{"product_id":"curtain-call-nicola-waite-2000s-permanently-scrunched-jersey-cardigan","title":"Curtain Call · Nicola Waite Early 2000s Permanently Scrunched Jersey Cardigan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNicola Waite · early 2000s · tagged a size 1, length 56cm flat · \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGrey marle cotton-polyester jersey \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e· permanently scrunched · round neck \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e· hidden metal popper closure  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e·  cotton fringe and satin ribbon trim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole surface of this cardigan catches light in small broken pieces, the way water does, or paper does after somebody has balled it up and then thought better of it. Nothing here is an accident of the wash. Every crease was put there on purpose and told to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere in the nineteen-eighties, cloth stopped being asked to stay flat. Pleating turned permanent, texture turned structural, and a crease became something to design on purpose rather than fight with an iron, the way a sculptor plans a fold into bronze. This cardigan belongs to that quieter Australian branch of the same idea: a jersey told, once, exactly how to hold itself, and never asked again. Nicola Waite hid the closures rather than showing them off, fringe and ribbon standing in for a button you were never meant to notice. That restraint, the willingness to let the fabric carry the whole argument, is what earns her a place here. Texture as decision, not accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe neckline sits round and close to the throat, and the front closes with large metal popper buttons hidden beneath a black satin ribbon placket, trimmed along the edge with a fine cotton fringe. The poppers are enamelled black, though a little of that enamel has begun to lift at the edges to show the gold metal beneath, a flaw that lives entirely out of sight once she is done up and does not affect how she wears. Her own care label is unusually direct about it: this garment has been permanently scrunched, ironing is expressly forbidden, and the scrunch will only soften slowly, over years, on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44183846977670,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_3916.jpg?v=1784851058","url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/products\/curtain-call-nicola-waite-2000s-permanently-scrunched-jersey-cardigan","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}