Rugby shirts and cable knit sweaters may be trending, thanks to Jonathan Anderson’s debut menswear collection for Dior, but at Begg x Co they’ve always been in fashion.

In her first full collection as creative director of the Scottish cashmere brand, Vanessa Seward offered summer versions of rugby shirt styles in colors ranging from cool blue to deep heather.

“Begg & Co have a legitimacy, because it’s been one of their signature styles for quite a time,” she said, noting that the company’s knitting base in Hawick in the Scottish Borders is also home to one of the country’s most famous rugby clubs.

For her summer collection, the designer introduced lighter yarn weights and new blends, like cotton and cashmere for sweaters that featured cable-knit detailing drawn from the Begg x Co archive. Her women’s collection was all about layering with “three sets” — matching vest, skirt and sweater sets, some featuring colorful art works by Jason Glasser.

His Moonrise and Dunes motifs were also printed on the label’s ultralight Wispy scarves, which Seward believes set Begg apart from other knitwear makers. “They have this savoir-faire of scarves and home, which is actually their core [activity], so I really want it to be something where scarves and knits live together in a very organic way,” she said.

The scarves were the perfect all-weather item, after many places recorded their hottest summer on record. “It’s all about layering at the end, because you go somewhere and it’s freezing because of air conditioning,” Seward said. A case in point: her ultra-chic knit pants, which beat sweatpants hands down for chilly airplane rides.