Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

[herringbonekid]

Simpsons, 1928:

shawl cardigan with checks ? yes please !

 

[Stearmen]

Excellent! Which is your dad?

Far right.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

 

[Papperskatt]

 

[herringbonekid]

 

[cookie]

Simpsons, 1928:

shawl cardigan with checks ? yes please !

+1

 

[DamianM]

This is one of the best threads made so far! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Åhlen & Holm Autumn/Winter 1935-36

Åhlén & Holm Spring/Summer 1934

 

[Fastuni]

Those DB knit-jackets are great.

 

[Two Types]

double breasted, worn with flat cap. Uber-cool.

 

[herringbonekid]

no label, probably 40s:

(round about 2005-6 a vast amount of deadstock cotton cable-knit t-shirts in wild / complex designs were unearthed in a warehouse in the U.S.
they were all over US ebay for ages, at every vintage fair, and someone even had a small shop full of them here in the U.K.
there were quite a few long sleeved sweaters in the hoard, though mainly they were T's.
the above one and the bright zig-zag one i posted on the first page were part of that hoard. they're mainly mid to late 40s in date,
though some of the wild designs could pass for earlier).

 

[tropicalbob]

I love the Buster Keaton picture. Reminds me of my youth.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

2006? I started to late with this stuff.

Another fan of fancy knitwear: Fritz Lang

 

[Metatron]

Mervyn Peake

 

[Two Types]

 

[Fastuni]

Great stuff!

Sweater tucked into the trousers is something that needs to be done more often.
A great way to make newer "too long" knitwear work with a 30-40's wardrobe.

 

[Metatron]

Hard to pull off though. I find the approval of my peers at least a bit important, and no-one objects to a tweed jacket and tie, but I can't see a tucked in jumper going down well.

 

[herringbonekid]

Sears, 1929-30:

 

[Dostioffsky]

 

[Dostioffsky]

Some vintage skiers:

And a school class: