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Sim Barr

Invisible Jumpers

Photographer Joseph Ford and knitter Nina Dodd have for the last several years worked on their collaborative project called Invisible Jumpers, in which Dodd would knit a garment that blends in with a chosen environment and then Ford would photograph the wearer. The book was published in 2019 ... but the project continues adding animals, arists, musicians to the project. As Ford explains:

"The locations have to be eye-catching but simple enough to be able to be knitted. They also have to be places that aren’t going to change too fast, as the knitting takes a few weeks...

Once I’ve found the location, I photograph someone standing where I would like the model to be in the final picture. I draw over this scouting photograph and annotate the picture with different colors and patterns so Nina can plan how to knit. Often there are 10 or 12 different shades of yarn in a single picture, and up to 24 balls of wool at any one time for the more complicated designs. The choice of yarn has varied according to the background."

#invisiblejumpers#jumpers#sweaters
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Sim Barr

Invisible Jumpers

Photographer Joseph Ford and knitter Nina Dodd have for the last several years worked on their collaborative project called Invisible Jumpers, in which Dodd would knit a garment that blends in with a chosen environment and then Ford would photograph the wearer. The book was published in 2019 ... but the project continues adding animals, arists, musicians to the project. As Ford explains:

"The locations have to be eye-catching but simple enough to be able to be knitted. They also have to be places that aren’t going to change too fast, as the knitting takes a few weeks...

Once I’ve found the location, I photograph someone standing where I would like the model to be in the final picture. I draw over this scouting photograph and annotate the picture with different colors and patterns so Nina can plan how to knit. Often there are 10 or 12 different shades of yarn in a single picture, and up to 24 balls of wool at any one time for the more complicated designs. The choice of yarn has varied according to the background."

#invisiblejumpers#jumpers#sweaters
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Sim Barr

Invisible Jumpers

Photographer Joseph Ford and knitter Nina Dodd have for the last several years worked on their collaborative project called Invisible Jumpers, in which Dodd would knit a garment that blends in with a chosen environment and then Ford would photograph the wearer. The book was published in 2019 ... but the project continues adding animals, arists, musicians to the project. As Ford explains:

"The locations have to be eye-catching but simple enough to be able to be knitted. They also have to be places that aren’t going to change too fast, as the knitting takes a few weeks...

Once I’ve found the location, I photograph someone standing where I would like the model to be in the final picture. I draw over this scouting photograph and annotate the picture with different colors and patterns so Nina can plan how to knit. Often there are 10 or 12 different shades of yarn in a single picture, and up to 24 balls of wool at any one time for the more complicated designs. The choice of yarn has varied according to the background."

#invisiblejumpers#jumpers#sweaters
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Chuck Darwin

Between saying #trans people playing sports is the “the women’s issue of our time” and failing to acknowledge that #slavery was the cause of the Civil War former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has gotten a lot of negative attention lately.

But her #sweaters are clearly where she gets weird, and it’s an unholy mix of flags, crochet, kitsch, and so much cream.

jezebel.com/nikki-haleys-sweat

Jezebel · Nikki Haley's Sweater Collection Truly Boggles My MindBy Susan Rinkunas
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CoolerPseudonym

And when the cosby sweater went out, it really went out. Long before cosby himself turned out to be a monster. They became grandpa sweaters, I guess because men don’t change looks much, after a while; they’ve spent all the money they feel like spending on clothes, and where they are is where they stay.

I watched my dad’s Members Only windbreaker, which someone gave him when they were first in fashion, and he never stopped wearing, go out of style, come back, go out…

#Fashion#Sweaters#1980s
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CoolerPseudonym

I think we were all traumatized by the cosby sweater, which was kind of a different thing. The most cosby of the cosby sweaters were by Koos van den Akker, but the look I personally most associated with cosby was Australian brand Coogi. Coogis were always expensive, but you could actually get them, and toward the end of the style’s run they’d sometimes show up in TJ/TK Maxx. Not just knockoffs! You’d see them around a lot.

#Fashion#Sweaters#1980s
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CoolerPseudonym

The last time I wore a sweater this color, with big, chunky patterns and graphics, was, of course, in the 1980s, when sweaters were like this - but maybe brighter. Teal, purple. They tended to have bigger openings at the neck, though, and bigger sleeve holes, for a big neckline and a sort of winged silhouette (both genders). You’d pull up the sleeves. Maybe a pair of Guess jeans. A tricky look to pull off and I’m not sure I ever could.

#Fashion#Sweaters#1980s
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