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1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant

1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant

Based on knitwear patterns from the 1930s & 40s, this cardigan has all the mid century hallmarks and is the perfect partner for vintage style separates and dresses alike.
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1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
1940s Datemaker Cardigan - Egg plant
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A fantastic cardigan heavily inspired by the 'Datemaker' style very popular in the early and mid 1940s. Based on a knitwear pattern from the 1940s, you cant get more wartime 1940s than this beauty!

This lovely cardigan is the perfect partner for vintage style separates and dresses alike.

Style creates that classic 1940s silhouette with strong squared shoulders and nips in at the waist with adjustable slide belt. Cardigan style is open at the front with rounded neckline. Stitch is a simple wide rib on sleeves and main body with a finer stitch on shoulders which creates a yoke effect. Stitch creates an attractive twist effect on sleeves.

Belt feeds through a bakerlite style buckle at front - requires belt to loop back to secure.

Key Features:-
- open front
- rib stitch 
- bakerlite style buckle

Fabric: 50% wool 50% acrylic
Length from centre back to waist: approx 46cm

Washing instructions: Cool machine wash - wash as wool

*please note: Due to the traditional design of this garment, there are sometimes inconsistent stitches and other imperfections in its overall finish. Please note that these are not faults, but reflect more the artisan nature of its production techniques.

*please note that colours do vary on monitors so we may not be able to accurately represent a colour -although we try our very best

Made in Europe

Care Instructions

Machine Wash 30°

Customer Reviews

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Wendy Critchfield

Just an amazing depth to the color of this purple cardi and paired with the blouse or dress combo is just amazing.
The style of the belt makes it so very interesting. I bought it in every color.☺️

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raquel cruz (Tehachapi, US)
I truly love it… but waist doesn’t stay fastened

The quality is great and the color is beautiful! Overall Im very short/ petite but I am on the bigger end of the small- bust 36 and waist 27- but still opted for the small bc I like things to cinch in the waist. The overall fit of the cardigan was great for me, however it does not stay fastened at the waist on me without reinforcement from a safety pin or brooch. I can pull the belt all the way through the ring and get a great cinched in waist, but as soon as I let go, the belt immediately loosens and even slips all the way out of place. Like I mentioned, a well placed, hidden safety pin can fix the issue but it takes away some of the functionality making it no longer a cardigan I can just throw on and off when out and about. I still love it and am even considering getting another color, same size- just wish the belt would stay in place without added reinforcement.

Thank you for sharing your feedback with us! We're so glad to hear that you love the color and quality of the cardigan, and it’s great that the fit works well for you overall. We understand the frustration with the belt not staying in place! We appreciate your suggestion about the reinforcement. We’ll certainly pass your insights along to our design team. We’re thrilled that you’re considering another colour, and we hope to continue providing you with products you love!

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Lynda Pemberton-Murray (Greenock, GB)
A must have item.

I fell in love with the datemaker cardigan the first time I saw it on the HOF website and I bought one immediately, this is my second one and the sizing is quite different from the first one, it is very much bigger, in fact it is really a size too big for me, but I love it so much especially the egg plant colour so I will try to adapt it as best as I can. I know I will get lots of wear out of it especially as I live in Scotland and I wear 1940s trousers a lot so this will look great with most of them. I have also decided to buy the matching knitted beret to go with it.

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Jane Rankin

Beautiful color, love the look. Ultra-fast International shipping. I had seen a previous version of this sweater on HOF's Instagram page as part of an exhibit and was super disappointed I had missed out on it's release. So I this thrilled when they re-released it as part of their fall collection.

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