Felpe Alexander Wang: Sweatshirt by Alexander Wang

The Sweatshirt: a comfortable baggy clothing item used to do heavy work, work out, stay warm in the house and appear with no style.

Historically sweatshirts were used by workers
According to the Rolling Stones hoodies were first introduced around 1934 for labor and for athletes to protect them from extreme conditions and weather. You can read more about the full history in this article.

Sweathshirts with hoodies were used by gangs in urban cities as a way to hide one's identity from authority as in the case of graffiti artists or street gangs. This is the moment also of the emergence of hip pop which helped transforming the sweatshirt into a personalized stylish clothing item. Read more about it on this article on Common Thread.

For women the sweatshirts started its debut in the 1980's but it is not until 2000s with Victoria's Secret that we saw a proliferation of cute and sexy hoodies for girls.

Sweatshirts or felpe in Italian have been very popular in the last years paired with fancy heels and skirts or embellished with swarosky and pearls like seen for J.Crew or high end designers.

Alexander Wang have a long collection of sweatshirt for men, ranging from vintage style to a more modern urban hedge. J.Crew is so adorable with its little embellishment on a simple hoodie.

sweathshirt by fashion4realpeople featuring a grey sweater