5 Reasons Why Everyone's Obsessed With This Rainbow Cardigan

You know the sweaters that look cute but feel like a doormat? This isn't one of them.

It has a fluffy, mohair-style knit that feels like a hug the second you put it on. It's thick enough to keep you warm on chilly mornings and stretchy enough to live in all day. You'll catch yourself petting your own sleeves.

Fall doesn't have to mean beige, black and fifty shades of brown.

Every stripe fades into the next, from pink and tangerine to lemon, mint and lilac. Throw it on during a gray, drizzly day and your whole mood changes. It's the kind of piece that makes people smile when you walk into the room, and that includes you when you catch yourself in the mirror.

This exact look has been popping up in boutiques for $80, $100 and more, and it's usually sold out anyway.

Ours has the same ombre stripes, the same cozy knit and the same tortoiseshell buttons, at a price that doesn't need a second thought. Every button works too, so you can wear it open as a cardi or buttoned up as a sweater.

You can wear it with jeans, a denim skirt, leggings or shorts with tall boots. You can layer it over a white tee or throw it over a dress. The relaxed, drop-shoulder fit lets the stripes do all the work.

Teachers are wearing it to class. Therapists are wearing it to sessions. It's fun without being too much, and cozy without looking sloppy. You'll reach for it from September straight into spring.

This is the part nobody warns you about. Wear it once and you'll get stopped at the coffee shop, at school pickup and in the grocery line, by people asking "where did you get that?"

It's the piece people remember you in, the one that feels like you as a cardigan.