Every so often — every year, I’m guessing, multiplied by however many bars and taverns supposedly frequented in Key West — there is a big Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest. And just as de rigueur as the beard, hair and scowl is the bulky fisherman’s sweater famously worn in the iconic portrait by Yousuf Karsh. And every time I see photos from any such contest, I think of how incongruous that sweater seems in Key West.
Hemingway lived all over, not just in Key West. You can easily picture that sweater on him when he lived in Idaho, or when he was in Northern Michigan. Maybe. I’ve lived in kinda sorta Northern Michigan, and that sweater seems a bit much. Surely we can assume he didn’t dress like that in Key West. And he didn’t.
I checked, and Karsh took that photo in … Cuba. Havana. Once more, I learn something and end up knowing less.
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer Premium Member about 5 years ago
I take it that this is not his choosing of sweater. This is his mom being mom.
Nachikethass about 5 years ago
Maybe it was for his home in Idaho, where he killed himself?
asrialfeeple about 5 years ago
Sweaterville
Ontman about 5 years ago
He was in France in the winter during WWII.
llong65 about 5 years ago
from the look of the hair cut he’s a new kid he’s talking to.
jskmichals about 5 years ago
Committed suicide in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member about 5 years ago
New student — named Yertle.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 5 years ago
I have wanted a “Hemingway” sweater of that ilk, myself. :)
El-Kabong about 5 years ago
After scrolling through many, many images I found just one picture of Hemingway wearing that type of sweater.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
Frazz16 hrs ·
Every so often — every year, I’m guessing, multiplied by however many bars and taverns supposedly frequented in Key West — there is a big Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest. And just as de rigueur as the beard, hair and scowl is the bulky fisherman’s sweater famously worn in the iconic portrait by Yousuf Karsh. And every time I see photos from any such contest, I think of how incongruous that sweater seems in Key West.
Hemingway lived all over, not just in Key West. You can easily picture that sweater on him when he lived in Idaho, or when he was in Northern Michigan. Maybe. I’ve lived in kinda sorta Northern Michigan, and that sweater seems a bit much. Surely we can assume he didn’t dress like that in Key West. And he didn’t.
I checked, and Karsh took that photo in … Cuba. Havana. Once more, I learn something and end up knowing less.