, I’m so in love with them!), and Everlane Form bag (c/o; reviewed here)

Well I tried it and I was kind of eh about it. I polled it in my Instagram stories where 79% of you guys said to return it (though I wonder if I swayed it by stating I was eh about it). But to me it’s nothing special (unlike their waffle knit cashmere which has a split hem, split sleeves and varying textures from body to sleeve). To me, this rib sweater just looks like a plain classic menswear type of sweater. Someone else commented that it looks like it’s from the 90s and she avoids all clothes that look like they’re from that era because it reminds her of highschool, haha. As for me, growing up in Hawaii I never wore sweaters to highschool so there’s no such association for me on this one.

But if you’ve been looking for a menswear inspired cashmere sweater this one ain’t bad. The cashmere is really thick and comfy (much better than Everlane’s $100 cashmere sweater material) and I like that the crew neck is cut close to the neck. I’m wearing a small here, which is my usual size and it fits TTS (though the preggo belly does make it a bit more fitted in the midsection—that’s also why I rolled the hem under so that the preggo belly isn’t as accentuated). Also I’m 5’4” and I find that if I don’t roll the hem under, the sweater looks a tad too long on me, so it might be better suited for slim women over 5’5”.

Anyone else try it and what did you think?