Victoria’s Secret Sweaters
Photo by Victoria’s Secret
You wouldn’t think it, but Victoria’s Secret has some amazing sweaters, many with cablework that’s simply transfixing. Of course, I’m resisting plunking down any kind of change for them because:
1. They’re probably made in a sweatshop in some third-world country.
2. Many of them contain acrylic, which is a genteel way of saying “petroleum.”
3. Several comprise wool, which would basically make me want to rip my skin out, since I’m allergic.
4. There’s really no point in my buying clothing now, since my body is going to change drastically again over the next few months when this baby busts out of my uterus.
Here are some of my favorites, though, which I’m posting for inspiration in case one day I ram my head into a lamppost and wake up some kind of knitwear-design genius. You never know.
Photo by Victoria’s Secret
Photo by Victoria’s Secret
Photo by Victoria’s Secret
Photo by Victoria’s Secret
Photo by Victoria’s Secret
abby said,
October 26, 2008 at 10:00 am
The red sweater looks similar to this one by Lion:
http://pages.e-yarn.com/6030/PictPage/1922241718.html
Their top yoke is ribbed, which could be adapted easily.
:)
shelle said,
October 29, 2008 at 9:42 am
My husband used to work for Limited Brands. They do monitor their factories and pay more than a sweatshop but the profit margin is incredible. They would hold employee only sales where bras were $2 and undies were $.25 and they were still making money on them!! I bet those are knock offs of designer sweaters.
Bodhisattva Harlem Mama said,
October 30, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Okay, you must’ve just gaga’d over the same catalogue I did. Two of your sweater choices were in my imaginary shopping bag. They had a fabulous selection..still debating.
Lynn said,
October 31, 2008 at 12:14 am
The red sweater’s really cute!
Diane said,
November 22, 2008 at 11:36 am
Lion has the cable version and the pattern is free until Nov 27.
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60618AD.html?noImages=
geeky girl said,
December 3, 2008 at 3:02 am
They sell sweaters?!! Who knew…
Megan Gray said,
January 29, 2009 at 10:31 pm
These sweaters are beautiful, but I know what a mean about the acrylics. I constantly see sweaters I like and then find they are made with or from acrylic. UUGGHH! I don’t want to wear a petroleum, plasticized sweater.