The World Needs More Dogs in Tiny Cardigans世人需要更多穿着小开衫的狗

When I decided to name my pug Björk after the pagan pop poet， I knew it would come with certain responsibilities. My dog had a reputation to live up to. Acquiring a fantastic wardrobe for her felt like a must.

我给我的哈巴狗取名比约克，与那位流行音乐界的异教徒诗人同名，取完名字我就知道特定的责任随之而来。我的狗必须配得上这个名字负有的声誉。看来为她打造一个精美的衣橱势在必行。

But three months after I got Björk， the pandemic started. Suddenly I had nothing to do but panic about the state of the world and stare into the eyes of this funny little five-pound creature.

但我刚养比约克三个月，新冠疫情就暴发了。突然间，除了对全球事态感到恐慌，我无事可做，只能成日和家里五磅重的有趣小生命大眼瞪小眼。

One night， after weeks of manufactured cheerfulness， my mom， a nurse who worked at the COVID unit， admitted she was scared. To cope， I turned to my worst habit， impulsive shopping， and bought matching Ashley Williams1 cardigans on Ssense2 for me and for Björk. Then—because what else was I supposed to do？ —I staged a photo shoot.

那时，我妈妈是在新冠隔离病房工作的护士。强颜欢笑几周后，有天晚上她坦白说自己其实很害怕。为了驱散妈妈的恐惧，我重拾最糟糕的旧习，冲动购物了一番，在购物平台“伊桑斯”上给自己和比约克买了配套的阿什莉·威廉姆斯羊毛开衫。接着，反正也没有什么其他事可做，我就去拍了一组照片。

I was my mom’s first daughter. Growing up， she’d show me photos of the two of us in matching outfits， insisting that would be my future someday with my children. I’m not quite sure if she imagined my first daughter would be a pug， but what is life if not one big surprise？ When I showed her the photos of Björk and me in those sweaters back in May of 2020， I heard her laugh through the phone for the first time in weeks.

我是妈妈的第一个女儿。从小到大，妈妈总会给我看我们俩穿亲子装的照片，她坚持认为我和我的孩子未来有天也会那样穿。我不太确定妈妈是否想过我的第一个女儿会是一只哈巴狗，但如果没有巨大的惊喜，那还是生活吗？于是，2020年5月，我给妈妈看了我和比约克穿亲子羊毛开衫的照片，她在电话那头笑了，那是几周以来我第一次听见她笑。

So naturally， when I heard downtown designer Sandy Liang announced that she would be making four dog pieces based off her most recent runway in collaboration with the dogwear brand Little Beast， I shrieked. I wasn’t the only one. On Liang’s Instagram， commenters deemed the clothes a fashion dog mom’s dream come true. There was a tiny red fleece with fluffy white flowers on the sleeves， two itty-bitty cropped cardigans with oversized collars， and a little red puffer coat adorned with bow detailing.

可想而知，当我听说都市潮流设计师梁美禅宣布自己将与狗狗服饰品牌“小萌宠”合作，依据她最新的秀场作品推出四款宠物狗服装时，我不禁发出了尖叫。原来不止我一人会和狗狗穿亲子装。在梁美禅的“照片墙”主页上，网友纷纷评论说，那四款宠物服装的出现实现了时尚“狗妈”的梦想。四款衣服里有一款袖子绣着毛绒白花的小巧红色抓绒衣，两款领口宽大的超短款羊毛开衫和一款饰有蝴蝶结的红色羽绒小外套。

There is a level of serotonin3 that I think can only be unlocked when you dress your dog in a silly little fit. And I am no mathematician， but I think that joy goes up exponentially when the clothing looks like something you might wear， too. As the years go on， there seem to be fewer and fewer things the entire world is able to agree on， but a dog in a great look still has mass appeal.

我认为，有一种愉悦，只有给狗狗穿上搞笑的小衣服时，你才会体验到。虽然我不是数学家，但是我觉得如果那件衣服看上去像是你本人也会穿的，那么这份愉悦就会呈指数级增长。随着时间的推移，尽管全世界能达成共识的事越来越少，但一只打扮新潮的狗狗仍然人见人爱。

And while dog sweaters have always been a thing， we seem to be living in an age of particularly stylish dog clothing. Miu Miu sells a pink matelasse coat for dogs that looks like something Lotta Volkova would wear. Prada introduced a $1，020 dog harness that doubles4 as a small backpack （for on-the-go treats？）. And back in 2022， Gucci’s pet campaign went viral for moody pet portraits that featured a chihuahua in a striped strawberry onesie and a matching strawberry balaklava5.

