The rich girl cardigan is your next Spring must-have – here are the best ones to buy
THE rich girl cardigan is the latest must-have trend for Spring, and one that fans of the clean girl aesthetic may have already been channelling over the last few months.
The rich girl cardigan is a stylish wardrobe essential, but there is a set of criteria to loosely follow when shopping the minimalist trend.
Rich girl cardigans are often structured cardigans with a boxy fit, a round neck, and button-front fastening.
More often than that, another stylistic feature to nail the rich girl cardigan includes chunky buttons - think Chanel vibes.
Boucle fabric is a popular option, or tweed, which means this staple can sometimes also be a happy medium between a blazer and a cardigan.
One final stylistic note is the length, the rich girl cardigan is shorter in length, and sometimes cropped.
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It's a great basic, elevating the most basic ensemble of jeans and a t-shirt, whether you pair it with trainers, ballet pumps, heeled boots, or heels.
In most cases, all you need to wear underneath the cardigan is a round neck t-shirt, long sleeve, or roll neck, depending on how cold you can get.
Don't worry if your t-shirt shows underneath, especially around the collar - we love that look, especially with a crisp white tee.
Whether you are heading to the office, a weekend shopping spree, or Sunday brunch with pals, this look requires minimal effort but has maximum impact.
High street brands including M&S, River Island, as well as Mango have plenty of cardigans to shop to nail the rich girl cardigan look, while Sezane, Ba&sh, Massimo Dutti and Reformation are the more premium brands to shop the style.
Here are our favourites.
M&S
M&S can be trusted to nail trends, but also deliver failsafe classics, from rich girl cardigans to winter parkas.
The Cotton Blend Textured Knitted Jacket is high on our wishlist as it has garnered over 470 rave reviews from shoppers.
It is available in four shades, black, navy blue, cappuccino and cream, with a textured finish and a woven exterior that creates a ribbed effect and contrast buttons to elevate the look even further.
The structured fit in the weightier fabric, combined with the round neck, pocket detail and sophisticated buttons, makes this our personal favourite.
- Cotton Blend Textured Knitted Jacket, £35 from M&S - buy here
River Island
The Cream Boucle Knit Crop Cardigan from River Island is very similar to the M&S design and is also a big nod to the luxury Chanel staple.
Crafted from a super soft boucle with a slight two-tone colour creates a tweed effect, which instantly elevates this design to look even more high-end than the price tag reveals.
It boasts a round neck, and contrast detailing around the collar, hem and middle fastening, which allows the body of the fabric, as well as the dazzling buttons to stand out.
- Cream Boucle Knit Crop Cardigan, £45 from River Island - buy here
Arket
Arket straddles the high street and premium brands as the garments are made from high-quality fabrics, and come with a higher price point than the sister brands H&M, Monki and Weekday.
The Cotton Cardigan is a structured design with flared sleeves and a boxy fit.
If you prefer a V-neck to a round neck, this is the garment to nail the rich girl cardigan trend and still honour your style.
- Cotton Cardigan, £97 from Arket - buy here
Mango
Mango has impressed in recent years with the collections looking even more premium than ever before.
One item, in particular, is the Pocket Tweed Cardigan, which boasts the textured tweed fabric that blends the citrus orange hues with soft neutral threads to subtly inject colour into your wardrobe.
The structure of the cardigan is a nod to the rich girl cardigan trend, but we also love the frayed hems around the collar and base of this design, which instantly makes for a more playful outfit.
- Pocket tweed cardigan, £59.99 from Mango - buy here
Sezane
Sezane's cardigans have been on our radar for many years, and are more often than not well ahead of fashion trends
The signature design has been crafted from a blend of mohair, baby alpaca and polyamide, while mother-of-pearl buttons have been stitched down the centre.
This cardigan boasts a round neck, and slightly loose fit around the body, perfect to pair with jeans, a skirt, or trousers, or layer over a dress for a preppy look.
- Gaspard Cardigan, £95 from Sezane - buy here
Ba&sh
We love ba&sh.
While the garments are typically a higher price point sometimes it is worth investing in those timeless staples, and the Bill Long Sleeve Cardigan is one of those investment pieces.
The fabric is a blend of wool, cotton and elastane to provide the necessary warmth you would expect from the layering staple, but with added stretch, it is super soft to the touch.
The black and cream blend is super chic and means this staple can coordinate with any outfit.
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It features quaint pocket detail, a round neck and button front fastening - but stock is selling out fast so you will want to shop quickly so as not to miss out.
- Bill Long Sleeve Cardigan, £224 (Was £320) from Ba&sh - buy here
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