I've got this jumper.....

Minibags has a couple of black fluffy jumpers. One has a reindeer on it in white and the other a snowflake, I think. They look great on her. Trouble is, they moult. Everywhere. It's like having giant black cats, or... come to think of it... moutling gorillas in the house. Well, chimpanzees, anyway. ??

Soz, no chimp or black cat emojis, monkeys'll have to do.

If that jumper wasn't put of stock, I think I would haver bought it. It looks so snuggly!

I have a black 'eyelash' cardigan with pockets which is very cosy and comfortable to wear. The cardigan doesn't seem to have quite the same gorilla effect as the jumper! It does have its downsides though-my friend won't let me in his car if I'm wearing it as I moult all over his seats!

I had a nice wool/angora mix long cardigan (not cheap!) which shed beige pale fibres over dark trousers and skirts.

P just say no to fluffy jumpers.
I have a fluffy beige natural-coloured cardigan which just about looks ok if I wear it open or have just one button done up at the top, so that it's clearly an over-garment, rather than an all-enveloping one, IYSWIM.

JoyBloggs

I wish roses! Although I have lost a (little) bit of weight recently, not sure how though!

Fluffy jumpers are only for the very thin! Which of course phoenix you are so don't worry about it.

JoyBloggs

phoenix I think I must have an off-white version of your jumper. I was quite pleased with it at first, but then when I happened to glimpse myself unawares in a mirror (when I wasn't breathing in, standing up straight, smiling etc) I just saw the top half of a rather unattractive, rotund, grimy snowman looking back at me... Needless to say I haven't featured in it again. Just waiting now for an invite to a Christmas fancy dress party. A few lumps of coal stuck to the front, a carrot glued to my nose, a top hat on my head and Bob's your uncle...

I remember buying a beautiful fluffy white jumper some years ago which (I thought) looked fine. Fast forward to Christmas day that year and I travelled down to London in it for lunch with my son only to find that every time I moved loads of 'fluffy' fibres flew off it and went in my eyes! As a contact lens wearer I spent the entire day taking them out to clean and putting them back in - when I look at the photos now I look like I had a very heavy cold AND it added 2 dress sizes to my already ample frame!

phoenix, you may (think you) look like half a gorilla in your fluffy black jumper but for a few years my husband always bought me a beige sweater of some odd shade for Christmas. My heart sank when I opened the parcels. One year it was a fluffy, too tight cardigan; when I put it on, with my fair/white hair, I looked like a sandy bear - not a good look! It made a good bed jacket but soon (as with the others - what a waste) it made its way into the jumble bag. Now I try to hint a little at what I might like and, touch wood, no beige sweaters for two years!

Phoenix, do what all the models do and add a flamboyant scarf. Be comfy AND smart.

Phoenix I love your description.

Perhaps you could take one of those hair trimmers to it and give it a number 1 cut.

With my (lack of) bosoms I don't think I could EVER look top heavy!

I think problem is the 'fluffiness' which probably makes you look top heavy. And fluffy.

I would love to see you wearing it in your coffin plamrout

Icy

plamrout WHAAAT?

Sorry, this is so rude, but from your link I think your gorilla is apt
Just don't walk around with a banana....

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I have the rest of the gorilla outfit in panto wardrobe dept if you need to borrow anything to complete your ensemble, Phoenix! (Why am I thinking Maureen Lipman and 'he'll love it when he gets the matching socks......'?)

Do we know yet how Jalima knows which styles are likely to suit phoenix? (Just out of interest)