If you had spent 330 quid on a cashmere cardigan

[VintageGardenia]

would you wear it when you were changing the tyre on your tractor?

I would expect it to change the bloody tyre for me at that price!

actually I would never take it off in order to get value for money

God no! I'd wear it for reclining in front of the Aga whilst reading a classic, staring wistfully into the distance of course

Snort - does one think one is apsiring to a certain lifestyle type?

err, serious question here...why is this a throatwarmer and not a good old-fashioned 'scarf'??

He must have spent all his £££ on the cardi & had to let the odd job man go.

I went there thinking about wristwarmers reduced to £29 but changed my mind before the picture had fully loaded. Not sure what I was thinking!

another serious question...would you let your DC climb trees if they are wearing £200 of cashmere jumpers between them?

That takes the biscuit for the ponciest site I have seen in a long time

Oh I'd just meticulously handwash bung em in the machine afterwards I suppose.

we call these gloves where I come from

They don;t even cover his bloody wrists

Wrist teasers.

ahem - i think that is too narrow to be a tractor wheel

WTF doesnt anyone seem to make nice kids woollys like that in normal wool? [grumble grumble]

Norbert, its a 'throatwarmer' because (according to some MNers, 'real men don't wear scarves')

Real men sure as heck don't wear 'throatwarmers'

If I had spent £330 on a cardigan, I would be asking someone to slap some sense into me and hope that I could find the receipt!

I love the idea that a small boy's jumper might 'become a family heirloom'! Esp a handwash-only one

But they seem so have sold out of practically everything so that kind of ponciness clearly has a market.

Now be fair, it was a mere £249 in the sale wasn't it? Bargain! (not)

children wearing posh labels = just freaky if you ask me. how can you be a proper child in cashmere?

THis has to be the ponciest website ever, pmsl at romanara's comment!

I thought that cashmere attracts moths. So the moths come to eat your cashmere up and then they eat the rest of your clothes whilst they are there. There is nothing made of cashmere in our whole house, I don't understand why people like it!

oh my goodness, a 'throatwarmer', i swear I've heard it all now.

what about finger warmers to match.

Grimma that link to the throstwarmer proves my theory (men in scarves = ponces) to be true

OMG - my friend gave me one of her cardigans while having a clearout the other week, and it is a Brora one... had no idea how much the things cost!
(rushes off to get ebay open..)

Brora cashmere is incredibly good quality and hardwearing. On a cost per wear basis I think it's quite reasonable.

I'd rather have one Brora cashmere sweater and wear to death, than a dozen New Look (or similar) at £20 a pop. (Not that there;s anything wrong with New Look as such. It's just a matter of choice and personal preference.)