The Dude’s Cowichan Sweater
The Big Lebowski is one of those movies people love to put in their top ten favorites. For me, I think it ranks somewhere around #4. It’s hilarious, crude, and bizarre in all the right ways. “The Dude,” played by Jeff Bridges, is arguably one of the most memorable characters in film history. Much to the chagrin of my parents, I’ve flirted with the idea of modeling my own lifestyle after The Dude with limited success. Among the film’s expansive cult-like iconography is The Dude’s favorite sweater: a cream-colored knit, in a Cowichan pattern, with a big ol’ shawl collar. From Portland-based Pendleton Woolen Mills.
“Eight-year-olds, Dude.”
Last week, at a thrift/vintage sale, I found this sweater hidden away in an rack of uninspiring outerwear. I nabbed it from the sale, happy to find a quality US-made knit with a hefty Talon ring-zipper for ten bucks. It was only after the fact that I noticed the sweater’s uncanny similarity to The Dude’s very own.
And pictured here below, for the first time on Wingtip, I’ve garnered a enough blogger-self-absorption necessary to post an image of myself. Committing a cardinal sin in the eyes of the always cheerful Mister Mort, I’m wearing tapered denim rolled above the ankle of my desert boots. In any event, I like the way the cardigan drapes sized-up one, making it suitable as an outerlayer.
“Mind if I do a J?”
Sweater: Pendleton Cowichan
Shirting: Uniqlo OCBD
Denim: Crate LA (selvage Cone Mills deadstock)
Footwear: Clark’s beeswax DB’s
