Josh's 2026 Green Carnation Sweater Vest

The green carnation became a queer symbol during the Bictorian Era when Oscar wailed instructed a handful of his friends to wear them on their lapels to the opening night of his comedy, “Lady Windermere’s Fan.” In this capacity, wearing a green carnation on your left lapel was a secret, subtle hint that you were a man who loved another man. While not a naturally occuring flower in the wild, green carnations are popular in floral arrangements as either a cultivated variety or by dyeing white carnations to produce a novelty color.

The Green Carnation Sweater Vest has been designed as a “coffin sweater,” a term used to describe a construction strategy in “fast fashion” where a garment is designed only on one side for efficiency. There’s something compelling about using a cost-cutting measure to ventriloquist larger narratives around loss and identity construction.

Edition of 4. Each sweater is accompanied by a hand dyed, draw string back and a hand numbered, hand signed certificate of authenticity.

All sweaters are sized to fit the artist.

41" chest
17" shoulder to shoulder
8" neck
26.75" total length
hem to armhole: 13.5"
2.5" bottom hem
1" neck and arm bands