Vintage Polo Ralph Lauren Silk Cable Knit Crewneck - Sea Green

Sea green, size L. The neck label reads Polo by Ralph Lauren with MADE IN HONG KONG printed vertically at the right edge, and a separate 100% SILK content tag.

A Hong Kong label sits in the older tier of Ralph Lauren production rather than with later China-made work, and for Polo knitwear it reads 1980s into the mid 1990s. Hong Kong stayed a separate customs territory after the 1997 handover, so it is not a hard cutoff, but manufacture there fell away through the decade and the label points early.

The cable is a fisherman's stitch, crossed over itself so the rope stands proud of the ground, and it was worked out in wool because wool has loft. Silk has none. It is a filament rather than a staple fibre, which is why a silk cable has weight and sheen where a wool one has air, and why it drapes like a garment rather than standing like a jumper.

Condition: good. Cable crisp and full, collar and cuff ribbing with recovery. 

100% silk. Hand wash cold, reshape, dry flat. Store folded, never hung.

Modern size: Fits like a modern Women's L or Men's M.

One of one. Sold as found.

No returns - as is.