Retro Lucky Strike Bullseye Design Knitted Christmas Pullover Asymmetric Fair Isle Pattern Holiday Ugly Sweater

Retro Lucky Strike Bullseye Design Knitted Christmas Pullover Asymmetric Fair Isle Pattern Holiday Ugly Sweater

This retro holiday ugly sweater showcases Lucky Strike’s iconic bullseye design integrated into an asymmetric Fair Isle knit pattern, creating a distinctive Christmas pullover that celebrates one of the most recognizable logos in American advertising history. The Lucky Strike bullseye, featuring the brand’s signature red circular target ringed with gold (known as “Akadama” in Japan), was borrowed from the original 1871 tobacco tins when cigarettes launched in 1916, and became an enduring symbol of mid-century American culture through memorable advertising campaigns featuring the tagline “Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco” and celebrity endorsements. The sweater’s asymmetric Fair Isle pattern represents a contemporary twist on traditional Scottish Shetland Islands knitwear techniques, breaking away from the symmetric horizontal bands typically associated with Fair Isle designs to create a more modern, dynamic aesthetic while maintaining the intricate colorwork craftsmanship that has made these patterns timeless winter wardrobe staples. Lucky Strike’s revolutionary 1942 packaging redesign by industrial designer Raymond Loewy transformed the background from green to white while keeping the bold red bullseye prominent, a change marketed through the patriotic “Lucky Strike Green has gone to war” campaign during World War II that claimed copper from green ink was needed for military efforts, making the red and white color scheme an iconic part of American visual culture. This knitted Christmas pullover serves as both functional cold-weather apparel and a collectible statement piece that bridges vintage tobacco memorabilia appreciation with contemporary holiday fashion, appealing to ugly sweater party enthusiasts, collectors of mid-century American advertising design, and fans of asymmetric knitwear who appreciate bold graphic elements from tobacco’s golden age of marketing integrated into festive seasonal aesthetics.

Product Details:

• Comfortable and versatile, this sweater is perfect on its own or as a layer under a blazer or jacket.
• This casual wardrobe-essential comes in a lightweight fabric perfect for comfortable everyday wear.
• Suitable for special occasions such as Christmas, birthday, celebration, housewarming gift.
• Material: Polyester and spandex is used to react to your body’s temperature, thus keeping you warm in the Winter.
• Dye-sublimation printing.
• For all ages.
• EU warranty – 2 years.

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