What to Buy From Paul Mescal’s & Cillian Murphy’s Go-To Knitwear Brand
What do I share in common with Paul Mescal, beyond an (alleged) penchant for park runs? A love of &Daughter knitwear, as recent outings with his new boo Gracie Abrams have confirmed.
The 28-year-old Gladiator II star was spotted in New York a few weeks ago wearing the brand's Ada cardigan, a staple within womenswear for its quaint neckline, pearlescent buttons and variants of en vogue colourways.
My introduction to &Daughter came amidst a Christmas lockdown nearly four years ago, where, as a distraction from mandatory confinement, I found comfort (quite literally) in filling my wardrobe with British-born, high-quality knits. The label’s boxy, brightly coloured styles became the object of my desire – as they have with Mr Mescal and fellow Irish heartthrob and fan, Cillian Murphy – and helped warm me through a particularly frosty winter.
(You’d be surprised how much perkier you are when you’re riding a shopping-induced dopamine high wearing downy lambswool, even when social distancing won't allow others to appreciate its softness.)
The brand’s founder, Buffy Reid, also has a soft spot for yarns spun on homesoil – a hereditary one that’s felt by her father and grandmother, who both worked in Irish and Scottish knitwear – provoking her to start the brand back in 2013. Today, &Daughter’s five makers work at the mills Reid’s father used to sell the knitwear of, using the same techniques that have been passed down from well before Reid’s gran’s generation. Sustainability kudos comes from using just five yarns and a production model that requires slowness. The end products can be found proudly flaunted on Instagram and the backs of style stalwarts due to their modern take on craftsmanship.
Now, rather excitingly, I get to sing the brand's praises on company time, as &Daughter have recently launched a line of menswear.
As the two A-listers have proven, knits needn’t be separated into gendered categories, but doing so allows for their customers to find the perfect fit.
“Knitwear is such an ungendered product really and [is] so much about how you wear things – whether oversized or more fitted,” Reid explains to British Vogue. “I expect that women will buy into our men’s pieces and vice versa – launching menswear just allows even more flexibility for that to happen.”
Take a look at some of my picks from the collection below:
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