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Cream Wool Cricket Sweater with Cable Knit
1990s · 1990s · British
Designer
Kent & Curwen
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
wool
Culture
British
Movement
Supermodel Era
Influences
traditional cricket whites · British sporting heritage
A traditional cricket sweater featuring cream-colored wool construction with cable-knit vertical ribbing throughout the body and sleeves. The V-neck is trimmed with navy blue and burgundy striped binding that creates a classic sporting aesthetic. The sweater displays the Three Lions crest embroidered on the left chest, indicating official England cricket team association. The ribbed cuffs and hem provide structured finishing, while the overall silhouette maintains the loose, comfortable fit essential for athletic movement. This represents the continuation of traditional British sporting knitwear design into the 1990s, manufactured by Kent & Curwen, a heritage brand known for official cricket apparel.
sweaterregular fitv-neckhip length
Connected To
Technique·hand-embroideryTechnique·knitting
LINEAGE30 years · cross-culture→ directed
Lineage: “Aran Islands cable knitting”
Echoes Across Time
Empire / Regency → 1990s · 180yr46%
LINEAGE
These two pieces trace the DNA of British knitting from drawing room to cricket pitch—the Regency mitten's intricate geometric lacework and the 1990s cricket sweater's cable ribs both deploy the same fundamental vocabulary of twisted stitches and patterned texture. What separates them isn't just 180 years, but a shift from ornamental femininity to sporting masculinity, yet both rely on knitting's ability to marry function with decoration.
Technique·knitting
1950s → 1990s · 40yr
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