虽然狗狗毛衣一直很流行，但我们似乎生活在一个狗狗服饰格外新潮的时代。缪缪发售了一款粉色提花纹狗狗外套，看起来像是知名造型师洛塔·沃尔科娃会穿的款式。普拉达之前推出了一款售价1020美元的狗狗背带，它还可以用作小背包（装上能随身携带的零食？）。早在2022年，古驰以宠物肖像为素材的广告就因猫猫狗狗表情高深莫测而走红，其中一只穿着草莓印花条纹连身衣，头戴配套草莓形状巴拉克拉瓦帽的吉娃娃格外引人注目。

But it’s the smaller designers with enthusiastic cult followings who are ushering in a new era. It’s not just Sandy Liang. As of several years ago， Ssense started launching exclusive pet collabs with cool girl brands like Ashley Williams and Collina Strada. Honestly， if I saw a dog on the street wearing its stretch nylon jersey with leg warmers， I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it helped up an iPhone with its paw and uploaded a #fitcheck to TikTok.

然而，引领宠物服饰新时代的却是名声较小但有狂热粉丝追随的设计师。他们之中不只有梁美禅。几年前，伊桑斯平台就开始携手阿什莉·威廉姆斯和科利纳·斯特拉达等酷女孩品牌打造独家宠物系列。老实说，如果我在街上看到有狗狗穿着尼龙弹力运动衫和护腿袜套，就算它用爪子举起手机，在TikTok的“穿搭展示”话题下发视频，我也不会感到一丁点惊讶。

For Bazaar’s fashion commerce editor and my fellow dog mom Halie LeSavage， the phenomena felt destined to happen. “When you’re able to bring a designer whose visual language speaks to you into your wardrobe and onto your pet at the same time， it instantly telegraphs a little more about your style and outlook. So I think I’d find extra joy in some more matchy-matchy moments，” she says.

《时尚芭莎》杂志的时尚商务编辑哈莉·勒萨维奇与我同为“狗妈”。在她看来，各种宠物服饰似乎注定会火起来。她说：“如果一位设计师的视觉语言与你的审美契合，而你能够将其作品购入衣橱，同时穿在宠物身上，那么瞬间就能多展示出一点你的风格和穿搭喜好。因此，我觉得在搭配得更协调的时候，我会获得额外的乐趣。”

She went on to say she unintentionally matches with her dog all the time. “I didn’t pick out my dog， Dolly， because her black and tan Bernedoodle coat coordinates with all of my favorite clothes. But it must have spoken to the same subconscious voice guiding my personal style; black and tan are overrepresented in my closet. Every time I wear a camel coat， I look like I’m trying to match her. I like that， in fashion speak， it’s a color story.”

勒萨维奇还说，她和狗狗的穿搭总是不经意地相称。“我选择多莉并不是因为伯尔尼多德尔犬有一身黑棕相间的毛发，跟所有我喜欢的衣服都很搭。不过，指导我个人风格的潜意识一定是与它的毛色相呼应。我衣橱中的服饰有很大一部分是黑色和棕色的。每次我穿驼色外套，都像在努力和狗狗搭配。这样挺不错的，借时尚界的话说，这是色彩的际遇。”

Sometimes， I too， unintentionally match with Björk. One time， I even put her in a chunky purple argyle sweater， only to realize I had bought my boyfriend a very similar knit. When I put photos of them together on my Instagram story， I had multiple people tell me it was the best thing they saw all week. It reminded me of the response I received after posting those photos with Björk in our matching Ashley Williams.

