A print can be festive and still look like something from a good linen shop!

Just imagine a cream sweater printed with a winter landscape in faded red and sage — pine trees, little houses, a church spire, figures walking between them. Now stop imagining, because it's drawn in the style of an old French toile, and it is quietly beautiful.

• A Toile-Style Landscape
  The whole scene is printed in two soft colours on cream, in the manner of traditional toile de Jouy. It's an unusual thing to find on a sweater and it lifts the piece considerably.
• Faded, Not Bright
  The red is dusty and the green is sage, as though the fabric has been washed many times. That softness is exactly what makes it wearable outside of the holidays.
• Waffle-Knit Ground
  The texture of the stitch suits the sketched print perfectly, giving it depth and keeping the cream from looking flat.
• Relaxed Through The Body
  The cut skims instead of clinging, with a dropped shoulder and a gently curved hem that sits just past the hip. Take your usual size for the easy drape you see here, or go one up if you like a little more room. It comes in S through 5XL, and the shape is drafted for each one rather than simply scaled up.
• Goes With Your Winter Things
  Cream, faded red and sage sit naturally with denim, camel, grey and dark green — most of what is already in a winter wardrobe.

The trouble with a seasonal print is the short window you can wear it in. This one reads as a winter landscape rather than a holiday motif, so it comes out in November and stays out until the cold goes — and it will be back the year after.