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The Varsity Jacket Has Gone from High School to High Fashion. Here’s How

This story starts all the way back in 1865, when Harvard baseball players started sewing big crimson Hs onto the centers of their sweaters. The demarcation meant they were a star player — and, as such ...
Wall Street Journal

The Varsity Jacket: An MVP of American Style Through the Years

Festooned with patches, the varsity jacket has for decades announced its wearers as members of a team. But the nature of that team has changed over time. What was once Princeton rowing is now Gucci or ...
clickondetroit.com

This Farmington Hills Company has been ‘Knitting’ Varsity Jackets Since 1930

Getting your varsity letter is a milestone moment in a high school athlete’s life. Naturally, this accomplishment will want to be displayed and that’s why letterman jackets have been a long-standing ...
Rolling Stone

Rockstars Have Taken the Varsity Jacket From the Jocks

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Varsity jackets are no longer just for jocks. Sure, the ...
Wall Street Journal

The History of the Varsity Jacket, From Harvard to Hip-Hop

FESTOONED WITH patches, the varsity jacket has, for decades, announced its wearers as members of a team. But the nature of that team has changed over time. Elite male athletes at Ivy League schools ...
CNN

He ordered a letterman jacket in high school but couldn’t afford to pick it up. His brother just found it at a thrift shop 28 years later

Jed Mottley played varsity football 28 years ago at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, when nothing screamed ultimate pride in your sport and school like a letterman jacket – but Mottley ...