Full Zip Knitted Jacket

A zip-through knit is one of those quietly useful things — warmer and more finished than a jumper, easier than a jacket, and just as at home over a tee as under a coat. Ours is a warm tan with a stand collar and a full-length zip, knitted in Italy on a ribbed gauge that gives it structure and a bit of weight, with ribbed cuffs and hem and two pockets set into the front.

It's knitted from a blend of 40% Better Cotton Initiative cotton and 60% recycled content — a mix of offcuts from weaving and knitting mills, post-consumer clothing, and recycled plastic bottles, all spun back into yarn rather than thrown out. The full-length zip runs top to bottom with a WVS-embroidered pull tab, so you can wear it open, half-zipped or closed to the neck.

Warm tan is one of the easy ones to build around — it works against black, grey, cream and denim. Wear it over a black tee with grey trousers or jeans, zipped up on the colder days or left open as a layer. It sits somewhere between a jumper and a jacket, which makes it the piece you reach for when a jumper's not quite enough and a coat's too much.