Contrasting Rolled Trim Striped Sweater Exclusive Collection From Italy

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Sizing

True to size for loose fit; size down for fitted look.

Silhouette

Boat neck and rolled hem create a polished, layered silhouette.

Versatility

Layers under blazers and coats, half-tucks into high-waist bottoms, and pairs with jeans, skirts, trousers, and shorts.

Neckline

Frames collarbone and broadens shoulders while contrasting rolled trim creates a refined, off-duty silhouette.

Fit

Size down for a closer fit highlighting the boat neck, and the soft, hypoallergenic cotton means no cami needed.

Material

100% cotton knit, hypoallergenic and machine-washable unlike cotton-cashmere blends.

Value

$49 CAD, undercuts Quince's similar sweater by ~$15 and is Contemporaine's most affordable piece.

Italian origin

Exclusive Italian import at Simons; typical competitors source from China.

Positioning

Modern classics for career women with office-to-weekend versatility.

Design

Continuous rolled trim and boat neck visually lengthen the silhouette and enable half-tucks and blazer layering.

Care

Specific care preserves the contrast trim and stripes over time.

Product record

Title

Contrasting Rolled Trim Striped Sweater Exclusive Collection From Italy

Brand

Contemporaine

Price

49 CAD

Availability

In stock

Boat neck and rolled hem: style and wearability

• Because the boat neck sits high on the back and wide across the front, it slips cleanly under blazers and structured coats without collar interference — a practical advantage for building a polished office outfit with this cotton knit as the foundation layer.
• The contrasting rolled trim at the neck, cuffs, and bottom hem defines the boat neck's edge with a subtle graphic border that frames the stripes, giving the sweater a more deliberate, fashion-forward finish than a plain rolled hem — because the trim is continuous, it creates a unifying line that lengthens the silhouette.
• The wide boat neckline on this sweater draws the eye horizontally across the collarbone, which visually broadens the shoulders and creates a flattering frame for the face — an effect that makes the cotton knit read as more polished than a crewneck, allowing it to transition seamlessly from a casual weekend to an office look when layered under a blazer.
• The soft rolled hem at the bottom edge removes any stiff seam, making the sweater naturally amenable to a casual half-tuck into high-waist denim or trousers — a styling move that defines the waist without compromising the loose, relaxed drape.

How it compares to similar cotton striped sweaters

• As an in-house exclusive sold solely at Simons, this sweater bypasses third-party retail markups that inflate comparable Italian-import knits at multi-brand stores, channeling the savings into a $49 CAD price that competes head-on with fast fashion while retaining the department store’s quality-curated point of view.
• The boat neck and rolled hem distinguish this sweater from the ubiquitous striped crewneck — a refined, off-duty-French-girl silhouette that normally commands a premium at minimalist-focused brands but is delivered here at a $49 CAD opening price, elevating the piece beyond basic weekender knits.
• Sticking to pure cotton, this sweater avoids the added care considerations of the cashmere found in L.L.Bean’s comparable striped crewneck (95% cotton/5% cashmere, $33.99–$69.95), landing at the low end of that blend’s price window — a better fit for fuss-free machine washing and those sensitive to animal fibers.
• Imported from Italy exclusively at Simons, this sweater’s production origin contrasts sharply with the typical China/SE Asia sourcing of similarly priced striped sweaters — Quince’s $49.90 USD organic cotton crew is made in China and Cambodia — giving it an Italian provenance normally reserved for much higher priced contemporary lines.
• At $49 CAD, this sweater costs roughly two-thirds the price of Quince’s $49.90 USD (≈CA$68) 100% organic cotton striped crewneck — a product itself positioned as a value disruptor against $98–$250 alternatives — and trades organic certification for Italian provenance while offering a more polished boat neck silhouette at a sharper entry point.

Contemporaine as Simons' house brand

• Simons has built its modern identity on proprietary brands, with nearly two-thirds of its clothing designed and developed in-house — Contemporaine inherits this institutional know-how, meaning its quality and fit are backed by a vertically integrated retailer that treats its own labels as competitive differentiators, not as generic alternatives to national brands.
• Contemporaine benefits from Simons’ dedicated in-house design studio of 50 professionals who attend global fashion weeks — meaning the boat-neck and rolled-hem details on this sweater are not generic off-the-rack gestures but editorial choices filtered through the same design pipeline that services the retailer’s higher-tier collaborations.
• The ‘Exclusive collection from Italy’ marker on this knit signals direct European sourcing — a provenance detail that places it above the typical store-brand basics and, at $49 CAD, creates a quality-per-dollar ratio that competing department-store private labels rarely achieve at this price.
• Contemporaine sits as one of Simons’ three core women’s private labels, defined by the retailer as ‘modern, classic lines for career women’ — it is deliberately less avant-garde than Icône and more mature than the young-adult Twik line, so this sweater carries a timeless, office-to-weekend versatility that sets it apart from trend-driven alternatives in the same store.
• The brand’s garments are consistently priced under $150 CAD, with the majority hovering around $80 — this sweater’s $49 tag represents the entry-level sweet spot of a label engineered for accessible polished dressing, not a compromised budget tier.