I realised today that I simply don’t do enough sweater posts, and it’s not because I have anything against them, there just doesn’t seem to be as many out there when compared to the ever-popular hoodie (zipped or not).

Luckily our friends over at Brooklyn Industries can always be relied on to put out quality designs, and whilst I’m pretty sure that the Griffin Instarsia design isn’t exactly new, its still good and will provide some much needed warmth now that the nights are closing in and the leaves are turning (expect me to say that for the next couple of months).

I like the stripes on the cuffs and hem, it feels like a bit of retro nostalgia. The griffin design on the chest might be a bit Pringle-ish for some, but I’d argue that it suits the style of the jumper, especially considering the stripes.

Costiness=$69 URL

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Tags » brooklyn industries • dragon • griffin • Mens • retro • stirpes • Sweater

Yack Fou is new to me, and I must say that I am very, very impressed. Impressed to the point were I’m not at all concerned that they’ve slapped their name on almost all their products!

There’s a lot of strong, bright and vibrant colours, combined with well-defined vector art based designs. The style creates some really modern and refreshing designs, I’ve been struglling to describe the style (so many rewrites!) but I think in some cases its almost as if they’ve taken web-design and transplanted it onto clothing (let’s hope MySpace don’t steal that idea…).

I wish I could tell you more about the brand, but I don’t really speak any German, though they did tell me that they are working on an English verision, and you’ll be able to work your way around quite easily (katalog=catalogue, shop=shop, need more?).

Costiness=€49.90 (sweaters) €54.90 (hoodie) URL

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It’s not often that I recommend a sweatshirt, since I usually find prints on sweatshirts a bit more miss than hit, but I like this one a lot. It’s nice to recommend a UK label on a U.K. webstore too.I like the colour palette, even though you might say that picking green for the paratroopers was a bit of a cliche. I like the idea of the putting lots of paratroopers in, it really gives the design a lot of depth, and it has more paras printed on the back too! And my love of on-the-back-printing has been documented on these hallowed digital pages many times before.

Costiness=£39.99 with free postage in the UK (deal!), by Seventy Seven, available from Leapstore.

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Tags » ash • grey • leapstore • paratroopers • seventy seven • Sweater

I know you can’t buy Lenko clothing on the internet (well, there aren’t any sites listed on their stockists pages), and that most of my traffic comes from America, where they have no stockists, but they’ve still got some cool hoodies and sweatshirts that deserve a mention. It’s a hand-drawn, child-like cartoon type style, which looks far better than I’ve described it. And they make hoodies for girls as well as guys.

ILoveLenko.com

*EDIT* Thanks to the folks at Lenko who got in touch to say that you CAN get their stuff online, just head to YTBA to look at the wares of many antipodean designers and artists.

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Tags » ash • cartoon • grey • hot model • lenko • Sweater

I don’t really understand what a giant human stomping robot has to do with people being able to look after my secrets, but it doesn’t stop this sweater being pretty dang fresh. Maybe its because it’s white, everything seems fresh when it’s in white. It’s a pretty big print, but since it’s just one colour and a line drawing it doesn’t seem too overpowering, but big-prints seem to be taking over the world at the moment, so you guys will probably dig it.

Costiness=$29.95 available from KingKongShrimp.

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Strange as it might be to the mainstream, Adam Brody/Seth Cohen is a style icon for the Postal Service generation (seriously, how much am I annoying the indie kids right now?). I saw today’s recommendation and was immediately reminded of the awkward-pasty-pot smoker, who inexplicably wears sweaters in Orange County, where I would presume its usually kinda warm.

I may mock my own choice of clothing for the day, but I do actually quite like it, the colours compliment each other nicely, and the design has a cowboy obsessed Grandma feel to it. And it’s managed to survive from the 1970s in ‘very good condition’, whereas those vintage-look items on the high-street probably won’t last two years. Obviously, there is only one of these available, so if you want it buy it, not that I’m saying that HYA commands buying frenzies amongst its readership.

Costiness=$50 available from Rusty Zipper.

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Tags » blue • rusty zipper • Sweater • The OC

I was just checking out El Mercado today, and I saw this cool top by Tank Theory.

It looks like pretty thin material, so it would probably suit going over a tee for those times when it’s not that cold, but a bit too hot to be wearing a full on sweater.

The face on the shoulder is screen printed on and looks fairly anguished, but still very interesting, and you could say clever stuff at parties like “yeah, I’ve always been a shoulder to cry on!” But pick your moment because you can only use a line like that once.

Costiness=$30 (people like me rejoice, they’ve sold out of most of the smaller sizes) URL for the el Mercado page here.

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Today I’m featuring Mono Clothing, which is a little bit special to me because they’re straight out of my adoptive hometown of Leicester, I actually found out about them through the Leicester group on Flickr, the joys of the internet…

I like this limited edition (there’s only 30 of them) stencilled blocks sweater, it’s a good design, the blocks are actually cooler than you think, as they’re part of the menu system that you use to guide yourself around the store.

Costiness=£59.99 URL here (though I guess I can find them around town somewhere).

** My mistake folks, it’s actually an emboridered design, not stencilled, which is even better! (thanks to Al at Mono for clearing that up)**

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And tell us what your favourite arm-hinding piece of clothing is!

In what is rapidly becoming a regular feature, I asked Nico from Teees.com what his favourite piece of sleeved apparel is, and quick as a flash he replied with this:

This was a difficult desicion, but I have to say that I really love the “Electronic Performers” sweatshirt by Lite Streetwear. The design is a bit hip-hop, a little electro, very early 80’s street retro but still looks brand spanking new. There is no info on what make the sweater is, but it is said to be cut close to American Apparel.

He doesn’t actually own it yet, but it’s right at the top of his list. He’d better be quick though as its producers, lite streetwear, only make a maximum of 36 prints of each design.

It can be bought through those fine French folks at Dadawan, with a costiness factor of €39.00, and the direct link to the sweater in question can be found here.

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Tags » black • dadawan • gold • guestpost • lite streetwear • Sweater • teees

Yay, another British shop to promote! Lazy Oaf have one of the oddest web-designs that I’ve seen for a long time, it’s like a site made by hand rather than computer, but luckily it just makes me like the brand more; even if their models do look a bit depressing, big, hand drawn balding guys with bad comb overs, it’s like me looking into the mirror in 40 years (apologies to the Lazy Oaf if it’s a self-portrait).

The invading monster sweatshirt really stood out to me as one of their best items, which earns it the coveted HYA picture spot.

Costiness=£45 (including p&p if you’re in the UK),

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Tags » blue • lazy oaf • monster • Sweater