JENNIE LIU Women's 100% Cashmere Button Front Long Sleeve Crewneck Cardigan Sweater | Soft & Warm Winter Knitwear | Perfect for Office, Date Night & Cozy Evenings

Greetings.I bought couple of these for my wife and she was absolutely overjoyed.Finally, I found a proper cashmere cardigan for her. This is properly labelled as 100% cashmere as compared to some sweaters I have bought from third party Chinese sellers (example Long Ming) which have no labels or a label attached with a safety pin saying 100% cashmere and then the description (which was recently changed from 100% to 85%) stating 85% cashmere and 15% wool. In USA, it is a federal requirement for a woolen/cashmere anything to have a label properly stitched to the garment stating the amount of cashmere/wool etc used to make it. When you ask such third grade sellers a question about the materials, they will reply saying "sorry, this is is 80% this and 20% that or 90% this and 10% that". I am simply fed up with amazon allowing this to happen. In UK this fabric is highly regulated to I was buying cashmere sweaters directly from UK before I changed ways and started to buy them here and ran into some problems.The only certain way to find out if a sweater is 100% cashmere is to send some of the fibers to a lab to be analyzed for the micron length they have. This is obviously impractical for general consumers like us, so we have to rely on the labels stitched to the fabric. That is why it is better to stick to a good brand when buying such stuff and check the label directly on the garment, which are many. If the label is not there or attached by a safety pin then you may need to be more careful. The safety pin label is used by some of the really high end designers for such garments and that fact is exploited by some low end fraudulent sellers.There is a "Wool Burn Test" that you can do to differentiate between wool and synthetic fibers. You can search it online and read about it. It is simple but please take the necessary precautions when doing it. It will not tell you the difference between different kinds of wool's however.This one is properly labelled, it is simply pure cashmere. I have a lot of experience with this fabric over the years and I can vouch confidently. Over time if you keep feeling the different kinds of wool clothes you will have; you will easily start to make the difference. Cashmere has very small micron fibers and it should feel very soft. The smaller the fiber the softer the wool tends to be.It is expensive though as most good fabric stuff out there.You can spend 50 for a fake cashmere sweater or stick to some brand like this one. I would also recommend to check the cashmere sweaters sold by big retailers like Macy's, Dillard's, J Crew etc. Ideally if you can find a cashmere sweater for 100 or less, you are fine. Sometimes the new colors sell off before the sweater's goes on sale so keep a eye on that in case you want a new color (implying a color other than standard black, navy, grey etc). This is what I have experienced over some time now so I thought would be best to give a head's up.I am sure they will go on sale sometime in case you want to grab them when the price is a little better.Quality wise, I am very satisfied and so is my wife.I hope this helps you.Regards.