Identifying Three of Lucy's Sweaters From The Original Series

March 24, 2023

Identifying Three of Lucy's Sweaters From The Original Series

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Lucy Moran's sweaters throughout the first and second seasons highlight her unique style and personality.

The first of the three sweaters in this entry was discovered by Instagram user hopelessnostalgicvintage

The argyle mock neck sweater I purchased features light blue rhombus shapes with orange centers and yellow dashed lines.

Lucy wears this United Colors of Benetton sweater in episodes 2, 12, and 19 (Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer, The Orchid's Curse, The Black Widow, 1.002, 2.005, 2.012.) The sweater almost appears black in the series, but I believe it may be a dark blue. We can see blue in Lucy's tights at certain moments - just as the sweater also sometimes looks as though it may be blue.

Lucy's tights.

The pattern on the sweater I own has the shapes in the same areas as the one worn by Lucy.

The placement of the pattern.

The copy currently being sold by Hopeless Nostalgic Vintage also appears to have the same pattern placement. (Below.)

The sweater currently offered by HopelessNostalgicVintage has rhombus shapes in the same areas. It also photographs darker.

The 2001 Artisan DVD release of Twin Peaks season one contains commentary from Duwayne Dunham that may help explain why some items may appear darker in the series than in reality.

"Obviously, we have the pilot to work from. That's our blueprint. A style was set. A tone was set. It was the responsibility of myself and the directors on the series to stay in line with that as much as possible. And I think, you know, the pilot was to me like liquid film that had such an easy feeling to it. If you ever saw the film print, it's gorgeous. It really is a pretty movie. And it's the red. It's the use of the coral filter. Then in the timing of the picture, we tweaked it. We purposefully kept it overly warm. I think the idea was - and you look even in the set - everything is warm. The outside is so sort of dark misty, snowy, rainy, and inside, it's warm. (...) You know the cinematography of Twin Peaks is purposefully that with filters and then graded toward the red that you see in this scene. Every scene in the movie. Every scene in the pilot is timed this way purposefully. (...) I think that one of the experiences we had in the timing of the picture is the color timers would always say to us, "You know, if it was me and I was watching this at home, I'd just walk up to the red knob and I would turn the red out of it and it could look OK. I would think, "If I see this coming out of my TV, looking like there's something wrong with it - wrong with my TV - and I'll just tune it out." It was a real problem. The color was real important in the movie, and David actually went so far as to send a representative to the network when they made their transfer to make sure that guy didn't turn that little knob and get the colors a little bit more realistic than what we chose for the show which is this red, warm look."

The filter employed throughout the series may explain the color difference.

As you can see in the unfiltered image below, the sweater looks darker in a different light.

Me at the mall.

The open cardigan Lucy wears in episode 15 (2.008, Drive With a Dead Girl).

The pattern of her cardigan.

My replica was purchased on Etsy. It is a size small.

This cardigan is made by Mademoiselle Knitwear. The colors photograph brighter outside. The orange and red are bold and seem unlike the colors of the cardigan Lucy wears. However, the orange is not as loud in indoor lighting.