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Do You Remember Y-Cardigans?

Do You Remember Y-Cardigans?

  • Anonymous user
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    can anyone mail me a pic of a y cardigan? Especially the black one and maroon one? THESTARRCLUB@LIVE.COM
  • Anonymous user
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    I had a blue and grey one, nothing on the web, someone must have a picture.! Someone please post one.
  • Anonymous user
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    Had a navy blue one with grey and white detail, to go with my grey pleated tweed trousers. The trousers didn't half itch though. Also thought i looked the biz with the y-cardy and waffles combo.
  • nicola
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    I had a burgendy and black 1, i loved it with the stay press burgendy trousers and a harrington jacket ahhhhh fashion was awesome back in the 80s.
  • Anonymous user
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    I got a burgundy one with grey band in 83. Back in the 90s I was having a clear out, but just as it was about to go in the bin bag I thought better of it and kept it. Still in my wardrobe. Not for sale.
  • Anonymous user
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    haha i had a burgandy and grey y cardigan,and a pair of burgandy punn trousers,i thought i was the bizz thats when your mom took u to the market 4 your clothes haha
  • Anonymous user
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    My girlfriend who is the same age as me can't remember the infamous Y-cardigan. where on earth was she living in the 80's........the moon!!!!!!
  • Anonymous user
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    loved these i had a burgunday one and a black one!
  • Anonymous user
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    to stuart if your lookin 4 tha y cardigan you can buy one from stallanddean.com 4 about 79 us dollers or type in yale univererty cardigans you'll find sum useful websites its avalible in buldogs wool sweater there retro as ya gonna get hope this helps
  • Anonymous user
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    The Y cardigan was very much in fashion in around 1982/83/84 but they became a less familiar sight in 1987,although you saw the occasional one worn from there afterwards,this is one of my biggest regrets,as I keep asking myself "Why didn't I buy one" I even looked around the stalls in the local market in Winter 1984 after being told that's where I could find one,but no sign of them,really luck didn't succeed at all,because any I did see were too small & had real difficulty in tracking any down.I didn't really know much about fashion in that time when I was only 14/15, I like you just wish that they could be revived & brought back into fashion,especially the Grey ones with the Burgundy band round the middle as I think that was the most popular colour followed by Blue & the band in pale Grey. The closest I got was when I bought a similar looking Grey/Burgundy one but with the "BMX" logo in place of the "Y"but sadly was too small,maybe they were mainly intended for the younger generation,however I at least got to wear some,despite never owning one of my own,by borrowing someone's from school without them knowing. The "Y" I found out only recently,did stand for YALE but the cardigans were I think made in Hong Kong,not in the USA.

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