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One from the Graham Leggate collection, a Norwegian selburose design. A sweater (North American English) or pullover, also called a jersey or jumper (British English, Hiberno-English and Australian English), [1] is a piece of clothing, typically with long sleeves, made of knitted or crocheted material that covers the upper part of the body.
The trademark sweaters complemented his easy-going style of singing. [8] [9] [10] Fred Rogers, star of the long-running children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, donned a cardigan at the beginning of each episode. The cardigans were made by his mother and closed with a zipper instead of buttons. [11]
The Cambridge history of western textiles. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-34107-3. OCLC 48475172. Payne, Blanche; Winakor, Geitel; Farrell-Beck Jane (1992) The History of Costume, from the Ancient Mesopotamia to the Twentieth Century, 2nd Edn, HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-047141-7
Taking its name from the island of Fair Isle — part of the Shetland archipelago about 100 miles off the northeastern coast of Scotland — the knitting technique first began in fisherman’s ...
"The point of origin is obviously black American hip-hop culture, now thoroughly mainstream and a key part of the global economy. Leisure and sportswear adopted for everyday wear suggests a distance from the world of office suit or school uniform. Rap culture celebrates defiance, as it narrates the experience of social exclusion. Musically and ...
Ugly Christmas sweaters are somewhat of a cultural phenomenon. But where did the trend even begin? Travel back in time to the 1850s for an answer.
An Aran cardigan in the traditional white báinín colour.. The Aran jumper (Irish: Geansaí Árann), also called a fisherman's jumper or a gansey, is a style of jumper [1] that takes its name from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.
He worked with his father, whose company Russell Manufacturing Company made women's and children's knit garments, to come up with a better option. [4] They created a thick cotton practice jersey that was a modification of a ladies' union suit top. [5] These loose, collarless pullovers were the first sweatshirts.