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Sweatergasm

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I wrote about Antoni & Alison’s cool intarsia sweaters in June 2008 but I never got one. I couldn’t make a decision because they were all so cute. Spotting another intarsia piece online recently reminded me about Antoni & Alison, so I checked the website and nearly passed out. You know how I feel about trompe l’oeil! Which sweater do you love most for me? My birthday is coming up. Maybe someone will cleverly take your vote into account and buy me a nice gift. Click the pictures for more information.

"Navy Jacket"

"Navy Jacket"

"Shirt and Tye"

"Shirt and Tye"

"Cinderella"

"Cinderella"

"French"

"French"

"Clown Bow"

"Clown Bow"

"Check Clown"

"Check Clown"

"Waitress"

"Waitress"

"Glamour Puss"

"Glamour Puss"

"Pearls and Flowers"

"Pearls and Flowers"


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  3. i’m such a fool for A&A stuff! was kicking myself i couldn’t make it to their last show. Em… choosing just one of the above is tough! Shirt & Tye, French and Glamour Puss are my favs;)

  5. That’s seriously a really hard decision. I started to like French, but then it changed to Navy Jacket and Shirt and Tie. Shirt and Tie is really special like you WB!

  7. Oh GOD. They’re too much….too insanely incredibly gorgeous and I might just join you in passing out. And now I feel bad that I passed up a knitted vest with a trompe l’oeil tie the other day. But it was in a vintage shop I don’t like very much, the owner was staring at me as I looked around (as though I were a thief, or worse still….a dealer) and I decided they didn’t deserve my £20.

    I will have to save up another £170 for one of these…

  11. Wendy – what a fabulous post! Thank you so much for sharing! I am dying for the ‘glamour puss’ sweater!! ahh, so gorgeous, TDF!

  15. I voted for “French” — so classic, but in a very edgey way. I adore them all. I generally love intarsia pieces, but these are super cool.

  29. i am so happy to see antoni and alison doing something interesting again… they were my favorites about 10 years ago, and i absolutely loved their whimsy.

  32. HI, my first time on your blog, found it from the Seeker’s blog.
    Love your pics, you are a really talented and beautiful young lady!
    I voted for the pearls and flower one, but it would seem that is not the vote of most other, but then, that is from a male’s point of view.

    I have a legs show running currently on my site, and everyone is welcome to enter, so if you have time, please enter a pic.

    Have a wonderful day!
    Colin.

  33. I adore the shirt and tie. So cute. But frankly, I would take any one of them. And if you get that little girl’s tutu to run around in. Pleasssssssssse take pics!!! ah ha ha ha

  35. I’m telling you the truth, WendyB, I thank somebody somewhere for creating the World Wide Web whenever that was because otherwise you wouldn’t have found me and I wouldn’t have visited you back which means that I wouldn’t get to go all over the place with you! You’re literally a dose of the cutest, most creative curiosity one could ever, ever hope for. Whew!

    I voted for the navy jacket, but only because I felt bound by my deep-seated desire to please you, because all of the R-O-C-K!

    WendyB, keep on making your own Anti-spam words ’cause I love Lupone!

  46. Oh my–I am enraptured by these sweaters! I haven’t been able to stop thinking about them since I saw them chez vous a couple of days ago. Must post one chez moi–and give props to the smart woman who found them, bien sur!