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• No Imitation Sold Clothing Aran Sweater Market Sz M Cream Turtleneck 100% Merino Wool Cable Knit Sweater Turtleneck collar, real merino — actually made by an Aran sweater house, not just styled to look like one. $40
• Sold Clothing Aran Crafts Ireland 100% Wool Fisherman Cable Knit Sweater Medium Dark Blue Deep navy instead of the usual cream — the traditional stitch pattern reads differently in a darker wool. $39.53
• Clothing Cream Cable Knit Cowl Neck Coastal Fisherman Sweater Womens S New England A soft cowl collar instead of the usual crewneck — coastal New England styling, easy to dress up or down. $18
• Clothing Fisherman Chunky Cable-Knit Abercrombie & Fitch Alpaca Blend Sweater M Gray Y2K Alpaca blend gives this one real loft — heavier and softer than a standard acrylic cable-knit. $28.62
• Clothing Ralph Lauren Cable Knit Sweater | XXL | Deep Purple Crest | Fisherman Old Money Oversized and deep purple with an embroidered crest — the kind of sweater that reads prep-school-gone-slouchy. $38.89
• Clothing Uniqlo Ines De La Fressange Wool Bl Cable Knit Fisherman Crewneck Women M Casual A collaboration piece with real French-girl restraint — simple cable rows, a boxy fit, nothing fussy about it. $31.99
• Clothing J.CREW Cable Knit Shawl Collar 100% Cotton Fisherman Sweater Men's M Black Shawl collar instead of a crew — reads a little more like a robe-coat layering piece than a standard pullover. $24
• Sold Clothing J. Crew Cable Knit Lambs Wool Sweater Cardigan Oatmeal Balloon Sleeves Sz M Soft lambswool cable-knit with dropped balloon sleeves — more slouchy cardigan than tight layering piece, the kind you live in through November. $35
• Clothing SAOL Irish 100% Merino Wool Irish Sweater Fisherman Men Cable Knit Aran Zip Neck Half-zip neckline on a heavyweight Irish merino — good for layering a collar underneath without the bulk of a full turtleneck. $65
• Clothing Ralph Lauren Sweater Womens 1X Black Aran Cable Knit V Neck Pullover Fisherman V-neck cuts the bulk of a typical Aran sweater — easier to wear over a collared shirt. $29.99
• Wood Button Charm Clothing Vtg 90s White Stag Cable Knit Toggle Cardigan Sweater Large Fisherman Grandma Full cable front and genuine wood toggle buttons — '90s grandpa-cardigan energy, in the best way. $29.92
• Clothing Vintage Jantzen Sweater Men Medium Cable Knit Fisherman Preppy Blue Pullover USA An '80s American-made crewneck in a bold royal blue, with a graphic triangle cable panel instead of the usual twisted-rope pattern. $21.99

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