Iceland's hand-knit "lopi" sweaters are adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. But now some local manufacturers have successfully outsourced the labor to China. That has local knitters, who ...
Standard & Strange co-founder Jeremy Smith, whose business stocks crewneck sweaters and cardigans hand-knit in Peru for the label Indi + Ash, explains that commercially available hand-knit sweaters ...
The first sweater that I fell in love with on Instagram was worn by a member of the tribe that I refer to as “organic moms.” Their food is organic, their clothes are organic, their toys are wooden, ...
It's not often that a company brags about being 100 years behind the times — but Northern Watters Knitwear in downtown Charlottetown wouldn't have it any other way. The business, which opened in 2007, ...
Allbirds has been perfecting comfortable footwear and, on a larger scale, environmentally conscious retail that doesn't look or feel granola for the last six years. And, in the last few months of 2020 ...
There are few garments as stubbornly enduring—and quietly expressive—as fisherman sweaters. Originally built for men whose daily commute involved the North Atlantic, the sweater style has been ...