It is surely no accident that there are not one but two humongous hand-knitted ivory sweaters at Anthropologie this fall, along with similar polar-bear-sized pullovers at Urban Outfitters and fringe-festooned follies at Armani Exchange. These items, and their bushy white cousins around town, are obvious homages to that shaggy dog Balenciaga put on the runway last spring, a sweater that, despite making its wearer resemble a kitchen mop, caused a commotion that did not go... More >>>