Gift Set

Buying a piece of cashmere is choosing something you would be glad to be given. The box is how it arrives.

What it looks like

A cream box with the blue logo. Inside, the piece is folded in tissue paper, and the box is closed with a blue ribbon. Nothing more than that, and nothing more is needed: the moment the package is opened, it is clear the thing inside was chosen rather than grabbed.

How to add it

Gift wrapping is added in the cart, not on this page: next to each piece there is a checkbox for it. It costs $5.99 and covers one piece, so if you are sending several gifts you can add it to each one separately.

In the same box you can write your gift message. We print it on a card and put it in with the piece. If the package is going straight to the person receiving it, we leave the price out.

The occasions, and what changes from one to the next

A piece of cashmere is given on more or less the same handful of occasions. Little changes in the box; a good deal changes in the timing. What ruins a gift is rarely the wrong choice, it is the package that turns up the day after.

Our times are 3–5 business days from order to door: 1–2 days to prepare the package, 2 in transit with UPS Express, duties and taxes already paid. What changes from one occasion to the next is how much slack you have in front of the date.

Christmas

It is when we ship the most, and also when the carriers slow down. If the box has to be under the tree, order in the first half of December, not in the last few days. If you are already late, write to us: we will tell you straight whether we can make it, instead of leaving you to hope. Orders placed in November and December can be returned through January 31, which is what you want for a gift that gets opened weeks after it was bought.

Valentine's Day

A wrap or a scarf is the gift that goes wrong least often: there is no size on it, so there is no size to get wrong. If you are set on a sweater and not sure of the size, returns are free within 30 days.

Mother's Day and Father's Day

Both fall in spring, when heavy cashmere is out of season. These are the dates where the light pieces work: a pashmina, a thin scarf, something for a cool May evening.

Birthdays and anniversaries

They have no shared date, so there is no rush. This is the occasion where you can afford to wait for the right color if the one you wanted is sold out. Write to us and we will tell you when it comes back.

Graduations

May and June, so the same light pieces as the spring dates. One practical thing: if the gift is going to a campus address, send it to the address they will be at in July instead. A package that lands the week everyone moves out is a package nobody is there to take in.

New babies and christenings

For a newborn there is a line of its own: blankets, beanies, scarves. It is also the occasion where several people go in on one gift, and the box counts: one package arrives, not three.

Every order is packed by hand

Gift box or not, every piece is folded and packed by hand in our factory in Prato before it leaves, in a box certified FSC, with the care card inside. Nothing is shipped loose.

Getting it there in time

Orders ship from Italy by UPS Express and arrive in 3–5 business days, with duties, taxes, and shipping already included, so there is nothing to pay on delivery. In the two weeks before Christmas the carriers are loaded and it is worth allowing a few extra days. Full conditions are on Shipping & Returns.

If the gift needs a size, read Find Your Size first: our sizes are Italian, and the measurements are more reliable than the letter. A scarf, a wrap, or a throw sidesteps the question entirely.