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Save the hoodie!
Save the hoodie!
2005 has been a tough year for the hoodie.

Picked on by the media, banned from shopping centres and almost guaranteed ASBO-fodder, the poor hoodie seemed like it had been condemned forever as a portent of some forthcoming apocalypse.


But no more! The hoodie backlash has begun, with UK rap star Lady Sovereign leading the way. On her website www.savethehoodie.co.uk* the defence for the hoodie is made, with a hoodie gallery, history of the hoodie and hoodie style guide. Most importantly there is an online Save the Hoodie petition! So make your voice heard, vote for the hoodie now!


Famous hoodie wearers:
Sith hoodies!


The Jedi
Guardians of peace and order in the Galaxy, these are the poster boys for the pro-hoodie campaign. Their arch-enemies, the Sith (left), are also partial to the hoodie look and, dare we say it, look way cooler.



Donnie Darko
He may be a rabbit-hallucinating, borderline psychotic but Donnie sure looks good in his grey hoodie.


Little Red Riding Hood
Hungry cross-dressing wolves aside, red hoodies mean trouble. End of. (see 1970s horror flick Don’t Look Now for more red hoodie unhappiness)


Sheila from Dungeons and Dragons
This old school cartoon featured the coolest hoodie of them all – it makes you invisible!


Hoodie fan Mike Skinner
Rocky/Lennox Lewis/Million Dollar Baby
Boxers and hoodies have a long standing love affair - the sweaty look for training, a silky number for the ring.


Eminem etc
Lets face it, no self respecting rapper would be seen without a hoodie, whether its kings of bling like 50 Cent or urban chavs like Mike Skinner (right).


Lord of the Rings
You wouldn’t catch Rivendell banning hoodies – half of Middle Earth wears them, from future kings of Gondor to Ringwraiths.


Emma Farrell



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