The hoodie was born of modest origins. Champion Products, which began as the Knickerbocker Knitting Company in 1919, claims to have made the first hooded sweatshirt. Originally a sweater mill, Champion began making sweatshirts in the early 1930s once it developed methods to sew thicker underwear material.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Back in the day, Champion added hoods to sweatshirts for purely practical reasons as they provided wearers with warmth and protection.\u00a0 However, over the subsequent decades, hoodies began to shift from the purely practical to displays of personal style.<\/p>\n
By the 1970's, hoodies designs took on a more negative context by association with street culture.\u00a0 However, fast forward to today and the style has become mainstream and accepted while still presenting an opportunity to express yourself in total\u00a0comfort.<\/p>\n