Create a custom Lingua Franca cashmere sweater. Choose between one of our signature phrases or one near-and-dear to you! Made from 100% sustainably sourced cashmere, hand-stitched in NYC.
Need some one-on-one help? Visit our Customizer FAQ or Email us! Need some inspiration? Head Here!
All custom orders are subject to approval. If needed, a member of our team will reach out with any questions or concerns.
This Lingua Franca piece is hand embroidered to order. Please allow about 2-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days). Confetti and Shadow beading will add an additional week to order processing time.

Rachelle Hruska Cashmere Embroidered Sweaters

Lingua Franca

Custom Cardigan

Color

Size

Women

Our classic crewneck style, with short sleeves. 100% Cashmere.
Interested in adding embroidery? Visit our Custom page!
Returns and exchanges are accepted within 10 days of receiving purchase for non-embroidered items. 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.

Short Sleeve Sweater, Sans Stitching

100% Cashmere.
Interested in adding embroidery? Visit our Custom page!
Returns and exchanges are accepted within 10 days of receiving purchase for non-embroidered items. 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.

Classic Cardigan, Sans Stitching

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC. Thread colors may differ based on sweater color in order to best compliment the sweater.
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.

Symbol Crewneck

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
20% of sales from each sweater purchased will be donated to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
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).
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 

"what Would Dolly Do?"

Meet Lingua Franca's extra soft 100% sustainably made cashmere wide-leg pants. You will want to live in these pants, and no one is stopping you! Drawstring waistband, hip pockets, raw edge finish, mid-rise.
Gina is wearing a size small in these photos (and is usually size small). Inseam length on size small measures 29 3/4".
Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry.
Returns and exchanges are accepted within 10 days of receiving purchase for the cashmere wide-leg pants. 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.

Cashmere Wide Leg Pants

What's your sign? Our new zodiac collection of sweaters are made from 100% sustainable cashmere and then hand-stitched and hand beaded 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 select shadow beading if you would like the same tonal beading pictured 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 

Zodiac V-neck

Custom Womens Crewneck

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
The Fly Boss.
Interested in customizing your sweater? Build a custom sweater 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 

Fly Boss Cardigan

Hello beautiful! (Embroidered with added sweetness in the form of whimsical lemons!)
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).
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.

"ciao Bella" With Lemons

RedÊwithÊlight blue embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
Designed by MSNBC Anchor and NBC News Senior Business CorrespondentÊ Stephanie Ruhle. Watch Stephanie interviewing the Democratic Candidates in this sweater HERE.Ê
"For anyone who has gotten an email from me, watched me on tv or gotten sent to their room without dessert....there is a very good shot youÕve heard me say TOGETHER WE RISE. This win-at-all-cost mindset has left us frustrated, angry and isolated - a terrible trifecta.ÊWe need to inject a little more trust & love in our lives." -Stephanie Ruhle
$100 of every "together we rise" sweater is donated to t he Robin Hood Organization - New YorkÕs largest poverty-fighting organization with a mission to improve living standards for 1.8 million low-income New Yorkers.
All Lingua Franca pieces are hand embroidered once your order is placed.Ê Please allow 2-to-3 weeks for embroidery, plus shipping time (1-5 days).
Interested in customizing your sweater?Ê 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.Ê 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 

"together We Rise"

Cream with navy embroidery. 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).
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 

"breaking Glass Ceilings"

Lingua Franca 100% 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 !

Unity Rainbow (kids)

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

Dare to Speak is a mantra that speaks to the core of PEN America's mission centered on the use of free speech wisely, but also boldly, to drive forward discourse, communicate across differences and voice even controversial ideas and viewpoints. The message, used by PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel as the title of her 2020 book Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All, is an uplifting call to speak truth, find your voice and connect with others through the power of saying what is on your mind and hearing out others.
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 

"dare To Speak"

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
We are proud to support the Women's Prison Association , the nation’s first organization for women impacted by incarceration. $100 from each sweater purchased supports the WPA, an organization that works to empower women to redefine their lives in the face of injustice and incarceration. Together, we forge pathways toward freedom, safety, and independence.
Modeled by Kamilah Newton, WPA program graduate and Yahoo Writer. @therealmelanin.monroe
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.

"still I Rise"

100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
We are proud to support the Women's Prison Association , the nation’s first organization for women impacted by incarceration. $100 from each sweater purchased supports the WPA, an organization that works to empower women to redefine their lives in the face of injustice and incarceration. Together, we forge pathways toward freedom, safety, and independence.
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.

"families Belong Together"

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.

Nyc Pride Crewneck

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).
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.

"i Heart Ny" Oversized Cardigan

Cream with rainbow stripe. 100% Cashmere.
For Men's sizing, please order 2 sizes up. For example, Men's S is equivalent to Women's L.
Build a custom sweater here!
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.

Cream Rainbow Stripe Crewneck

Black with red embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand stitched in NYC.

10% of the proceeds from our Earth Day Collection will be donated to The Surfrider Foundation, an organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves and beaches.
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? 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 

"fire Drill Fridays"

It's not just a Fellini film, it's a lifestyle.
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).
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.

"la Dolce Vita"

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 Short Sleeve

" An Untitled Love" is an evening-length dance I choreographed set to the music of award-winning R&B icon, D’Angelo, in collaboration with my company, A.I.M Its title and content pays homage to the complexities of self-love and Black love. (Kyle Abraham, Artistic Director of A.I.M)
Navy with cobalt embroidery. 100% Cashmere. Hand-stitched in NYC.
$100 from each one purchased supports A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, a New York City-based dance company that creates a body of work that examines Black culture and history.
Modeled by A.I.M dancer, Donovan Reed @doonnovan. Photographed by CJ Ferroni / Editing by Laura Snow.
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.

"an Untitled Love"

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!
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 

Peace + Love V-neck

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).
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 Short Sleeve Sweater

"workin' 9 To 5"

"love To Love You Baby" Crewneck

Smoke cashmere with black tie dyed.

100% Cashmere. Hand-dyed and stitched in NYC.

Wash Instructions: Dry Clean Only to avoid color fade

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).
If you'd like to add our Spring embroidery symbols to a non-tie dyed sweater, visit our custom portal 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.

Smoke Hand Dye

Create a custom Lingua Franca piece. Choose one of our signature phrases or one near-and-dear to you! 85% Silk 15% Cashmere, sustainably sourced and hand-stitched in NYC.
Ultra Lightweight knit pullover with a relaxed fit and rolled hem detail. For a flowy fit we suggest ordering your usual Lingua Franca size. For more tailored fit, order one size down.
Need some one-on-one help? Visit our Customizer FAQ or Email us! Need some inspiration? Head Here!
All custom orders are subject to approval. If needed, a member of our team will reach out with any questions or concerns.

Custom Silk Cashmere Pullover

100% 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.