Bad Sweater Guy

Why Can't I Be You?

Do you want to be like Bad Sweater Guy? Of course you do. Silly question. Two Chicago entrepreneurs have taken it upon themselves to help the sweater-deficient members of our society by opening a store that sells only Bad Sweaters. If you're heading to a Bad Sweater Party, the Ugly Sweater Store will hook you up. Most of them seem to be holiday-themed and fairly reasonably priced ($20-$25).

So if you're tired of rooting around the bargain bins at Goodwill or, you know, going to Sears, the Ugly Sweater Store might be your best best. Tell them Bad Sweater Guy sent you.

Stars upon thars

Drew writes in: "My girlfriend, Erika, and I went to a 'Bad Christmas Sweater Party' two years ago.  We had only been on three dates prior, so kudos to her for being a sport." Wow, she is a keeper -- with a ribbon on top. We were wondering what this picture reminded us of, and then it hit us:



























There can be love between plain-bellyed and star-bellyed sneetches.

We declare the 2008 Bad Sweater Season officially open

Flynn, a fan and friend of Bad Sweater Guy, kicks off the 2008 Bad Sweater Season with his "Little House on the Scary" offering. It looks like the Schoolhouse Rock version of what happens after the glaciers melt and submerge  us all under a few hundred feet of water.

Do you have a Bad Sweater? Do you know someone who does? Of course you do. Send it to BadSweaterGuy@aol.com and we'll put it up here for the world to mock. We'll take pictures of sweaters found in the wild or photos from your Bad Sweater Parties. Let's get cracking, people. There are a lot of Bad Sweaters out there, and we need you to help us bring them to justice.

Primary Concerns

If Senator Obama is really campaigning for change, he might start with his supporters' wardrobes. The little girl has the right reaction. My computer monitor had that pattern once and the Geek Squad found a dead squirrel inside.

Chrismas in May!

OK, so we're total slackers here. Stefanie and her cohorts were nice enough to mail in this photo and we never got around to posting it. But they're Bad Sweater Fans, and that's good enough for us. This is a reminder that Bad Sweater Season is a scant six months away. Are you ready? Are you?

Is it me, or does Santa look like he's faking his way through this one?

Bad Sweater Mystery

Bad Sweater Fan Janet writes:

“Recently at my company we had a meeting with a very top-dollar consultant, and he wore what I believe may have been the worst men’s sweater ever made. It had a pictorial depiction of a 1890s restaurant scene all around the sweater, in panorama. One of the scenes depicted was of a lady with long legs and high heels sitting in a booth, and a man’s popping out from behind the booth swinging a bra in the air! Many of us in the meeting were perplexed and mesmerized -- and amazed that such a sweater exists. Do you have any ideas about how we could find a picture of that sweater -- so that we can relive the moment?”

So who can help Janet and her co-workers? Send a pic and we'll post it here. An 1890s restaurant scene? I mean, come on. It's not like this one will be hard to spot.

You look sensational

One wonders how it took the New York Post so long to stumble upon this huge story. But finally the paper found some space to run this most important seasonal tale. Once again, Bad Sweater Guy is called in as the voice of reason to provide his expert commentary. Of course, they left the F. out of his middle name. Nice editing.

The caption that goes with the photo to the left says the woman claims her sweater is a great icebreaker. We don't doubt it. Also good for scraping ice from your windshield on sub-zero mornings.

It's a new blog! In Utah!

The folks at SLC Outsider know a good sweater when they see one. And a good sweater expert.

Bad Sweater in the (Minnesota) Wild

This beauty was spotted by Bad Sweater Guy himself just a few weekends ago at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. It was certainly chilly enough for a sweater, but that doesn't excuse this attack on everyone's sensibilities. We searched in vain to find a discernible pattern or logic to it, but in the end it most closely resembled an old table in the middle of a stripping project gone bad.

Winnipeg, lose a peg

Some people say Ibiza is where all the action's at. Others like Prague. But as this article in the Winnipeg Free Press shows, Winnipeg, Canada, is the place to be during the many long months of winter. Friday's high temperature? Zero. That's the high.

Anyway, Winnipeg (city motto: You know North Dakota? Go Norther!) has a host of bad sweater fans who are more than proud to show off their wares. Some folks in the article claim they invented the concept of bad sweater parties, but oh, the folly of Canadian youth. We just hope they send us some photos of those parties. And frankly, you should do the same.

Cold Affront

Jason from South Florida sends us this terrible sweater that initially made us hungry for a sandwich. He claims that the sweater has green and yellow stripes, but judging by the creepy tendrils, our bets are on another explanation.

But wait -- what's with the rare sweater-shorts combo? Jason explains that it's always hot in Florida, but "when the AC is cranked, you need something more." No, Jason. You need something less.

And where are you working, anyway? A call-in show for shark-bite victims? Shark books to your right, microphone to your left and bad taste all around.

Another reason to live in Chicago

If you're a fan of actual vintage clothing and happen to live in the Chicago area, you need to stop by Ragstock. The place always has lots of cool stuff, and it's a great place to go to give you ideas for your Halloween costume. Actually Ragstock has shops throughout the Midwest, but as far as I know, the Chicago location in Wicker Park is the only one using the awesome poster below to direct foot traffic to the vintage sweater collection. Tell them Bad Sweater Guy sent you.

Coming Out of the Closet

October is National Coming Out Month. So really there's no better time to kick off Bad Sweater Season, that special time of year when all the bad sweaters of the world awake from their midsummer closet hibernation and go on a fashion rampage.

As the weather cools down and the bad sweaters once again make their appearance, please think of us here at BadSweaterGuy.com. Send us photos of your relatives, co-workers -- even yourself -- committing Cosby-worthy fashion crimes. Information about how to find me is on the left.

And remember: Our sweaters are loud and they're proud. Get used to it.

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