This week on Dazed Digital, there’s a brief look at Caseley-Hayford’s AW10 collection, which includes the ultimate accessory: a single fair-isle sleeve. Caseley-Hayford’s philosophy may best state the reason for this strangely evil item…

All men possess elements of anarchy within their character. Anarchy is not about the total absence of rules, but rather the significance of autonomy. The Casely-Hayford ethos represents a unique expression of freedom created when conformity threatens identity, or convention restricts spontaneity; we fuse this expression of the free spirit with the very particular gestures of English sartorialism. The House aims to distil a multitude of ideas into a simple pure entity: innovation through tradition.

Yeah, we can get behind this, even though it’s a little awkward with the set-in sleeve cap. But it’s an extra long fingerless mitt, a grown’n’sexy version of the always tragic emo armsock, and for that matter, a grown’n’sexy version of the Brian Molko fishnet armsock we loved to love back in the day. Would we hot-rod one (or two) and put it (them) on the right boy for editorial purposes? Yeah, probably. The practicality of this item without some modification, however, is debatable. Yet it’s still awesome. Would we chart some diabolical fair isle and inflict it on the masses? You bet your ass.