Manchester-based label Oi Polloi has recently unveiled the second instalment of its Aran Jumper capsule. Following the debut collection which dropped last year, the second knitwear range builds on the ...
One of the most popular souvenirs visitors pick up in Ireland is a traditional fisherman’s sweater, or "Aran jumper," named the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. But these merino wool ...
LARA BRADLEY IT IS the iconic fashion item that has made the Aran Islands famous the world over. But now there are no sheep left on the windswept Western isles and wool is being imported from as far ...
Manchester-based stalwart Oi Polloi has followed up last year’s Aran Jumper capsule with a new take on the knitwear classic. The collection builds on the first capsule’s key theme, with a focus on ...
The Aran sweater is enjoying something of a revival after some lean times, thanks to fashion designers and Irish balladeers, … The Aran sweater is enjoying something of a revival after some lean times ...
We all know what urban myths are, and the same ones tend to turn up again and again. Like the old chestnut one of the driver picking up the hitch-hiker. He drives her to the destination, but when they ...
A cyclist wearing an Aran jumper with a polo neck in 1961. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images) Michael Kors featured an Aran jumper in 2014 Courtney Smith at the launch of the new SS17 ...
THE humble Aran jumper is officially in vogue — with a new exhibition recognising the importance of the woollen knit. The iconic Irish sweater is set to feature in a major new exhibition at New York’s ...
When Taylor Swift dropped her album Folklore in July, its title and the Aran jumper she wore for an accompanying photoshoot were a combination calculated to signal authenticity. But Swift was not the ...
As if we didn't think Aran jumpers for children were cute enough, these teeny tiny sweaters for a nativity scene is just about enough to cheer us up now that the holiday season is over. Aran sweaters, ...
When it comes to sci-fi and pop culture, Ireland has had some strange connections over the years. The legendary sci-fi author Harry Harrison lived in Ireland in his final years. John Boorman's trippy ...
An Aran sweater wedding dress? If the very thought conjures memories of that beautiful but rather itchy woolen sweater your mother made you wear for family photos, think again! Don O’Neill, the Kerry ...