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History [ edit ] The twinset was a 1930s fashion innovation, credited to knitwear designer Otto Weisz who invented the matching cardigan and top for fashion brand Pringle of Scotland .
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] Steve McQueen popularised cardigans, wearing it in the 1968 action thriller film Bullitt and in his personal life. [12]
Man wearing a striped sweater vest (1974) Rick Santorum [1] wearing a sweater vest (2012) A sweater vest (known as a tank top, sleeveless sweater, slipover, or sleeveless pullover in the UK) is an item of knitwear that is similar to a sweater, but without sleeves, usually with a low-cut neckline.
After continued petitioning from the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women’s History Alliance), Congress expanded the holiday and designated March as Women's History Month ...
sweater, cardigan: sweater, cardigan, jumper Women's sleeveless dress: jumper: pinafore Cotton (or jersey) garment covering torso and arms that is closed at the front: sweatshirt: jersey Athletic shirt: jersey: jersey, kit (refers to full sports uniform) Sleeveless knit garment: sweater vest, slipover: slipover, tank top Sleeveless undershirt ...
The mission has records of students' knitting and other domestic skills being displayed at local fairs and at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. [ 4 ] After learning how to make socks and mitts, Cowichan women began to knit knee-length underwear and sweaters.
Men and women gathered in Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C., around Christmastime in 1860. On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to vote to leave the Union.
The hidden advantage was that Stan had hours to kill while made up like his character, the kind of person the world looks past. “I wanted to walk around the city and see what happened,” Stan says.