When sweaters and knitwear are designed as a form of outerwear—they’re “outer” garments, after all—it completely changes the approach. You obsess over the ways of utilizing new hardware with ever more complex fabrications to take such products to an increasingly modern level of purpose. The focus on blending every element into a highly functional piece of lasting protection almost takes precedence over the aesthetic of the garment. Almost. This is Relwen after all.