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American Tweed Sweater

I’m fairly certain the sweater below is a Burgundy American Tweed Sweater based o the collar and the age of the tag.

From the Holiday 1984 catalogues: “Cornbread, gumbo, quilts, baseball, convertibles–America has always had more than. afew good ideas of its own. One is the American Tweed Sweater, made of homegrown wool in colors inspired by our native landscape: brown with flecks of New England autumn; off-white with flecks of confetti on snow; burgundy with flecks of sunlight on the Napa Vineyards; San Francisco fog gray with flecks of spring flowers.”

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Robyn Adams
Robyn's fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying the clothing and giving her the catalogs. She loved the clothes and as an artist she was drawn to the illustrations. She went on to study illustration at art college in BR's hometown of San Francisco and worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA as a graphic designer and illustrator with Secret Fan Base . She's been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.

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