{"id":62953,"date":"2019-12-07T06:07:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T06:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62953"},"modified":"2019-12-07T06:08:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T06:08:03","slug":"chris-evans-sexy-knives-out-sweater-is-a-trend-real-guys-can-jump-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62953","title":{"rendered":"Chris Evans\u2019 sexy \u2018Knives Out\u2019 sweater is a trend real guys can jump on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKnives Out,\u201d\u00a0the campy murder mystery now in theaters, is chock-full of A-list stars, including Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans.<\/p>\n<p>So big Hollywood egos must have been crushed when the undisputed star of the film wasn\u2019t an actor with loads of industry awards, but a sweater from your Irish grandpa\u2019s closet.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re referring to the distressed Aran knit sweater Chris Evans\u2019 character, Ransom, wears in the movie. And the sight of him in the chunky jumper is sending moviegoers into a\u00a0frenetic state of social-media swooning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at the premiere last night and I\u2019m pretty sure people clapped and cheered when that sweater came out,\u201d actress Mara Wilson tweeted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>TV writer Ira Madison III tweeted, \u201cI just ordered Chris Evans\u2019 sweater from Knives Out and I can\u2019t wait to f\u2009-\u2009-\u2009k it.\u201d Meanwhile, even the flick\u2019s official Twitter account has embraced the knitsanity. Its avatar is now a photo of the former Captain America in the jumper, and the name has been changed to \u201cChris Evans\u2019 Sweater Stan Account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The big screen has long created breakout costume moments. Many \u2014 like Jennifer Beals\u2019 off-the-shoulder sweatshirt in \u201cFlashdance,\u201d Cher Horowitz\u2019s short plaid skirts in \u201cClueless\u201d and Marty McFly\u2019s self-lacing Nikes in \u201cBack to the Future Part II\u201d \u2014 are either sexy or innovative.<\/p>\n<p>This is neither.<\/p>\n<p>The cream pullover is a traditional sweater the Irish wore to distinguish different family tribes in fishing villages, according to Freda Hayes, the CEO of Blarney Woollen Mills, an iconic knits company based near Cork, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/chris-evans-sweater-00002.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/chris-evans-sweater-00002.jpeg 622w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/chris-evans-sweater-00002-300x213.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made from wicking wool, the sweater is ideal for the salty seafaring life, but with its star turn in \u201cKnives Out,\u201d it\u2019s shedding ye ol\u2019 utilitarian reputation and embracing its stylish side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in Ireland knows that wearing the traditional Aran is very cool indeed. Especially if it is distressed and worn-looking, in fact that makes it cooler,\u201d Hayes tells The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Aran sweater is a lifetime investment, and brings with it lots of luck and a plentiful catch. We have always known that, so maybe only now the world is finding out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blarney Woollen Mills says sales of their\u00a0Honeycomb Stitch Aran Sweater\u00a0($105) have increased 150 percent since the movie was released on Nov. 27. Black Friday accounts for some of the sales, but they attribute about 30 percent of that to the \u201cKnives Out\u201d bump.<\/p>\n<p>Even brands stateside have seen a surge in sweater love: A rep from L.L. Bean tells The Post that sales of their two Irish Fisherman\u2019s sweaters, the\u00a0Heritage wool sweater\u00a0and the\u00a0cotton Signature version, are up 27 percent and 142 percent, respectively, from this time last year.<\/p>\n<p>The movie\u2019s costume designer, Jenny Eagan, points out that the garment\u2019s allure is mostly about the wearer \u2014 in this case, matinee idol Evans.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the sweater or who\u2019s wearing the sweater,\u201d she\u00a0told the Hollywood Reporter. \u201cThat might be part of it, too. He looks pretty great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We enlisted mere male mortals from The Post staff \u2014 who don\u2019t have superhero work on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s \u2014 to test the It sweater\u2019s universal appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luis Rendon, designer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s so comfortable but it\u2019s actually so fancy, like you wear it at home having coffee, but you could also go out to the theater and be like, \u2018I look cute.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKnives Out,\u201d\u00a0the campy murder mystery now in theaters, is chock-full of A-list stars, including Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans. So big Hollywood egos must have been crushed when the undisputed star of the film wasn\u2019t an actor with loads of industry awards, but a sweater from your Irish grandpa\u2019s closet. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173],"tags":[4013],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Evans\u2019 sexy \u2018Knives Out\u2019 sweater is a trend real guys can jump on - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62953\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Evans\u2019 sexy \u2018Knives Out\u2019 sweater is a trend real guys can jump on - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cKnives Out,\u201d\u00a0the campy murder mystery now in theaters, is chock-full of A-list stars, including Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans. 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