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subscribe to style file blog via RSSAre You Ready For The Return Of The Novelty Sweater?
April 22, 2009 9:58 am
Designers’ fascination with the eighties is taking many forms, some obvious, others less so. The Krizia animal sweater may be a rare breed that’s unfamiliar to all but the most devoted collector, but it’s a look that resonated for Fall. For more than 20 years, Mariuccia Mandelli selected a different critter to feature in her collection; in 1981, it was a cat. This season, wild ones roared their way down the runways at Eley Kishimoto and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, while domesticated felines purred at Paul & Joe and Zero + Maria Cornejo. Even Miuccia Prada got into the act at Miu Miu, where the graphic pattern of a dress evoked tiger skin. Click for a slideshow, then let us know if you’ll be adopting the trend.
tags: Eley Kishimoto, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Krizia, Maria Cornejo, Mariuccia Mandelli, Miuccia Prada, Style Hunter
No I’m not!!!!
By laurawexy on 04/22/09 at 3:10 pmThe remnants of these sweaters are only just starting to leave the wardrobes of stuck-in-the-80s housewives across America. Do we really want to bring them back so that we can face another 20-30 years of animal (print) abuse?
I’m ready!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYwM2ZuPBAg
By FENTON on 04/22/09 at 4:28 pmabsolutely NOT. just made my mom burn the remnants of her “novelty” sweaters last year! this trend is SO not happening.
By msmarisa on 04/22/09 at 6:38 pmI will. As a matter of fact I already am.
See image here
By CharlieGirl on 04/22/09 at 7:38 pmhttp://thestyleendorser.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/everything-old-is-new-again/
ok so we’re brought back spandex, which i must admit i own the occasional pair of leggings but now this?. This is sooooo not ok, the designs plaguing these clothes will be sure to cause a headache for anyone passing by.
By amt369 on 04/22/09 at 7:44 pmI have a tiger printed t-shirt that I team with jeans for an ironic, Jennifer Herrema kind of feel.
It’s one thing to use a bit of animal inspiration. It’s another thing entirely to go down the glittery, fancy knit, armpits coming out of your hips 80’s knit-kit. Don’t go there.
By emilyswann on 04/22/09 at 7:44 pmIt might make sence at some point^) anyway cant wait seeing all the trendy things capturing my home city))0
By Maryam_makonya on 04/23/09 at 3:04 amI think
I think this is a trend for people who were BORN in the 80’s, not for us who WORE these sweaters in the 80’s…I mean, do you really want to look like you did in high school??
By frau on 04/23/09 at 10:37 amOne thing to keep in mind when getting dressed: you wear the clothes, don’t let the clothes wear you. Being a walking billboard for animal figures is just awful. (But so are “animal prints,” yuck!)
By Screengem on 04/23/09 at 10:50 pmI don’t want to be dressed like it’s the 80s again. I was born in the 80s so I didn’t necessarily wear a lot of things from the era but I have no interest in wearing them now either. Please make the 80s go away.
By FrancoiseZooey on 04/24/09 at 1:06 pmAs one much older than most on this forum, I never understood the attraction for more than a moment to these sweaters in their heyday…not again…puleeze!
By anghiari on 04/25/09 at 11:25 ama friend once told me that if you have lived the fashion already, don’t do it twice. i, though, haven’t! so i am ready!
By allaboutkateth on 04/25/09 at 7:18 pmNope. I won’t be wearing those. It happened in the 80’s and it should stay that way.
By charissachin on 04/26/09 at 6:29 amI will, most deffinetly.
By Tropicalism on 04/26/09 at 8:19 amI am absolutely NOT! how can someone be attracted to something so UNORIGINAL!?!
By luv2love on 04/26/09 at 6:30 pmpeople, if u want something ‘cool’ finds somethingNEW! my aunt who i am submitting to what not to wear is into animal prints like the one pictured and i dont think anyone wants this torture to ‘come back’
EW!
Normal So NORMAL
By Micjan on 04/28/09 at 9:18 amNORMAL I THINK
By Micjan on 04/28/09 at 9:20 amWe should not be stuck in the past. Where is the creativity?
By Hopestyle on 04/28/09 at 2:04 pmWe should be getting our fashion inspiration with what is around us today.
glamourandglitter.typepad.com shows us this inspiration and forcasts these trends well.
the look is cool…
By rockinfashion101 on 04/29/09 at 10:35 amand i think i will adopt this look…
its a way to be comfortable and look fashionable at the same time…
and i love the …. so YES i would adopt it…
I’ve noticed this trend on the street here in London. JC de Castelbajac’s first London shop is all full of Mickey Mouse motifs & big fun sweaters, but real people are wearing it too. Check out 14 March on my blog: http://streetstylelondon.blogspot.com/
By JCpolkadot on 04/30/09 at 3:59 amWould I wear it? Probably not. I’m more of a Jackie O, clean & classic kind of girl. But it’s all good fun.