Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Shopping from 2005: EG Shooting Cardigan



Wool remnants at Centralia Knitting Mills

I tend to dodge the release of current clothing lines since most of the items are beyond my price point (Barbour x designer collaborations), are only available in Japan/Italy/UK or end up being total design disappointments.

In the last decade, however, there are a few high end clothing items I truly regret not acquiring. First among them is the Engineered Garments random loomed sweater from the 2005 Fall/Winter collection. In catalog form, it contains all the elements of a perfect sweater: cardigan style, complex pocketing, two-way zipper and an on-the-shrunken-side fit (doesn't swamp the layers). I also love the red and black random loomed wool.

I'd trade the entire new EG line for women for the reissue of this one cardigan.

5 comments:

Winter Bicycles said...

Is the young Matt Damon included?

Lesli Larson said...

The model IS very Matt Damon-y!

Unknown said...

Older Engineered Garments pieces like this frequently show up on yahoo auctions japan and you can find a lot of nice gems.

Also, you're probably going to love the Engineered Garments Fall/Winter 2009 collection. I actually thought of your blog while browsing through some of the pages in the lookbook.

This is were to make orders: said...

I hate to pout but.... why can't women get nice outdoor clothes??? This sweater is awesome. Love the zipper, and the color

This is were to make orders: said...

Okay so this is my first ebay listing, but what do you think of this jacket??? No one has looked at it yet. Erase this post if you want.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190291237722