Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Angel or Spider



The sweater itself is not bad - but look closely, there are Wings. Actual WINGS.
Or, are those spiderwebs?

The real shock is how MAINSTREAM the source of this material is. Arguably, the largest most popular high end yarn distributer published this. And, might I add, JUST NOW. This is current. Bleeding edge, in fact. So as you grapple for a "Halloween" excuse, there isn't one. The statement from the designer is "A beautiful collection of etheral and dreamlike designs inspired by the crumbling ruins of an ancient abbey."
Really? So the Cob web was inspired by the spiders now installed in the ancient ruins?
Please, in the name of all that is holy, will someone explain this?

In a YEAR of posting, this will be hard to top. Lapses in judgment with fun fur are just low hanging fruit at this point. THIS...this is a top prize winner in my eyes.
I can't even discuss the "styling" on the hair. While it is a distracting bird's nest , that seems to be just a minor point. "Other than the wings, Mrs. Lincoln, what do you think of my hair?"

We'll have a vote later. But I am going to state now, this early on in the year, that this post will be a contender for the year's biggest mistake.

2 comments:

Lisa Paul said...

You are being much too harsh. With the ballerina skirt, the sweater is part of a costume for the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Spider".

kat said...

i'm trying to figure out if she ca raise her arms completely or of the webs would stop it. I seriously made a halloween costume like this one year...this is strange.