Why?!

What's with this wool/silk/cashmere blend cardy trend? When I purchase a cardy, I usually like to be able to throw it over anything and everything, and a perfect material to do that with is cotton. Now....a tribute to the cotton cardy.

JCrew

JCrew...again

Abercrombie (don't ask what I'm even doing on their website)

Comeswithashirt attached cardy (for those rough mornings ((you know what I'm talking about!))