It’s getting cold enough in Cairo that I can wear some of my winter clothes. Including my very favorite sweater of all time.
Dare I tell you how old my favorite sweater is? (14!) My sister bought it for me for Christmas (by request) the year I graduated from college. It was love at first sight. It was stylish and hip then, and like most really classic designs, it still is.
She bought it in a mall in Louisiana and I brought it along to Ohio and to North Carolina before packing it up and shipping it to the United Arab Emirates. Okay – not a real wintery place, but I thought it might get cold in the desert at night. (It does) Because of the fact that I have lived in such warm places, it gets worn infrequently and I *have* to lay it flat to dry because we don’t have a clothes dryer. Perhaps it has held up better than it might have over time because of these things.
It’s the color of oatmeal so it goes with nearly everything. And it has a fun dangly fringe along the bottom. It looks good layered and on its own. I can’t wait to see how it looks with my new shoes 
This isn’t all in my head – I still get compliments when I wear it.
I have to say that there are few pieces in my wardrobe that have had such longevity. Things either wear out or go out of style or I simply get tired of being seen wearing them. One benefit of moving so much is that I have an ever shifting audience so in my mind, my wardrobe feels “fresh” even when it’s not.
That last fact perhaps is in my mind. I was wearing the sweater recently when an American neighbor of mine complimented me on it. She kept looking at me and then said, “Did you get that sweater at {store name}? In the early 90s? My sister had one sort of like that.”
I guess if nothing else, the above encounter does demonstrate that it’s a sweater that definitely makes an impression!
Mine is red. It’s um…mumble, mumble…years old.
by NIna Nash December 1st, 2007 at 1:37 pmLOL – my best friend wrote me an email and said “you *still* have that sweater?!”
What can I say – why mess with a good thing?
by Jenyfer Matthews December 2nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm