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Sweaters are made both with and without sleeves. Ths isan option for many different styles. The most common option was with sleeves, but thge sleeveless option ws also popular. The sleeveless style is worn like an informal vest. Both boys and girls wore sleeve sweaters. he slkeeveless potion for some reason was motly or boys. Sleevelss swaters kept the boy sore warm and offered more freedom of movement.We see both school and regular versions. Sleeveless sweaters are appeared after sweaters had becone popular, We are not sure just when perhapos the 1940s, but we are still mworking on that. Sleeveless sweaters were also known as sweater vest,tank top, sleeveless jumper, sleeveless pullover, or slipover in Britain. The nanydfferent name testify to hw common swraters weree. They were popular in the 20th century, particularly during the 1970s in the UK, but are again growing in popularity in the 21st century. The sleeve less vesion was less common in America.
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