Jean Pierre Michelet (France) Vintage, Slub Yarn, Open Eyelets, Checkerboard

Jean Pierre Michelet (France) Vintage, Slub Yarn, Open Eyelets, Checkerboard SUNDAZED & OUTSIDE SOCIETY S.O.S. | sundazed.io/sos ...The pullover sweater by Jean Pierre Michelet, labeled size 40, is a fiber-first meditation on structural rhythm, artisanal materiality, and quiet visual intelligence. Crafted in a softly spun slubbed cotton or cotton-blend yarn and dyed in a subdued eggnog tone, the garment embodies a kind of pastoral minimalism that resists spectacle in favor of dimensional tactility. The irregular surface of the yarn—marked by gentle density fluctuations and tonal variegation—anchors the piece in a material ethos shared by contemporary brands such as Cordera, Maska, Grizas, and Babaa, where slubbed textures are celebrated as narrative rather than defect. Texture becomes not overlay, but architecture; not surface, but structure. The sweater’s primary pattern—an alternating checkerboard of flat stockinette and geometric eyelet ladders—achieves an architectural modulation of air and density. These lacework grids function less as embellishment than as intervals of light and breathability, a compositional strategy resonant with Margaret Howell’s post-industrial knits and the textural discipline of Ayni and Nehera. The result is an atmospheric rhythm—an alternation of presence and absence—that draws from textile modernism while preserving a deep connection to folkloric handcraft.