Word: sweaters
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...hurried fingers and tumbling to the ground, imagine her pocketing it so that she could later sew it back on with heavy black thread. When I shrug off the coat I imagine her arms, an inch shorter than my own, sliding through its sleeves; I imagine the rough sweater that rubbed against the lining, leaving it fuzzy at the shoulders. I bought the coat last month, at a thrift store in my hometown; ever since, I have been haunted by its previous owner...
...minutes later, Crowe emerged, having changed into loose-fitting Levi's and a dark sweater. He posed for a few more pictures and waved grandly to a boat across the way, joking, "My service to Australian tourism." Then he grabbed a bag of Doritos and sat down cross-legged for a chat about rugby. He was smart, funny and spontaneous. With his hair cut short, a week's worth of growth crowding his round face and his chubby hand digging in the chip bag, he looked like a very comfortable bear. After a while, Crowe suggested we paddle back...
...catagorization. When all else fails, when we are thrust into a room (or college) full of strangers, we can always gravitate to the people whose outfits seem more familiar than their wearers. From this we can start a conversation, be it with the “I have that sweater in green” approach, or the more casual, perhaps slightly confrontational (for the males among us, to avoid looking foppish) “You saw [favorite band] at [local venue] last year? [Expletive...
When my friend and I sat down in Annenberg and I unzipped my sweater, he stared at the t-shirt and his face twisted in confusion. Finally he said...
...quite ready, however, to give up on my clothes and view them as nothing more than practical necessities. I like to develop relationships with what I wear. Clothes are what we live in, and when I’m breaking in a new sweater, making it my own, I like to think of the Irish patterns I used to knit when I was younger. I read with fascination about the history of these cable patterns: each one belonged to a particular clan. They wore these patterns not to much to display their family identity—although doubtless that...