--- title: Ken Bone's Red Izod Sweater Reviews description: Ken Bone's infamous red sweater has been receiving rave reviews online from fans of the darling of the second presidential debate. canonical: https://time.com/4530357/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-13T19:35:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:39.012Z og:title: Ken Bone's Red Sweater Is Getting Rave Reviews Online og:description: "If it's good enough for Ken Bone, it's good enough for me." og:url: https://time.com/4530357/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f418bfff8dcf6b/6988a9eecf40a86b75c45268/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-PEOPLE-BONE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ken Bone's Red Sweater Is Getting Rave Reviews Online twitter:description: "If it's good enough for Ken Bone, it's good enough for me." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f418bfff8dcf6b/6988a9eecf40a86b75c45268/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ken Bone's Red Sweater Is Getting Seriously Funny Rave Reviews Online > Sponsored content. 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Ken Bone (C) listens to US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9, 2016.Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 13, 2016 7:35 PM UTC [Internet hero and undisputed winner of the the second presidential debate Ken Bone](http://time.com/4525241/ken-bone-presidential-debate/) has single-handedly revived the preppy classic, the cable-knit pullover sweater. Not convinced? Just take a look at the rave reviews that have rolled in for his Izod, 1/4 zip sweater on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/IZOD-Mens-Cable-Solid-Sweater/product-reviews/B00KNQTSUY/ref=cm%5Fcr%5Fgetr%5Fd%5Fpaging%5Fbtm%5F2?ie=UTF8&sortBy=recent&pageNumber=2#RRZEJBDX4Y3M5) after he sported [a bright, tomato-red version](http://time.com/4526309/ken-bone-jimmy-kimmel/) of it during the debates. Reviewer Christopher C. Curtis said that, “Some heroes wear capes. Others wear IZOD Men’s Cable sweaters with a quarter length zipper,” while reviewer billygumdrop wrote of his XX-Large sweater that “If it’s good enough for Ken Bone, it’s good enough for me. Power to the people!!!” Other reviews include: “I was inspired by future President of the United States Ken Bone. I love everything he stands for and that includes beautiful quarter zip red sweaters. #4yearsofsweaterweather” — Timothy Chippy “What an amazing sweater. So happy to be ordering the same sweater the man, the myth, and the legend, Ken Bone wore.” — Joseph With this kind of [influence with the American public](http://time.com/4526816/ken-bone-presidential-debate-memes/), it seems as though either candidate would benefit from having the undecided Mr. Bone vouch for them. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4530357/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4530357/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews/"},"headline":"Ken Bone's Red Sweater Is Getting Seriously Funny Rave Reviews Online","datePublished":"2016-10-13T19:35:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:39.012Z","description":"\"If it's good enough for Ken Bone, it's good enough for me.\"","url":"https://time.com/4530357/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","fashion","Funny","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f418bfff8dcf6b/6988a9eecf40a86b75c45268/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f418bfff8dcf6b/6988a9eecf40a86b75c45268/ken-bone-red-sweater-reviews.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-PEOPLE-BONE","caption":"US-VOTE-PEOPLE-BONE","creditText":"Paul J. 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