The regular fit cardigan sits in a tricky middle ground and most brands get it badly wrong. Too boxy and it looks like something borrowed from a larger man. Too tapered and they’ve just made a fitted cardigan and called it something else. What we’re after is a cut that falls correctly across the shoulders, allows for a shirt underneath without pulling, and skims the body without gripping it. That is harder to find than it should be.

A well cut regular fit cardigan is genuinely one of the more useful things in a wardrobe. It works over a collared shirt for something that reads as considered without being overdressed. It works with a t shirt on the weekend without looking like you’ve stopped caring. The yarn matters too. Merino and lambswool hold their shape and improve with wear in a way that acrylic simply does not.

These are the ones that have actually solved the fit problem rather than just named it differently.