Flannel shirt
Flannel shirts are shirts that are characterized by the flannel fabric and a special cut.
Flannel shirts were originally produced in North America as work shirts, especially for farm and forest workers , which is where the name lumberjack shirt comes from. Similar to the jeans that are often worn in combination with flannel shirts , they developed into a common component of casual clothing.
Today, flannel shirts are usually made from cotton flannel and are predominantly classified as casual wear. As they are warmer and more durable than shirts made of smooth fabric, they are especially worn for outdoor activities (e.g. hiking ). Strong colors like red or blue are not uncommon; Checkered as a pattern may be considered classic. Cotton flannel is an easy-care material, suitable for machine washing according to the respective instructions. Flannel shirts are now also often offered in non-iron versions.
Pop Culture
Flannel shirts were very popular with many artists, especially musicians. So wrote z. B. the Austrian daily Die Presse about John Fogerty that he cannot be seen in any picture without a plaid flannel shirt. In country rock , flannel shirts often represent farm work and are considered timeless.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s years, the flannel shirt was also part of the Tramp -Looks some grunge - bands , such as from Nirvana , Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains . The musician Mike Watt (including Minutemen , FIREHOSE ) anticipated this trend in the early 80s. To this day, the flannel shirt, like full beards , is very popular in the indie rock and singer-songwriter scene around bands such as Band of Horses , Fleet Foxes , Yeasayer , The Films and Iron & Wine . Here, too, it refers to the migrant worker culture of the American Midwest .
In the sitcom Listen, who hammers there , Al Borland (played by Richard Karn ), assistant to the host of a fictional home improvement TV show, always wears flannel shirts and is ridiculed by his colleagues as unfashionable, effeminate and introverted.
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- ↑ John Fogerty: No picture without a plaid flannel shirt . In: Die Presse , October 13, 2007, accessed March 27, 2012.