I absolutely love what Carolina Herrera loves – a simply perfect white shirt.  Classic, elegant, timeless.  All you stylish people know that and you probably have several of them in your closet.

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Which is exactly why I knit sweaters

I can’t imagine anything more deadening to the spirit than a roomful of well cut white shirts on well dressed people.  When something like that becomes universally accepted good taste, unless it is worn with a dash of the unexpected, it quickly becomes uniform to the unimaginative.

Which, I repeat, is why I knit sweaters

To be more specific, I knit white shirts.  Sweaters with the same impact as a sexy white shirt.

The sweater I am making is made with a copper colored cotton gima that knits up into an edgy stockinette stitch with a slight roll at the hems of the body and sleeves.  It skims my hips, sports a low rounded V neck, long slightly flared bell sleeves and is knit loosely without any border ribbing.  I intend to wear it whenever I feel the urge to wear a white shirt.

You know you want to look good, no, you know you want to look drop dead fabulous.

If everyone is wearing what everyone thinks is to die for, then how the heck do you stand out?  If everyone is doing what everyone thinks they should be doing to be stylish or to be successful, how much of an impact could you possible make?

The laws of the universe are simple:

• If they zig, you zag
• Go where the puck isn’t
• Create a need then fill it
• Don’t be a big shot, wear a sweater

No matter what you do, what you strive for, what you wear.

This will take some creative thinking on your part.  You need to figure out how to stand out from the madding crowd and maximize your position.  With style, of course.  As you can see, I am still working on my Don’t Need A White Shirt design.

Take the design of your impact into your own hands!

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