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-a [sweatshirt] is a [long-sleeved pullover shirt/jacket] fashioned out of [(thick/(usually) cotton) cloth material]-
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Sweatshirts are almost exclusively casual attire and hence not as formal as some sweaters.
Sweatshirts may or may not have a hood.
A sweatshirt with a hood is now usually referred to as a hoodie, although more formal media still use the term “hooded sweatshirt”
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History
In 1920, Benjamin Russell Jr., a quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide Football team, was tired of the constant chafing and itching caused by their wool football uniforms
He worked with his father, whose company Russell Manufacturing Company made women’s and children’s knit garments, to come up with a better option
They created a thick cotton practice jersey that was a modification of a ladies’ union suit top
These loose, collarless pullovers were the first sweatshirts.
A new division of the company, focusing solely on the production of sweatshirts, became the Russell Athletic Company.
The sweatshirt’s potential as a portable advertising tool was discovered in the 1960s when U.S. universities began printing their names on them to exhibit school pride.
The sweatshirt, along with the T-shirt, provided a cheap and effective way of disseminating information on a mass scale.
The T-shirt slogan fad of the 1970s inevitably translated to sweatshirts.
Due to the relative simplicity of customization and the power of clever graphics combined with catchphrases, sweatshirts became a vehicle for personal expression for both the designer and the wearer
In Australia, the sweatshirt is referred to as a ‘Sloppy Joe’
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References[edit]
^ “sweatshirt”. Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/2226632976. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ “sweatshirt”. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ Gallagher, Jake (2013-08-28). “Dropping Knowledge: The Crewneck Sweatshirt”. GQ. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
^ “Russell Athletic History”. Russell US. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^ “A Brief Exploration of the Evolution of the Hoodie”. Queensboro: Behind the Seams. 2015-02-11. Archived from the original on 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
^ “Sweatshirt”. LoveToKnow. Archived from the original on 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
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A raglan sleeve sweatshirt with Harley-Davidson branding
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