Tis’ the season to be comfy!
Whether it’s a cardigan or pullover, wintery weather means the return of the woolen sweater.
Christmas parties with ugly sweater themes are the main events, but more and more, the comfort and warmth is overriding any fashion faux pas in the name of coziness.
Nursing Student Jocelyn Heffern is getting into the Christmas sprit with a white sweater with grey patterns.
“I like the little deer on it,” she said.
She added that the pattern puts her into a festive mood.
Wind Turbine Technician student Clifford Merdinger made his own sweater by hand.
“It’s very warm,” he said.
Fashion Design instructor Vicki Hegedus said that the return in prominence of the sweater is not surprising.
“When you look at warm and winter and comfort dressing, any piece of clothing that’s in style is going to come and go,” she said. “Sweaters went out of style, then they were the joke, and now they’re coming back.”
She also said she’s noticing an improved quality in knitwear from fabrics to manufacturing that’s making sweaters more viable, but ultimately it comes down to practicality.
“I think when winter rolls around, Canadians just want something soft and cuddly to get you through a cold day.”