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Fashion: the sweatshirt, a wardrobe essential
Born in the United States in the 1920s, the sweatshirt is unanimous today. A look back at the history of this sweater with its sometimes controversial image, which the great designers have adopted.
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Born in the United States in the 1920s, the sweatshirt is unanimous today. A look back at the history of this sweater with its sometimes controversial image, which the great designers have adopted.
With string, hood, or zipped, the sweatshirt is unanimous. Its story began on American soil. The students wore wool jerseys that were too hot and itchy. In the 1920s, tired of sweating, a player asked his father, who was a famous textile manufacturer, for a new, more comfortable outfit. Benjamin Russell then made a cotton top called a “sweat-shirt”, literally “sweatshirt”. The name didn’t make you dream, and yet the sweater appealed to both men and women.
The outfit of a youth who wanted to stand out
When the street took hold of it, the sweatshirt lost points, deemed too neglected. In the 90s, he dressed skaters, rappers, taggers, and a whole youth group who wanted to stand out. A controversial image that the great couturiers seized on very early on. The first to believe in this return to grace was Sonia Rykiel. At the French designer, the sweatshirt can be worn every day, and why not with heels.
