Buying a Christmas jumper
Cute, Ugly or Classic? The Three Types of Christmas Jumper
Christmas jumper covers three genuinely different things people are shopping for. Working out which one you actually want first.
Wearing it well
Layering for Outdoor Christmas Events
A Christmas jumper was designed to be seen indoors. What to wear underneath and on top for a market, a carol service or a cold walk.
Jumper day at work and school
The Two-Person and Group Christmas Jumper: Is It Worth It?
One garment, two neck holes, and a whole evening of joint decisions. What you are actually agreeing to before you buy a shared jumper.
Buying a Christmas jumper
Buying a Christmas Jumper in the January Sales
The cheapest time to buy a Christmas jumper is the week after Christmas. What is worth buying discounted, and what to leave on the rail.
Wearing it well
How to Style a Christmas Jumper
The jumper does all the work in this outfit, which is exactly the trap. What to wear with it so the rest of the outfit does not fight it.
Buying a Christmas jumper
Why So Many Christmas Jumpers Look the Same
The same jumper turns up under different brand names at different prices. Print-on-demand and private-label manufacturing explain why.
The ugly jumper story
Christmas Jumper World Records
3,473 people in matching jumpers at once, and one person wearing fifty. The two official Guinness World Records this tradition has produced.
The ugly jumper story
Why Is a Jumper Called a Jumper?
Jumper has nothing to do with jumping. The real etymology behind the British and American words for the same garment.
Buying a Christmas jumper
Where Christmas Jumpers Are Actually Made
A Christmas jumper travels a long way before it reaches an office party. Where global garment manufacturing is concentrated, and why.
Jumper day at work and school
How to Win a Christmas Jumper Competition
Most people optimise for the wrong thing. What judges are actually looking for, and the five-point checklist that follows from it.