Peach with poppy embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
$100 of each sweater sold will be donated to Fair Fight.
Interested in customizing your sweater? Build a custom sweater here!
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 2-to-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Because each Lingua Franca sweater customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

Rachelle Hruska Cashmere Embroidered Sweaters

Lingua Franca

"georgia On My Mind"

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Women

Introducing your new favorite Lingua Franca piece. This 100% boiled cashmere pullover turtleneck will be the coziest thing in your closet this season. Relaxed "roomy" fit, extra long sleeves, raw edge finish.
The process of boiling cashmere compacts the fibers into a tighter, felted knit resulting in a soft and luxurious hand feel. Boiling natural fibers is an age-old process that makes the yarns softer and loftier.
Brooke and Gina are both wearing a size small in these photos (and are usually size small).
Care

Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry. Ironing and steaming may cause shrinkage and is not recommended.

Boiled Cashmere Turtleneck

85% Silk 15% Cashmere. Ultra Lightweight knit maxi skirt with ribbed elastic tie waistband, pockets, detailed panel stitch, and raw hem.
Model Tanish, size 0 and 5'6, is pictured wearing a size S. The skirt fits true-to-size with an elastic tie waistband, meaning more versatility in sizing. We suggest taking your usual size.

Silk Cashmere Maxi Skirt

Multicolor block lettering embroidered in a playful mix of stitch techniques.
100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
Care Instructions: Hand wash cold with mild detergent. Do not bleach, lay flat to dry, or dry clean.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Because each Lingua Franca tank is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

"yes, Si, Oui, Ja" Short Sleeve Sweater

Lingua Franca x Emerge America. We are thrilled to be partnering with the Emerge organization. Emerge is the nation’s premier organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office. Since 2002, Emerge has trained more than 4,000 women to run for office and there are currently 740 Emerge alums serving in office across the country.
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20% of the proceeds from each tee will be donated to Emerge.
100% cotton. White with black thread. Machine embroidery.
20% of the proceeds from each tee will be donated to Emerge.
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
Returns and exchanges are accepted within 14 days of receiving order. Returned items must be unworn with tags and in their original packaging. Refunds will be issued in the original form of payment or as store credit.

"catalyst For Change" T-shirt

"c'est La Vie" Short Sleeve Sweater

Customize your Lingua Franca Crewneck with your loved one's initials in hearts!
100% Cashmere. Hand stitched in NYC.
This Lingua Franca piece is hand embroidered to order. Please allow about 2-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).

Mama Love Crewneck

100% sustainably sourced cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
10% of each item purchased will be donated to support The Center - NYC's LGBT community center.
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here!
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.

Unity Rainbow Crewneck

Create a custom Lingua Franca piece. Choose between one of our signature phrases or one near-and-dear to you! 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
10% of each item purchased will be donated to support The Center - NYC's LGBT community center.
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here !
Because each Lingua Franca sweater is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

Rainbow Stripe Custom Crewneck

100% sustainable cashmere crewneck.
Interested in adding embroidery? Visit our Custom page!
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
Care

Hand wash cold with mild detergent or dry clean. Lay flat to dry. Do not bleach.
Returns

Returns and/or exchanges are accepted within 14 days of receipt of items. Returned items must be unworn/unused with tags and in their original packaging. Refunds will be issued in the original form of payment or as store credit.

Classic Crewneck, Sans Stitching

Customize your Love V-Neck with your and your sweetheart's initials!
100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 2-to-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here! (Please type"initial ❤️ initial" in the custom phrase box to indicate this embroidery style).
Because all items are hand-embroidered to order, we are unable to accept returns. In the event that you receive a damaged item, please let us know within 15 days of receiving your order and we'll be happy to exchange it. For questions, please emails us at 

Lovers' Heart V-neck

Our classic V-neck style. Relaxed fit. 100% Cashmere.
Interested in adding embroidery? Visit our Custom page!
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
Returns and/or exchanges are accepted within 14 days of receipt of items. Returned items must be unworn/unused with tags and in their original packaging. Refunds will be issued in the original form of payment or as store credit.

Classic V-neck, Sans Stitching

Black with peach embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.

Modeled by Jenny Thomas — learn more about Jenny here .
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater? Email us!

Because all items are hand-embroidered to order, we are unable to accept returns. In the event that you receive a damaged item, please let us know within 15 days of receiving your order and we'll be happy to exchange it. For questions, please emails us at 

"power To The Peaceful"

100% sustainably sourced, ethically produced cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
Pictured on Lilac with Lagoon embroidery.
20% of proceeds from each sweater purchased supports Your Mom Cares, an organization that helps children by raising awareness and funding for organizations focused on children’s mental wellness.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 2-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here !
Care

Hand wash cold with mild detergent and lay flat to dry or dry clean. Do not bleach.
Shipping

All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 2-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Returns

Returns and/or exchanges are accepted within 14 days of receipt of items. Returned items must be unworn/unused with tags and in their original packaging. Refunds will be issued in the original form of payment or as store credit.

"busy As A Mother"

Dark cobalt with peach embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 2-to-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater? Email us!

Because the Lingua Franca "dream, baby, dream" sweater is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

"dream, Baby, Dream"

Customize your Love Crewneck with your and your sweetheart's initials!
100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).

Lovers' Heart Crewneck

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
100% of proceeds will go directly to #HateIsAVirus. Your purchase supports this non-profit community of mobilizers and amplifiers as they work to dismantle racism and hate. Proceeds will help Hate Is A Virus fund operations and initiatives that combat racism and hate and support different sectors of the AAPI community in need.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here !
Because each Lingua Franca sweater is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

"hate Is A Virus"

Cream with black embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
$100 from each sweater purchased supports Pen America.

