The Season Begins with St. Croix
Mondo Uomo × St. Croix
The Season Begins with St. Croix
Partners for more than twenty years
There is a week every November when Naples comes back to life. The boats return to the docks, the terraces fill up at lunch, and the evenings turn just cool enough for a sweater. For us, that is when the new St. Croix arrives.
Our partnership
Twenty years with St. Croix
Mondo Uomo has worked with St. Croix for more than twenty years. It is more than a brand we carry. St. Croix makes pieces specifically for Mondo Uomo, so the collection on our floor is one you won't see anywhere else.
Made for Mondo Uomo
Colours and styles you won't find anywhere else
Because St. Croix makes pieces for us, much of what you see at the Village was made with this shop in mind. Some of our colours and models are made only for Mondo Uomo, so you won't find them in another store or on another website.
Twenty years in, we know this collection well. Ask us about fit, colour or a style you've worn before.
Our specialty
The cotton mixes, and the crystal stitch
St. Croix knits in many yarns. Ours is the cotton. We specialize in their cotton mixes, which suit the way men dress here, and above all in the crystal stitch.
A fine raised bird's-eye texture that gives the cloth depth up close and reads clean from across the room.
Cotton, made for Naples
80% cotton and 20% microfiber: a sweater you can wear from a cool morning on the water to dinner on the terrace.
The crystal stitch
The texture we are known for, in colours you won't find in other stores.
Easy to live with
Machine washable. Sizes S to XXL.
Two necklines, one stitch
The Zip Mock and the Open Mock
The Zip Mock has a ribbed stand collar and a gunmetal half zip: closed for the boat, open for dinner.
The Open Mock keeps the same collar and leaves it open, with no zip and no buttons. Both sit as easily over a polo as a dress shirt.
In the shop now
More than twenty colours
A few of this season's colours across the two necklines, some of them made only for us. Every one is in the store at the Village and online.
St. CroixZip Mock, Sapphire
St. CroixOpen Mock, Pale Pink
St. CroixZip Mock, Coastal Blue/White
St. CroixOpen Mock, Eiffel Grey
St. CroixZip Mock, Red/Apple Red
St. CroixOpen Mock, White
St. CroixZip Mock, Shade Purple
St. CroixZip Mock, Black/Black
Made in America
Still made by hand in Winona, Minnesota
Part of why we have stayed with St. Croix this long is how the sweaters are made. They are still designed and knit in Winona, Minnesota, in a 90,000-square-foot workshop where designers and engineers work side by side.
The sweaters are fully fashioned, each panel knit to its shape, and then hand-cut, hand-sewn, hand-looped and hand-finished by people with, on average, twenty years at the craft. In a world of anonymous knitwear, we can tell you exactly where these come from.
The St. Croix story
From a basement in Winona
- 1960One machineBernhard Brenner, a twenty-year-old knitting apprentice trained at STOLL in Germany, starts with a single machine in his Winona basement.
- The nameMr. KnitterAt a sales meeting in Dallas, Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus suggests a French-sounding name. Brenner chooses the St. Croix River: “Holy Cross.”
- TodayStill in WinonaIn 2024 St. Croix joined Miller Waste Mills, another family-run Winona company, and in 2025 it marked sixty-five years on the same ground.
The best place to see it
The full collection is at the Village
The St. Croix we carry, including the colours and models made for us, is all at the shop. The best way to see it is in person: feel the crystal stitch, try both necklines, and let us show you what just came in.
Try it on
Visit the store
Where
The Village on Venetian Bay
4232 Gulf Shore Blvd. N
Naples, FL 34103
Hours
Monday to Saturday 10 to 6
Sunday 12 to 5
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