Banana Republic Long Cashmere Hoodie

Usually I buy my cashmere just after Christmas. At that time, the prices are astonishingly, suspiciously good. J.Crew is practically paying you to take their cashmere off their hands. That's sometimes why I love monster chains like the Gap or J.Crew or whatever. There's this end of the year corporate panicky decree to simply get rid of all their stuff, which only weeks earlier were full-priced. How often have you seen, like a pretty pea coat at the Gap on a sale rack for like $12.99? God, I'm like salivating just thinking about it.

So ordinarily, I would rather die than pay full price for cashmere. So you can imagine how special this extra-long BR hoodie must be if I am willing to drop $198 to own it right away.



First of all, the color. Deep saturated bluey purple. BR calls this color "Dream Date Royale". What a bunch of queerballs. But it IS super-gorgeous on almost every skin tone, and looks fantastic over jeans or little black pants.

But the really special thing about this hoodie is that it's sexy tunic length.

Oh, I love you, Tunic Length. Tunic Length is so rad. How decadent to have extra inches of luxurious cashmere snugly covering your ass? Strangers will think you're an heiress. Your boyfriend will think you are a classy girl of the Jackie Onassis variety. Your friends will begin to hate you.

But you don't need friends with a sweater like this. Just hide in your hood and play peek-a-boo with your boyfriend. Then throw up.

Price: $198 at bananarepublic.com