有时，我的穿搭也会不经意地和比约克的相称。有一次，我给她穿了一件厚实的紫色菱格毛衣，后来才意识到我之前给男朋友买了一件非常相似的针织衫。我把他们的合照发在“照片墙”的“快拍”上后，很多人告诉我那是他们一整周里看到的最棒的照片。这让我想起了我把自己和比约克穿着阿什莉·威廉姆斯亲子装的合照发到网上后收到的那些评论。

Sandy Liang’s Little Beast collab-oration seems to have struck a similar chord; no fewer than ten of my friends sent me a link suggesting I needed to buy it immediately. One of my friends added a philosophical question： “This makes SO MUCH SENSE！ WHY？”

梁美禅与小萌宠的合作系列似乎也引发了类似的共鸣；不下十个朋友给我发来链接，建议我速速下单。其中一位朋友还附上了一个哲学问题：“宠物穿搭真是太有意思了！究竟为什么？”

For one， there’s the social media of it all. If there’s anything people love more than OOTDs6， it’s pets—in hats！ In shoes！ In clothing！ There’s also the fact that millennials and zoomers7 aren’t having as many kids as their predecessors， so they’re left with nothing but whiskered offspring to dress up. Things are also just dark and scary， and a dog who has no idea why it’s wearing a cropped cardigan is a happy， ridiculous distraction. Buying a matching cardi for yourself won’t solve anything， except， speaking from personal experience， maybe depression. And I think that’s worth it！

首先，社交媒体是一个很重要的影响因素。如果说有什么比分享“今日穿搭”更受人们喜爱，那就是戴着帽子、穿着鞋子和衣服的宠物！另外一个原因是，千禧一代和网生代的生育率不及上一代，所以他们只能打扮长着胡须的“后代”。此外，生活本已沉闷糟心，令人惶惶不安，但一只不懂自己为何穿着超短羊毛开衫的狗狗却能让人因为它的滑稽可爱开心一刻。给自己买一件和狗狗配套的羊毛开衫虽然解决不了任何问题，但根据我的个人经验，这或许可以消解郁闷。我认为值得一试！

I also think， what young people want from their clothing right now is to get a little weird. It’s why Miu Miu， with its bedazzled panties and mini-skirts the size of a belt， and Loewe， with its impossibly high trousers and pumps with makeup brushes for heels， are the most popular brands of the moment. The fashion girls of today are more eager than ever to say， “I bought a Sandy Liang cardigan from her FW23 collection to match with my dog” with their full chests.

我还认为，现在的年轻人渴望穿得奇特一点。这就是为什么缪缪和罗意威成为当下最受欢迎的品牌——前者推出了亮片内裤和仅有腰带宽的超短迷你裙，后者发售了超高腰长裤和化妆刷作鞋跟的高跟鞋。与以往任何时候相比，如今的时尚女孩们更渴望底气十足地说：“我买了一件梁美禅2023年秋冬系列的羊毛开衫，穿来和我家狗狗搭配。”

And you know what， why shouldn’t they？ Maybe the world would be a better place if instead of looking to “elevated basics” brands for outfit inspo8， we were all looking to dogs in tiny coats and cardigans wearing our favorite runway looks. They’re not worrying about whether they’re trying too hard. They have no understanding of the never- ending trend cycle. They just are. And honestly， that’s how I aspire to be.

话说回来，这有何不可呢？如果我们不再从主打“高级基本款”的品牌中寻求穿搭灵感，而将视线转向身穿小外套和羊毛开衫的狗狗，看它们扮上我们最爱的时装秀造型，也许世界会变得更美好。狗狗们不会担心自己的穿搭是否显得太过刻意，也不理解时尚轮回永无止境。它们怎么穿搭都时尚。老实说，我希望自己也能如此。

（译者为“《英语世界》杯”翻译大赛获奖者；单位：上海外国语大学）

1英国时尚品牌，因其独特的设计风格和有趣夸张的元素闻名。" 2开创性的全球设计师潮牌集合平台，因其500多个精选设计师潮牌及高端奢侈品牌而闻名。

3 serotonin血清素，可调节情绪、食欲等认知功能。" 4 double 兼作。" 5此处指巴拉克拉瓦帽，即一种几乎完全围住头和脖子的兜帽。

6 OOTD = outfit of the day今日穿搭，社交媒体上的热门话题标签。" 7网生代（Generation Z）的别称。

8 inspo〈俚语〉‌启发灵感的人或事物。