A little more than halfway through Ridley Scott’s lavish drama House of Gucci, a film that’s become as renowned and notorious for some of its performances as its expansive wardrobe, a garment first ...

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 ...

More tangible than folklore and holiday traditions, however, are the symbolic historical artifacts that are still in use today. Aran sweaters, Claddagh rings, tin whistles, and tweed – each object, ...

The Aran Islands are a trio of rocky outcroppings in the mouth of Galway Bay whose high cliffs and slate-coloured skies present a picture-postcard vision of rugged Irish beauty. With barely a thousand ...

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 ...

Actors Steve McQueen, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe were all photographed or filmed wearing Aran-inspired knitwear in the 1950s and 60s. The release of The Banshees of Inisherin, which has been ...

Well, "Aran knitwear" covers a multitude of sins, from baggy synthetic jumpers to bland bobble hats, and there's a lot of tourist tat to sort through before you get to the real thing. As with Cheddar ...

From the intricate designs to the functional details, the knitwear from the shores of the North Atlantic is steeped in history and meaning. Scattered across the frigid waters off Great Britain and ...

Today, I thought I’d revisit the controversial subject of how Aran kntting, that Irish fisherman tradition of intricate cables, got started. It’s not what you think. Heinz Edgar Kiewe invented the ...

It was a tweet that sent the Aran sweater viral. When a film critic at a preview in LA of the star-loaded film Knives Out observed the girl next to her gasping upon seeing Chris Evans in an Aran ...

One of the runaway stars of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery film “Knives Out”—which boasts an A-list ensemble cast including Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette and Chris Evans—is the “Ransom ...