Six More Weeks of Winter Calls for Cashmere

In this freezing season, we’re thinking warm thoughts. Hot chocolate, ’90s rom-coms, purring kittens, and the best luxury throw blankets. “Feels like -6 degrees” day after day has us dreaming up cozy blankets speciated for sophisticated lounging. We’re talking thick wool that’s not scratchy, cashmere not prone to pilling, oversized throws as soft as your favorite sweater. High-quality textiles are of the highest import, and we’ll even pay the dry cleaning fee for this level of comfort (luxury isn’t often machine washable, it turns out)—anything to indulge ourselves while hell freezes over. Our concept of luxury includes blankets that use natural fibers, high-quality textiles, and come artisan-made, ensuring human hands have touched and felt the softness and durability of the fabric before it’s headed to market. Luxury also concerns itself with sourcing, prioritizing alpaca wool made from real alpaca fleece or mohair from angora goats. There are a lot of options out there, but the proud few stand the test of sourcing, time, craft, and luxury.

Our Top Picks

Best Cashmere Throw

Williams Sonoma Solid Throw

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$319

Williams-Sonoma

Best Heavyweight Blanket

Boll & Branch Woven Icon Throw

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$699

Boll & Branch

Best Texture

Jenni Kayne Alpaca Basketweave Throw

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$375

Jenni Kayne

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Williams Sonoma Solid Throw

$319

Williams-Sonoma

Let’s start with the basics: a good cashmere throw is the icon of all luxury blankets. Super soft, designed for longevity, and available in 12 colors allowing you to go neutral or statement with your luxury throw. Camel, oatmeal, and chocolate are particularly refined and a nice fit for a space like this LA home filled with cool neutrals. The chambray blue feels a bit more contemporary, however, and brings a welcome bit of color to the home decor circuit.

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Boll & Branch Woven Icon Throw

$699

Boll & Branch

They call it the “woven icon” for a reason: 100% organic cotton velvet is handwoven to create a heavyweight blanket that’s perhaps less throw and more comforter, but it inhabits a space between. Whatever that space is, that’s where we want to be. Use as a hefty throw blanket, a coverlet, a wear-around-the-freezing-cold-house accessory.

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Jenni Kayne Alpaca Basketweave Throw

$375

Jenni Kayne

Commerce writer Julia Harrison calls this her “softest blanket ever” and says the weight of this piece is heavier than a cashmere throw but lighter than a quilt. Made from a blend of alpaca, polyamide, and wool, natural fibers comprise its super soft texture. A basketweave knit and fringe ends make it look intentionally draped, even when slumping half on the couch, half on the floor.

A Retro Option

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Maharam Design Studio Passel Throw

$395 $296 (25% off)

Herman Miller

Craving a true-to-70s bit of home decor? This throw looks like a relic of the Carter era. Deep green woven with red, orange, and bright yellow gestures to a bygone palette that we're glad to see back in the mix. The wool and mohair mix give this a fuzzy, welcoming quality, and perhaps the best part of buying a vintage-style new is that you can forego the musty smell.

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Ezcaray Matisse Throw

$375 $300 (20% off)

Goodee

Taking notes from serapes, these brightly colored stripe wool throws are made from an ultra-plush mohair blend and woven in Spain by Ezcaray, a family-owned and operated textile house that produces heirloom-quality pieces. The texture of the mohair blends the stripes so they come across ombre, a bit like a Rothko—and at just $300 while their sale lasts.

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Frette Modernism Throw

$1,950

Frette

A refined jacquard design, a hand-stitched leather label, and exacting border stitching, Frette’s Italian craftsmanship knows luxury. This S-shaped design references the Italian modernism movements of the ’60s, and its weight creates a noble drape on the back of your (fingers crossed) Mario Bellini.

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Missoni Clifford Throw

$530

Missoni

Another top contender in Italian luxury design, Missoni brings its signature zigzag to this plaid wool throw, which does a bit more than provide a bit of warmth and color—it indicates you know your designers, and you’re willing to throw a pretty penny for top-tier home decor (though $530 isn’t so crazy a price point for a designer item and carefully sourced textiles). It’s worth considering this as a bed blanket, too, to liven up an otherwise spare bedding setup.

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Sezane Mohair Throw

$310

Sezane

Alpaca and mohair are paired with a modern stripe and Mediterranean palette for a soft throw that feels fresh even in the summer (when the blasting AC doesn’t fall under your authority). Harrison can stand by the texture, being the proud owner of a few Sezane mohair sweaters herself. “The French are not messing around when it comes to warm textiles,” she says. “Remember: These are ski-chalet people.”

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Colours of Arley Wool Blanket

$190

Moda Operandi

A simple stripe blanket is a transformative decorative piece. Use this on a white couch or armchair or anywhere with an absence of color and pattern. This single throw can create a whole new mood, using brown and white stripes to make a statement and a bold red piping detail to stick the landing.