Official bookofjoe vest

Slowly but steadily, I'm moving into merchandising.

It's being done very quietly — so much so that the companies selling bookofjoe clothing and suchlike aren't even aware they're doing it.

Of course, there's one small problem with this under the radar approach: bookofjoe's cash register, like the phone in the great country song, don't ring.

No matter: we're out for far bigger game than mere lucre.

Clean or filthy. But I digress.

From Patagonia comes this sporty vest for women, made of fabric whose fibers have variegated lengths, a mix of long coarse strands and short downy fibers, to "enhance compressibility, breathability, stretch and warmth."

Stretch panels along the torso and backs of the armholes give a more contoured fit.

"Femininely shaped."

$89 here in what they choose to call — at least, for the time being — "Dry Lime."