| I am making one of the larger sizes, because I wanted to wear a top under the cardi comfortably. |
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| This season's dress or pretty skirt and cardi will travel well from day wear to night-time. |
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| When O'Riordan re-emerges she has swapped her jeans and cardi for a black puffball tutu which she looks incredible in. |
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| Wear with a mannish shirt tucked in or a fitted cardi or knit. |
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| Open knit cardi with short sleeves and ceramic buttons covered by small roses worked to the crotchet hook. |
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| From £15, debenhams.com 5. Laura Ashley No wonder this cardi is so comfortable – it's got cashmere in it. |
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| They also allow you sort of wear two outfits in one – layering a cardi over a blouse, for example – and that totally trumps sweaters. |
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| Long gone are the days where one was given a three quarter length polyester pleated skirt and cardi combo for one's fiftieth birthday and expected to sport them unfailingly every day until we shuffle off this mortal coil. |
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