It smells like an attic. It's covered in stains. It cost $140,000. Inside the 60-year journey of Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' sweater
, the acrylic, mohair and Lycra blend cardigan was likely made between 1960 and ’65, when silky mohair was a popular material for menswear. The cardigan’s label — a sporty affair featuring a boat and a skier — comes from Manhattan Industries, a garment company that was established in New Jersey in theand acquired by what is now known as Perry Ellis International in the Eighties. “It was an innovative, iconic American brand,” says Lorraine Medici.
Following Cobain’s death, the garment was gifted to the family’s nanny, Jackie Farry. “There were a lot of people coming in and out of the house to show support and pay their respect to Courtney,” Farry says. “She was giving a lot of people that knew him things he owned; valuable things like sweaters, and even a guitar. I remember she kept going into the bedroom closet and coming out with more. It was around then that she gave me that cardigan.
Kletjian is a longtime Cobain fan — he has a giant painting of the man in his kitchen — and decided the sweater would be a good investment. “There are certain things that I won’t collect, sure, because I think that they’re going to depreciate in value,” he says. “Then there’s things that I would collect that really have a solid place in my heart. This Kurt Cobain sweater has a special place.”
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