The sweater as chemise
Caledonia
The backdrop: Richard Avedon's photographs of the 400-year-old monsters that inhabit the ruined park of the Palazzo Orsini in Bomarzo, Italy.
The short-coat sweater
Jane Irwill
skintight knitted pants
Geist and Geist
Gray flannel jumper over a red suede pullover
John Weitz
"Legend has it that these behemoths were chiseled from solid rock by the Turkish prisoners of an Orsini prince after Lepanto."
Leather "sweatering" in a middy of pale-cream kidskin
Samuel Roberts
Fisherman's knit cable sweater
Sidney Gould
Rib-knitted shirt collared, front sashed sweater
astride herringbone pants
Catalina
Wigs by Carita of Rome
Beauty And The Stone Beasts
Harper's Bazaar July 1958
Photography: Richard Avedon
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