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Brief History of the Knitted Sweater – Circa 1960

Knitted sweaters have been around for more than a century, but they were first used as sportswear and worn on the job by fishermen. The knitted sweater started being promoted as a fashionable piece of clothing in the ’20s and ’30s, with designers such as Coco Chanel promoting it as everyday wear. By the ’50s, it found its way into the wardrobes of pretty much everyone.

When the ’60s started, the knitted sweater was so big that it started being produced in various experimental formats. According to V&A, it was even seen as a symbol of the counter-culture movements that swoop the United States and the United Kingdom.

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