Comfortable and put-together have never been the same sweater.

The shape is sportswear, so are the cords at the throat. Nothing else about it is. The shoulder seams run on the outside, fully fashioned, shaping marks where most sweaters hide them. Someone decided a casual shape deserved the attention of a tailored one, and it shows in the shoulder line — that's what begins to separate it from the ordinary.

Most sweaters like this get worn when you're not thinking about clothes. This one holds up on the days you are. The collar covers your neck without closing around it, and goes under a blazer without a fight. Jeans on Saturday, good trousers on Monday. Nobody would guess it's the comfortable one.