I tried. I really did.
After two lattes and a doughnut, I was buzzed and over-caffeinated. I was also restless and kinda desperate. It was the last hour of my doomed career as a Style Stalker and I needed one more picture before the Parental Units were done with the Home Depot and on their way to pick me up. Just one more fashion forward person in this steaming sea of runners and office workers. The night was uncharacteristically hot, like breathing through a wet cheesecloth.
Then I saw her, with her big hair and that pretty striped sweater dress. I wanted that sweater dress, so I chased after her and tried to take her picture all the while trying not to look too creepy. She had two friends with her and I didn't want to go home and try to explain why I was beaten up for no good reason.
I loved the combination of her dress and big hair. It was a humid night, but she looked rather breezy wearing her outfit. You would think that a sweater dress worn on a night like that would look out of place but it was quite the contrary. I was boiling in my jeans and cotton blouse, I felt like an oversized balut. She looked like she had built-in air-conditioners under her clothes. Lucky.
According to various sources, the sweater dress originated from Givenchy's Sack Dress which he released in 1957. Mary Quant took inspiration from it made versions of her own. Straight sweater dresses in lambswool or the synthetic acrylic variety called Orlon were worn belted with waists nipped in became fashionable during the 1960's.
While the style is super cute, the sweater dress is on the decline in the Cycle Chart. Autumn/Winter is over. Florals and sherbet colors are in. The heat is on and it won't quit until our malls start playing Jose Mari Chan Christmas songs again. This striped black and grey sweater will reemerge when the colder months hit. Perhaps a little more updated, but still maintaining its basic elements.
-Lyra Kristine Meneses
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