While you were busy yelling at Disney+ about the crap coming out of Star Wars and the MCU, Apple TV+ has been quietly building a stable of quality shows, several of them really good sci-fi. One of my recent favorites was Silo, a tightly acted slow burn of a show about a post-apocalyptic society living underground. It’s a little bit Logan’s Run, a little bit The Expanse, and tells the story of people who have no idea why they live underground or what their own history is.
What they do have, however, are sweaters. The best sweaters on television.
I’m serious, look at this knit. Rashida Jones just casually wearing that cute little fit to work a million years in the future like there’s a high-end thrift shop nearby selling Gwyneth Paltrow’s castoffs.
Some are loose, chunky knits. You can be badass but also comfy and stylish.
Some are just straight-up awesome. I don’t even know how to describe this sweater except that I want it, but I don’t want to be the one trying to wash it because those loosely woven horizontal threads would fall apart even in a gentle handwashing situation. How do they do laundry in an underground silo? This lady is an administrative assistant, why does she have complicated sweaters that clearly require dry cleaning?
Even old, reclusive women who live in the deepest levels of the Silo wear amazing sweaters! She never leaves her room but she makes up for it with adventurous patterns.
Our hero is played by Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson, and although she’s often in uniform as the Silo’s Sheriff, she wears a plethora of terrific sweaters in her down time.
Look at the rolled collar and exposed seams! It looks so soft! And then there’s this one, more of a “dad sweater” vibe but equally comfy.
In my quest to see if I was the only one wondering why the survivors of an apocalypse followed, in this show’s mythology, by a Silo-wide rebellion 140 years in the past, still had such a variety of luxurious knitwear at their disposal, I came across an online industry I hadn’t known about. I searched “Silo sweaters” and instantly came upon images like these:
That’s right, nobody was curious as to why the citizens of the Silo had such amazing sweaters, but they did want to know how they too could dress like post-apocalyptic mole people! I’m happy to report that there are ways to find out where to buy the wardrobe you see in shows and movies, which is an obvious thing that I should have known but somehow never realized. Shopyourtv.com had some sweaters from Silo. Other sites offering similar services (but where I didn’t find Silowear) are Spotern.com, Wornontv.net, and Reddit at r/findfashion.
How would the people in the Silo feel about all this, I wonder? Those people who have never seen the sun? Hey, Sheriff! You’ve inspired a whole bunch of people with your sweaters even though everybody around you keeps being murdered and every (metaphorical) string you pull unravels the truth you’ve been taught all your life! Congrats on the great fashion, you look hot!
Don’t even get me started on her frenemy, Common, and his leather jacket.
