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I’ve long had trouble finding a good cardigan: They’re inevitably too roomy or too cropped, and usually just a little too old-fashioned. But Leorosa, a new knitwear brand founded by Parsons grads Julian Taffel and Paolina Leccese, changes all that — just in time for the weather to turn. They’re offering a women’s cardigan with a relaxed bow collar; a lamb’s-wool men’s gilet featuring a navy body with red, yellow and green trim; and a men’s cardigan with contrasting pockets (camel and burgundy, forest green and pale pink or burnt orange and royal blue). The brand’s signature piece, the Rosa, a merino-wool and cashmere cardigan, has brightly clashing piping — which comes in a splash of primary colors — giving it, like all of the brand’s styles, a look that is simultaneously nostalgic and wholly modern. “We love the idea of it being a bit childish and whimsical,” Taffel told me. “The idea of our knitwear is very simple, so we want to exaggerate it with wacky, bright colors you might not think to match together.” Read more at tmagazine.com.

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