My friend Laurel once gave me a sweater that is probably the most horrendous sweater in existence. Also it might be the most delightful garment I own. It is brown acrylic, loose knit, women's. She bought it in New Jersey (where now she is curating an interesting show called "Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?".) The main source of wonder on the sweater is the macramé feathers that seem to gently sashay down from the color. There are eight of them each outlined in gold. I wore the sweater once on a Gawker video and got fairly taken to task. I admit, the neck wasn't all that flattering and since it is a woman's sweater, it didn't fit. Also, I mean, clearly it is god-awful.Lately I've been wanting to be an adult. I got health insurance! (Freelancer's Union, it sucks!!!) I'm going to pay my taxes! I'm going to see a dermatologist about an irregular mole! And, as part of that, I also got this sweater taken in. Now it kind of fits. Sure, it is still horrendously unflattering but the idea behind wearing the sweater isn't to look good. I, when wearing the sweater, am not and should not be the focus. I am there to serve the glory of the sweater and not the other way around. So sure, I look like a lesbian obsessed with arts, crafts and Indians. But I'm also a soldier in the aesthetic trench, fighting for ugly/hot acrylic sweaters everywhere.
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I feel compelled to comment because in an odd turn of events, your taste in sweaters very recently became a part of my life.
My boyfriend informed me last night that the sweater I had stolen from him was in fact a "Josh Stein Sweater." Apparently it was purloined from the basement of your old apartment when he moved into it.
Anyway I applaud your bold taste in sweaters, and will happily return it, should you give a shit about a rather misshapen cosby-esque cardigan size XXL.
I don't think your sweater's that horrendous. In fact, I think I saw the bass player from REO Speedwagon wear it in a video on VH1 Classics.
@amy gee. i'm sad because i thought for a moment that you meant that the phrase "josh stein sweater" had entered the lexicon as a descriptor. then i realised it was literal.
na, you look hot in it
funny. this guy's sweater looks like yours, but w/out the feathers. he wore it for some sort of art project.
http://blog.styleserver.de/2008/02/15/into-the-essence/
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