It's not just the scarf, it's how happy he looks.

Five years ago this Thanksgiving weekend, Lenny Kravitz strolled the streets of New York City in what some might call a scarf and some children would consider a blankie and some West Elm catalogues would deem a nubby throw. The outfit was a notable sartorial achievement even for a man who wears leather pants well into his sixth decade of life. He gives us beautiful riffs, he produced a beautiful daughter, and he continues to inspire with his inimitable rock-n-roll style.

When the paparazzi photos of Kravitz and his scarf popped up in 2012, they provided instant meme fare. The scarf got bigger and bigger thanks to Photoshop, until it became difficult to tell which ridiculously oversized neck toss was the original one. Any version looks insane. Every version seems really cozy.

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So much has changed since 2012. Democracy crumbled, the seas rose, the robots edged ever closer to domination. And hygge, the Danish term for establishing a personal feeling of coziness in the wintertime, was initiated into (and soon ruined by) the American consciousness. But as always, Lenny Kravitz was far, far ahead of the trend.

It's only been 2.5 years since Kravitz's leather pants ripped and his penis popped out on stage in Sweden, so it stands to reason that in May 2020 we'll all start wearing our genitals outside our clothes. It certainly feels like the culture is headed that way.

Until then. Thanks for the snuggly inspo, Lenny!