How do you like the recent J. Crew glow up? How do you like the styles? The quality? J. Crew used to source its cashmere yarns from Loro Piana. I have an old sweater, and you can see it’s more densely knit. Light hardly gets through it. Today’s J. Crew cashmeres are generally much more loosely knit. The gaps are visible. The gaps allow the yarn to move around more as you wear the sweater. The movement causes friction, and the friction slowly releases filaments from the yarn. (Filaments are very thin threads that are spun together to create yarn.) The more filaments get loose, the fuzzier the sweater. Then the fuzz clumps together to create pilling. High quality sweaters tend to be tightly knit of yarn that’s made of longer filaments. Fuzz is curtailed at each step of the production: from the spinning of the yarn to the knitting itself. But some people prefer a looser knit. Looser knits are more ventilated, so they’re better for warmer winters. Looser knits draps more closely to the body, more like silk than denim. LTKsalealert LTKVideo LTKSeasonal