Friday, May 01, 2009

Archival Cardigan Review

Cardigans are photogenic

Welt pockets & knit cuffs

Contrasting trim?

High buttoning neck (6, 7 or 8 buttons?)

As outerwear (but not bulky)


Machine knit in the U.S.A.

Sleeve sizing is tricky (no balloon arms)

100% Worsted Wool


Color or Grayscale?

Coming soon: Archival Buttons

Addendum:

A letterman style sweater worn by a University of Oregon women's tennis player from the 1930s.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

One more excellent shawl collar from the archives of Wellesley College; this is the 1915 golf team:
http://tinyurl.com/c8gcfg
(Found via http://emersonmerrick.blogspot.com who was going through the Wellesley College yearbook archives (back to the 1880s): http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=wellesley%20legenda )

Foster Huntington said...

i am so excited to see how this project turns out.
Foster