Black Star (Italy) 80s, Jacquard, Melange Yarn

Black Star (Italy) 80s, Jacquard, Melange Yarn SUNDAZED & OUTSIDE SOCIETY S.O.S. | sundazed.io/sos The 1980s jumper is a radical proposition in knitwear—an act of engineered defiance where structure and surface converge in a sustained visual conflict. Rendered in melange yarns with a dense jacquard construction, its spiderweb-like motif is not a superficial overlay but a topological event—looped, warped, and embedded in the knit as if mapped by machine logic and disrupted by biological disorder. The irregular geometric pattern, rendered in Persian green over a scorched black base, evokes fractured latticework, decayed ornament, and industrial residue. This is not motif as repetition; it is motif as interference—a glitch masquerading as symmetry before collapsing into visual static. The yarn, a brushed wool-acrylic blend, furthers this destabilization: its slight halo softens the contours while simultaneously blurring the pattern’s legibility. Pilling is not a flaw but a feature. Decomposition is the aesthetic. The jumper resists accommodation. Its form is belligerently anti-classical—ballooned sleeves, exaggerated body width, overlong rib cuffs, and compressed hems disrupt the clean verticals of traditional menswear. This is a garment that asserts itself not through elegance, but through proportioned aggression.