https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:09:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324802 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 20:03:05 +0000 Von 1324802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Even with a matching skirt, I'm getting all sorts of flashback visuals...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324776 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:23:12 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1324776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>.......... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324769 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:16:30 +0000 rachylou 1324769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no, but it's a two-piece dress... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324727 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:39:34 +0000 MsMary 1324727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never heard the term "coogie," either!&nbsp; Learn something new every day... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324720 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:12:53 +0000 Von 1324720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cannot get down with Coogie sweaters again!! I am not made for Cosby Sweater Bulk!</p> <p>I am going to just keep it moving with my Hillman hoodie instead!&nbsp; </p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324717 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:08:01 +0000 rae 1324717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't understand why Fashion keeps. on. finding. new things to rehash from the 80s. Pick a different time period already! Of course I am not an 80s fan, but still. So bored with it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324690 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:36:54 +0000 Nicole D 1324690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did not know they were called Coogi. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324652 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:19:18 +0000 aurelia 1324652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want to hate them but I'm strangely drawn to the coogie...ah 90s nostalgia </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324645 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:14:15 +0000 MsMary 1324645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cannot tell a lie.&nbsp; I loved 'em then, I love 'em now.&nbsp; And I LOVE the black-and-white-TV version.&nbsp; LOL</p> <p>(Echo, I love the Faux-Prince and Not-Madonna models!)</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324641 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:05:36 +0000 Beth Ann 1324641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>But, but, but...... it's ill fitting, not properly oversized.......and it's expensive!&nbsp; My inlaws still have sweaters from the 80's.&nbsp; I can raid their closets.......or not. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324442 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 03:32:22 +0000 Echo 1324442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aquamarine: Woot! for Benetton! Their ads have always been controversial, but their bright multi-coloured themes were especially relevant in the 1980's. I remember those ads like they were yesterday.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324421 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:54:53 +0000 Anonymous 1324421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just say no. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324377 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:53:00 +0000 modgrl 1324377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow. I loved those Coogi sweaters the first time around and I love this now. Long live the 80's!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324369 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:45:37 +0000 Kari 1324369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh boy, that is really Cosby-ish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324319 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:03:03 +0000 Aquamarine 1324319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did so love my sweaters in the 80s...and kept a lot of them &lt;she says sheepishly&gt; </p> <p>Anyone else a Benetton fan from way back? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324308 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:56:00 +0000 Aida 1324308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Further proof that I'm into it,&nbsp;I did pick up this sweater vest during NAS. Similar-ish, but certainly more controlled than chaotic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324270 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:18:51 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1324270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324245 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:51:33 +0000 Echo 1324245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A Cosby sweater cannot be done in neutrals! That's completely outside the '80's aesthetic. And ideally those sweaters in bright colours come past mid-hip - so they can be worn with brightly coloured leggings and multiple pairs of baggy socks.<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://mirror80.com/2012/02/80s-sweater-spotlight-family-ties-jennifer-keaton/">http://mirror80.com/2012/02/80.....er-keaton/</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324236 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:45:19 +0000 Angie 1324236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And it has a matching skirt too. Two-piece dress.&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/o/rag-bone-x-coogi-sweater-skirt/3855227?origin=category-personalizedsort&amp;contextualcategoryid=0&amp;fashionColor=&amp;resultback=5997&amp;cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_17_D"><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/o/rag-bone-x-coogi-sweater-skirt/3855227?origin=category-personalizedsort&#038;amp" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/o/ra.....t&#038;amp</a>;</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324221 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:36:16 +0000 Janet 1324221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmmmm, I've recently looked at photos of myself in the oversized 80s, so I'm going to go with "no thanks" on this one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324211 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:29:26 +0000 rachylou 1324211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first time 'round was better... hehe </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324210 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:29:18 +0000 jackiec 1324210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too funny. I actually like that sweater. A lot. Ha ha. Could be because we grew up on a&nbsp;<i>very&nbsp;</i>limited budget in the 80's and I never really had any of the cool stuff... now's my chance </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324202 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:18:02 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1324202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps I could raid my dad's closet for one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324189 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:03:25 +0000 Thistle 1324189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. Some things are just not meant to come back. I believe this is one of them.</p> <p>Watch me eat my words next winter </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324184 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:01:46 +0000 Aida 1324184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok not gonna lie but.. I am <i>very</i> attracted to that sweater :D</p> <p>To be fair, I have kept a small set of Authentic Proper Ugly 80s sweaters just because I still have such strong affinity to them (my fave is a mauvy-bubble gum pink with heathered gray blobs). Even if I likely wouldn't wear them again.</p> <p>If I were to wear again, I think I'd go for the authentic rather than purchase new.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324178 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:57:21 +0000 Caro in Oz 1324178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They were SO big in Oz!!!&nbsp;I saw an older&nbsp;man in one the other day - he had kept his for sure. </p> <p>For me there is no&nbsp;difference between these sweaters, Birks &amp; white trainers really. Hated by most, loved by a few until they are fashionable again.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324167 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:47:45 +0000 rabbit 1324167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>lol<b> unfrumped </b>and <b>anna</b> :D</p> <p>Hey if I get the itch there is always thrifting,<b> </b>it's rarer to find 80's items that haven't already been purged in previous years, but it sometimes happens.</p> <p>Never gonna feather my hair again though no matter if it comes back around,&nbsp;yeesh.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324165 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:45:01 +0000 Nicole D 1324165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those were bad. &nbsp;At least the colours are more modern in this one. &nbsp;I kinda like it in an ironic way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324164 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:44:46 +0000 unfrumped 1324164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Look, I'm having some sweater angst myself right now with the ever-enlarging styles (just&nbsp; how many <u>yards</u> of cashmere am I supposed to invest in?) so I'm talking myself down from that, and planning to review carefully what I've got,&nbsp;try some things on in the store in-season, not in August, &nbsp;before panicking and buying me some Cosby's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-cosby-sweater-is-back#post-1324160 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:37:50 +0000 annagybe 1324160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ack!<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shopbop.com/coogie-crop-top-rag-bone/vp/v=1/1506500994.htm?folderID=2534374302155172&amp;fm=other-shopbysize&amp;colorId=66907">http://www.shopbop.com/coogie-.....&#038;fm=o</a> </p>