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1 Etymology. 2 Types and design. 3 Nomenclature. 4 Customary wear. 5 Care. 6 Ice hockey. ... A sweater (North American English) or pullover, also called a jersey or ...
sweater [2] [3] Sleeveless knit top sleeveless jumper, slipover, [4] knit tank top sweater vest [3] Sleeveless dress worn over a shirt Pinafore, pinny, pinafore dress [5] Jumper, jumper dress, dress Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6] Sleeveless padded garment used as outerwear Gilet, body warmer [7]
The sweater he wore during MTV's Nirvana Unplugged concert sold at auction for $137,500 (equivalent to $176,744 in 2023) [13] in November 2015. It was reported to have a burn hole, a button missing, and discoloration around the pockets. [14] [15] In 2019 it was re auctioned for $334,000 (equivalent to $398,035 in 2023). [13] [16]
A traditional knit jersey. Traditionally, a jersey is an item of knitted clothing, generally made of wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover, as it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan.
The translation for the word "jumper" or "sweater" in the Goidelic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, are "geansaí", [13] "geansaidh" [14] and "gansee" [15] respectively, all borrowings from the English guernsey/gansey. The Norwegian word "genser" is derived from "guernsey" and means sweater or jumper.
The word hood derives from the Anglo-Saxon word hōd, [2] ultimately of the same root as an English hat. [3]Hoodie is sometimes spelled hoody [1] and can also be called a hooded sweatshirt [4] or just a sweatshirt, although that term can also include all sweatshirts, including those without a hood.
A raglan sleeve sweatshirt with Harley-Davidson branding. A sweatshirt is a long-sleeved pullover shirt or jacket fashioned out of thick, usually cotton, cloth material. [1] [2] Sweatshirts are almost exclusively casual attire and hence not as formal as some sweaters.
The Banton Burial Cloth, the oldest existing example of warp ikat in Southeast Asia, is displayed at the National Museum of the Philippines. The cloth was most likely made by the native Asian people of northwest Romblon. The first clothes, worn at least 70,000 years ago and perhaps much earlier, were probably made of animal skins and helped ...