Awesome Sweaters

Factory Monster takes us inside a facility that produces knit sweaters. The first production line dyes thread and winds it onto paper cones. Then another team loads the thread into electronic knitting machines, which knit panels. Finally, knitters assemble the panels on sewing machines and do the finishing work.

Vollebak makes its Garbage Sweater using fabric produced from old firefighter suits and bulletproof vests. Rather than send these to the dump when they’ve run their useful lives, Vollebak recycles them into a handsome and cozy sweater that’s also fire-resistant.

Celebrate your love for Namco’s classic arcade game with this series of premium wearables from Brava Fabrics. The collection includes a mix of cotton shirts and wool sweaters embellished with pixel art characters. Our favorites are the printed long-sleeve shirt and the less subtle, holiday-friendly Jacquard sweater.

Who would’ve thought that the coolest ugly sweater would come from Microsoft? Over the holidays, the software giant gave away Windows 95 sweaters to folks who tweeted messages love for their OS. We hope they bring it back so more of us can have one.

The Japanese sibling of streetwear pioneer X-Large has just released a capsule collection featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails. The ’90s collection features jackets, sweaters, shirts and pants knitted or printed with Sonic graphics.

Make a Quentin Tarantino fan happy with My Main Tees’ clever sweater, which is printed with the famously stylized movie credit. The graphic is also available on a crew neck t-shirt, a v-neck t-shirt and a tank top.

Todd Snyder’s Peanuts collection features Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the gang printed on quality Champion t-shirts, sweaters and hoodies. The collection also includes a variety of Timex watches featuring the characters on the dial.

Everlane’s eco-conscious collection features a fleece sweater, a fleece zipped jacket and a lightweight hooded puffer jacket. All of these are made with thread made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The company recycled 3 million plastic bottles in the process.

Merchoid has revealed its latest line of ugly Christmas sweaters. Early shoppers can get their hands on limited edition and licensed sweaters from Star Wars, DC Comics, Marvel and various video game and movie franchises such as The Legend of Zelda and The Lion King.

Tokyo artist Amimono Horinouchi knits amazing handmade wool sweaters featuring images of rock and roll, funk, punk, rap, and new wave icons. He also makes bags with similarly awesome imagery. Keep an eye on his Etsy shop for new designs.

Huckberry’s stylish and reversible sweatshirt can be worn in the classic way with the fabric facing out or with the French terry loops facing out to give your outfit more texture. It has a soft, worn-in feel and won’t shrink. Available in four colors.

Musterbrand’s upcoming Black Panther sweater is unmistakably inspired by the hero’s vibranium costume, yet won’t have you looking like you’re in costume. The officially licensed sweater has knit details on the sleeve and a knit chain reminiscent of King T’Challa’s necklace.

From the twisted mind of Steven Rhodes aka Bluekiosk comes another diabolical t-shirt design. See Your Future! sees a young fortuneteller cheerfully proclaiming that you’ll end up a hobo. It’s also available on other apparel and accessories, as well as a print.

Part of Todd Snyder and Champion’s Miami-inspired Retro Bright collection, this sweatshirt features different bright and saturated colors on the chest and sleeves. It’s made using Champion’s trademark reverse weave construction and resists shrinkage.

Stay fly like a space pilot with Musterbrand’s officially licensed sweater. Inspired by the jumpsuits of X-Wing pilots in Star Wars, the Alliance Sweater has a ripple knit chest and back detail, a Rebel Alliance badge and button closures on the shoulders.

Rag & Bone’s upcoming collaboration with Star Wars will let you show your love for the franchise without looking like you’re from a galaxy far, far away. The collection includes jackets, pants, sweaters, tees, shoes and bags. Drops 12/1/17. More on GQ.

Forever 21 is infamous for jacking other brands’ looks. But even they don’t mess with The Big N. Its licensed Super Nintendo collection rocks retro designs based on the SNES, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Patagonia’s new Worn Wear program offers used but well-maintained Patagonia merchandise at greatly discounted prices. Customers can trade in their Patagonia clothes and bags at stores in exchange for credit.

Daylight Curfew makes officially licensed and limited edition Rick and Morty clothes and merchandise. Their latest collection includes a dope Evil Morty knit sweater and more silhouettes with the Rick and Morty x Run the Jewels logo.

Stone Island continues its Ice series with a double knit sweater. It’s wool on the inside, but on the outside it’s made of yarn that drastically changes its color when exposed to cold temperatures. It also has a detachable logo badge on the sleeve.

KFC – yes, that KFC – opened up an online store with collectibles and surprisingly decent apparel, like this sweatshirt. Best of all, it’s not a Vetements collaboration, so anyone who sincerely loves fast food chicken can afford one.

In case summoning demons is way out of your kids’ league, graphic designer and young adult occultist Steven Rhodes has another idea. You can get the graphic on a t-shirt, sweatshirt, baseball shirt as well as on accessories.

Post-apocalyptic hand-me-downs. Decoster founder Ziggy Chen combined oversized fits, blue collar colors and DIY repair aesthetics for his fall/winter catalog. The collection is lava. Write to [email protected] for availability.