Fashion

How The 'Ugly Christmas Sweater' Conquered America

Making Merry

Last week, the second highest search term for women’s fashion was 'holiday sweaters.' There are 850,000 for sale on eBay. How did we fall so in love with these gaudy garments?

Alaina Demopoulos
Alaina Demopoulos
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Alaina Demopoulos

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