The essentials of winterclothing: Knitwear

Dear blogreaders,

Since opening this blog, I have been thinking of what my first blogpost will be about. I want to use this blog for more than fashion only. In my opinion, fine food, drinks, handcrafted furniture, art and parfumes really fit in the definition of life essentials. Were would we be without them? Life is so much more than Ikea furniture, cheap deodorant and fastfood.

So that's why I want to write about more than only clothes. However, I want to start with clothes after all. Because that's the foundation and inspiration of this blog. The first article will be about knitwear. I will publish soon!

Knitwear

Today, we can't imagine a wardrobe without sweaters, pullovers and cardigans. Back to the 19th century, knitwear was not that popular. Real gentlemen did not use sweaters. This piece of clothing was intended for the working class. The popularity of knitwear came with the increasing popularity of sport. The bourgeoisie used sweaters for biking and all different kind of ball games, like cricket and polo.

There are two different processes to produce sweaters. The first and cheapest way is sewing pre-manufactured pieces of wool together resulting in a sweater, ''cut-and sew'' method.

The other, more valuable process is the ''fully-fashioned'': every single sweater will be produced by piece.

Models:

The different models are inspired by men's fashion. The round neck, for example, comes from the collarless shirt. The V-neck is inspired by the waistcoat. The cardigan, with it's buttons, is even more a casual copy of the waistcoat.

Later on, more information..