Warm and Fuzzy

While in New York last December, I met this girl who was wearing an oversized, cream-colored cotton sweater, which she shed once inside a warm bar and revealed a black blazer underneath. It's important to note that this girl was was very thin, and I never would have guessed she was wearing anything under the sweater, especially something as bulky as a blazer. I thought it was a great and unexpected way to not have to deal with a big winter coat all night, but I decided then and there that the 20 pounds I had on this girl would not adapt very well to two heavy, non-form-fitting layers. Didn't your mother ever tell you cable knits were bad for your arms, along with cap sleeves and tank tops? Yes. Well. I've concluded that I can do the oversized sweater, because it is comfortable and warm but I probably won't wear it over a blazer. Obviously, the look is not about showing the shape of your body. Didn't your mother also try to tell you that boys didn't like to see everything, that a little conservative dressing added intrigue and drew them to what they knew was there but couldn't see? Yes. Well.

Below is the oversized sweater look that I've been thinking a lot about lately. Dries Van Noten RTW Fall 2009 has been in the back of my mind all year. I loved the colors--each look contrasted a subdued taupe or beige or other pastel with a bright lavender or bold teal, royal blue, mustard yellow, etc. The masculine cut of the all the trousers, jackets and blouses contrasted the feminine red/orange lips and messy, loosely pulled back hair with side swept bangs.

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I also really like these oversized sweater looks from Reed Krakoff RTW Fall 2010:

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The wide leg trouser is a huge step away from all the leggings we've been wearing, and not wearing if you're a shorts with tights or no-pants-at-all kind of girl. This outfit makes me want to crawl up into a ball on my couch for the weekend while winter carries on with its strength and fury. Come Monday I'd wrap a belt around my waist and I'd be ready to go.

Another luxurious sweater, this time as a dress, with a leather bomber jacket and lace-ups:

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I think this look would be interesting with Vena Cava's fishnets, also it would be warmer. Powers that be, I'll take a few more weeks of winter, please, but you can keep all the snow. Thanks.