Sweater girl on her way to work. Sweater girl The term "sweater girl" was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bustline. The sweater girl trend was not confined to Hollywood and was viewed with alarm by some. In 1949 a Pittsburgh police superintendent even singled out the sweater girl as a symptom of the moral decline of postwar youth: New, soft fabrics like cashmere and angora were being used to make sweaters. The conical shape
Sweater Shop Wales officially opened the Scottish factory. Sweater Shop Sweater Shop was a Leicestershire, England, based clothing company with many national outlets. The Sweater Shop Ltd was established (01102677) on 20 March 1973. The company was sold on 28 April 1995 to a management buyout for £150m. In May 1998 the company went into receivership. At the time of closure it had 78 retail outlets. It was headquartered in Syston in the Borough of Charnwood. It made its own products in factories in Leicester and Shepshed. It had a factory in Scotland in Cumnock, East Ayrshire which opened in 1992. On