In October of 1921, a woman named Catharine Amy Dawson Scott founded, with the mindful support of the (eventual) Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy, the first worldwide association of writers known simply as P.E.N. In her mind's eye it was an organization of friendship, of comradeship, of acceptance and of inclusion, but very quickly it became something much more. It became one of the first groups, outside of governmental organizations, to forcefully advocate for human rights. In 1949, P.E.N. was recognized as "representative of the writers of the world" and received the honour of "consultative status" to the United Nations. Dawson Scott, speaking at the Second International Congress in New York City in 1924, declared that while she conceived of the name P.E.N. with the intention it represented - Poets and Playwrights, Editors and Essayists, and Novelists. She felt that the alternative rendering of P.E.N., relayed to her by the French writer, poet and playwright, Paul Geraldy, to mean "Paix Entre Nous" was "infinitely better." As it translates rather directly to mean "Peace Between Us" or alternatively "Peace Amongst Us," it does seem, as Dawson Scott recognized, to represent the ideals PEN America of what began almost 100 years ago and continues to be searingly relevant today.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 2-to-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater? Email us!

Because each Lingua Franca piece is truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. We are more than happy to cancel an order within 24 hours of placing. All items are hand-made to order by our NYC-based embroiderers, resulting in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style. In the event that you receive a damaged item, please let us know within 15 days of receiving your order and we'll be happy to exchange it. For questions, please email us at 

"paix Entre Nous"

Cream with orange embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
$100 from each sweater purchased will be donated to Generation Citizen. Generation Citizen is working to transform civics education so that young people are equipped and inspired to exercise their civid power.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here!
Because each Lingua Franca sweater is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

"generation Citizen"

White with black thread. 100% cotton with machine embroidery.
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
20% of the proceeds from each tee will be donated to Emerge.
Emerge is the nation’s premier organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office. Since 2002, Emerge has trained more than 4,000 women to run for office and there are currently 740 Emerge alums serving in office across the country.
Care

Hand wash or dry clean only to avoid color fade.
Returns

Returns and/or exchanges are accepted within 14 days of receipt of items. Returned items must be unworn/unused with tags and in their original packaging. Refunds will be issued in the original form of payment or as store credit.

Catalyst For Change Hand Dye T-shirt

Choose your sweater, choose your pocket! Each patch pocket sweater is put together by hand in NYC using our fun, multicolored embroidery technique. No two sweaters are exactly the same!
100% cashmere.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here!
Because each Lingua Franca sweater is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

Patch Pocket Crewneck

Smoke with true red embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand stitched in NYC.
$100 of each sweater purchased goes to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide.
Facts are facts. They aren’t colored by emotion or bias. They are indisputable. There is no alternative to a fact. Facts explain things. What they are, how they happened. Facts are not interpretations. Once facts are established, opinions can be formed. And while opinions matter, they don’t change facts. We stand with our friends at CNN who start with the facts first.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 2-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-3 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater? Build a custom sweater here!
Because all items are hand-embroidered to order, we are unable to accept returns. In the event that you receive a damaged item, please let us know within 15 days of receiving your order and we'll be happy to exchange it. For questions, please emails us at 

"facts First"

Light Peach with fuchsia embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.

$100 from each sweater purchased supports Food Bank for New York City.
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow about 3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here !
Because each Lingua Franca sweater is customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

"we Are One"

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
$100 of each sweater sold will be donated to Fair Fight.
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here!
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 2-to-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Because each Lingua Franca sweater customized to order, making it truly one of a kind, all sales are final and we are unable to accept returns/exchanges. Lingua Franca embroiderers use their best discretion when stitching to ensure each product meets our high standards and unique, well-known style, but this may also result in unique variations in the look, size, and placement of the embroidery.

"in Stacey Abrams We Trust"

100% sustainably sourced cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
Pictured in Navy with light blue, light pink and ivory thread.
We hope our hand-stitched Trans Love heart sweater (our take on the Transgender Pride Flag), will help raise awareness about the issues that members of the transgender community face.
$100 from each Trans Love sweater purchased will be donated to the Thrive Youth Center in San Antonio, Texas. Thrive Youth Center is a non-profit that is dedicated to serving the LGBTQ+ homeless community in central Texas by proving shelter, education, counseling, and health care assistance.

Trans Love Crewneck

Peony with lime green embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand stitched in NYC.

Modeled by Sierra Mannie — learn more about Sierra here .

All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 1-2 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-3 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater? Email us!

Because all items are hand-embroidered to order, we are unable to accept returns. In the event that you receive a damaged item, please let us know within 15 days of receiving your order and we'll be happy to exchange it. For questions, please emails us at 

"educate Girls, Save The World"

"rebel Rebel" Short Sleeve Sweater

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
We want to celebrate and recognize every graduating class this year – from nursery schools to PhDs. We want to tell you graduates that we see you, we are proud of you, and we are excited to see the changes you bring to the world to make it a better place.
Don't see your size? Want it in another color? Build a custom sweater here !
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.

School Spirit Womens Crewneck

Your favorite year round top. Made from 85% Silk 15% Cashmere, this ultra lightweight knit pullover with a relaxed fit and rolled hem detail falls in all the right places.
For a flowy fit, we suggest ordering your usual Lingua Franca size. Or for a more tailored fit, order one size down.
Want to add embroidery? Build a custom silk cashmere sweater here!

Silk Cashmere Pullover

100% Cashmere. Hand stitched in NYC.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed. Please allow 2-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-3 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater? Build a custom sweater here!
Because all items are hand-embroidered to order, we are unable to accept returns. In the event that you receive a damaged item, please let us know within 15 days of receiving your order and we'll be happy to exchange it. For questions, please emails us at 