Gallery: The Lululemon Family Launches a 'Technical Cashmere' Line
Kit and Ace01Kit Wrap $198
Kit and Ace is a new clothing store from the founding family of Lululemon.
Kit and Ace02The V Tee - White $78
The marquee product is a new proprietary fabric the company calls qemir (pronounced like "come here") that's a new kind of cashmere designed for performance.
Kit and Ace03The V Tee - Heather Grey $78
Unlike other cashmere, qemir can go in the washing machine and the dryer, it doesn’t stretch out, and it doesn’t pill.
Kit and Ace04Kit and Ace Nolita 2
Despite having just opened its second store in the US (this is the store's New York City store), the founders say they're still in a kind of beta, where they plan to keep upping the performance on their fabrics.
Kit and Ace05Haven-Tee---Heather-Grey-$88-adj
Their clients have big demands: unlike Lululemon, that made workout wear that people kept on all day; Kit and Ace makes clothes for the daily grind, that act more like sportswear.