Shirt #26 - Sweater Week Part 3, Middle Child Syndrome

Manufacturer: Damani Dada
Brand: DaDa Supreme
Shirt Name: DaDa Navy Swoosh Sweater

Year Purchased: 2002

So now you know, Sweater Week is a 5 part series...actually 6 but I wanted to title this one Middle Child Syndrome to represent me. You see, I am the child number 3 in a set of 5 so I have had the burden of being a true middle child.  Us middle children are the ones who get nothing but give everything and we still make it great.  Just kidding, I love you madre.  You made us all great and gave us everything we ever needed.

So for this sweater, I look darn good.  No joke, each time I wear this sweater someone tells me how dope it looks.  Only problem is that I cannot raise my arms when I wear it.  It is a bit on the short side, but other than that, the fit is great.  And it is another nice heavy sweater for the winter.  Plus it makes me look suave and debonair. Hahaha, I'll have to send this to my brother Eric (not biological, but just as close).

So Eric's mom Joyce used to call me "suave and debonair" when she would come bring us brownies during our years at Babson College.  Man did she make some good brownies.  His little brother Eddie leaked the secret to her always moist brownies too, milk and chocolate chips...mmm.  I was great because when she would say it Eric would just roll his eyes and I would smirk.

Now back to the sweater.  What do you think?

What should I do with this shirt?

Please use the voting buttons to tell me if I should Keep, Donate, Burn, or Frame it.

Shirt #25 - Sweater Week Part 2, Perils of Fabric Softener

Manufacturer: Ralph Lauren
Brand: Chaps Ralph Lauren
Shirt Name: Chaps Men's Crewneck Sweater in Navy Blue
Year Purchased: 2003

Let me start by saying fabric softener is great!  It makes my clothes so fluffy soft and keeps them smelling fresh.  My liquid pillow of choice is Downy, because that's what my mother bought and that makes it the best.  Unfortunately, there is a downside to this liquid pillow for your clothes.  It's so concentrated that if you pour it directly on your clothes it may leave an oil like stain.  Once you dry that stain into the clothing it's over, kaput.  And with these new 2x concentrated formulations it is even mote likely to happen.

This shirt unfortunately fell victim to the Downy stain.  It happened several years ago, but I could not get rid of this sweater.  Comfort wise, it is great and it is nice and heavy so it keeps me warm in the winter.  Now it is a little big and hangs off of me, but it still looks pretty good on me.  The only problem are the big oil looking stains all over the shirt.  Such a shame.  This sweater deserves more than having these stains force it into retirement.  Regardless of the decision, I thank you Chaps Men's Crewneck Sweater in Navy Blue.

So, what do you think?

What should I do with this shirt?

Please use the voting buttons to tell me if I should Keep, Donate, Burn, or Frame it.

Shirt #24 - Sweater Week is Here

Manufacturer: Mecca USA
Brand: Mecca Shirts
Shirt Name: Mecca USA Urban Stripe Sweater
Year Purchased: 2002

I may have mentioned this before, but there are a few periods in my life when I went shopping wild.  The spring of 2002 was one of those times where I bought and bought and bought.  Oh, and did I mention that I was unemployed at the time?  Such great times.  You see, until September 2011 I worked for NDB.com in Jersey City, NJ.  Earlier that year we got bought out by Deutsche Bank then sold to Ameritrade.  What a world wind year.  Well as a part of that Ameritrade sale most of us got laid off.  I was a part of one of the last groups to get laid off on September 7, 2001 and it ended up being a life saving experience for me.  You see, to get to work I took the train into the World Trade Center and I got laid off just four days before 9/11.  Had that not happened I would have been right there.  It still blows my mind that I was so blessed and fortunate.

Between the nice severance package from Deutsche Bank and the unemployment pay from the state of NJ (which was actually $10 or $20 more than the NY unemployment) I was CAKED UP! (Caked Up Definition: To be rich with money, to have mad guap, flossin).  I bought this sweater in the midst of that spending spree and it is a nice sweater.  The sweater is a little itchy, but it looks good.  Plus it's one of ony five sweaters that I own.  Living in a city like Seattle I can make it through the entire winter on sweaters alone.

So, what do you think?

What should I do with this shirt?

Please use the voting buttons to tell me if I should Keep, Donate, Burn, or Frame it.