The Best Scanlan Theodore Crepe Knit Pieces: 10 to Buy, Ranked

Crepe Knit is the fabric Scanlan Theodore is known for and the reason most first orders happen. It is a dense viscose and polyamide knit, developed for the house in 2001 from Italian yarn, and it behaves like tailoring that does not crease. The current collection carries 45 Crepe Knit pieces. These are the ten the Luxury Handbags editors would buy, in the order we would buy them, every one in stock as we write, priced in US dollars. Sizing is AU, which reads as UK; the jackets take shoulder pads, so buy your usual size.

1. The jacket to buy first: Crepe Knit Peplum Collar Jacket in Black, $880

The peplum collar jacket is the piece the brand is known for: a real shoulder, a clean closure and a peplum that sits over a skirt. In black it is the top half of the suit.

2. The matching skirt: Crepe Knit Soft Hem Skirt in Black, $570

Slim to the hip, soft at the hem, and cut to sit under the peplum jacket. Together they read as a suit from across a room.

3. The base layer: Crepe Knit Crew Neck Singlet in Black, $350

Tubular trim at the neck and armhole, a below-the-waist length that stays tucked. The entry price to Crepe Knit and the piece you will wear most.

4. The season jacket: Crepe Knit Crochet Crop Jacket in Angel, $980

This spring the story is crochet on Crepe Knit in a pale pink called Angel. Concealed zip, shoulder pads, cropped to the waist.

5. The season skirt: Crepe Knit Crochet Hem Skirt in Angel, $590

Full hem, crochet at the edge, mid-calf length, in Angel. Worn with the crop jacket it is a spring suit; worn with a tank it is lunch.

6. The dress: Crepe Knit Poppy Shirt Dress in Whiskey, $980

The house fabric as a shirt dress with poppy buttons and shoulder pads, in the warm brown the brand calls Whiskey.

7. The trouser: Crepe Knit Barrel Trouser in Black, $830

A relaxed barrel leg in Crepe Knit, to-the-waist, ankle length, with side seam pockets. It replaces a tailored trouser on travel days.

8. The winter jacket: Crepe Knit Funnel Neck Jacket in Navy, $930

A funnel neck with poppy buttons and a soft elastic casing at the waist, in navy. It buttons to the chin and layers over a shirt.

9. The stripe: Crepe Knit Stripe T-Shirt in Navy Cream, $440

Crepe Knit as a striped tee, navy and cream. The off-duty end of the fabric, and the one to wear with the barrel leg jeans.

10. The capri: Crepe Knit Capri in Black, $590

Below-the-knee, to-the-waist, zip fly, in black Crepe Knit. Summer tailoring that does not crease.

How the pieces work together

Buy the jacket and the skirt in one shade and you have a suit. Add the singlet in a lighter shade and it is a three-piece that packs flat. The barrel trouser swaps in for the skirt on a travel day, and the stripe tee turns the jacket into a weekend piece. This season’s Angel pink crochet is the one seasonal buy; the black and navy core is what the brand repeats year after year, which is why it is the better value. Our guide to how to style Crepe Knit goes outfit by outfit, and the size guide covers the AU to UK to US conversion.

Shop every Crepe Knit piece in the Scanlan Theodore collection at Luxury Shoes , and browse designer jackets and designer skirts.

Frequently asked questions

What is Scanlan Theodore Crepe Knit made of?

A dense knit of 68 percent viscose and 32 percent polyamide, developed exclusively for Scanlan Theodore and introduced to ready-to-wear in 2001. The yarn is sourced from Italian mills. It holds a tailored line and does not crease.

How do you wash Crepe Knit?

You do not. The brand’s care instruction is gentle dry clean only, and on the jackets it adds that the poppy buttons must be masked during cleaning. Store the jacket on a padded hanger and the skirt folded.

Which Crepe Knit pieces are worth buying?

The peplum collar jacket and the soft hem skirt first, in black, navy and the season’s shade. Then the crew neck singlet as the layer underneath. The crochet pieces are the seasonal buy.

Does Crepe Knit run true to size?

Yes. Take your usual AU size, which reads as UK. The jackets carry shoulder pads that set the line, so do not size up to loosen the shoulder.