hoodie

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Hoodies have been a documented part of men's & women's wear for centuries.  The word "hood" is said to come from the Anglo-Saxon word "hōd".  The garment's style & form can be traced back to Medieval Europe when the normal clothing for monks included a hood called a cowl attached to a tunic or robes, & a chaperon or hooded cape was very commonly worn by any outdoors worker.  Its appearance was known in England at least as early as the twelfth century, possibly an import with the Norman conquest of England.  The hooded sweatshirt was first produced in the United States starting in the 1930s.  The modern clothing style was first produced by Champion in the 1930s & marketed to labourers working in freezing temperatures in upstate New York.   The term hoodie entered popular usage in the 1990s.