The Citroën DS that launched in 1955, David Bowie’s 1977 album Low, or the Cohen brother’s black comedy from 1998, the Big Lebowski. All now regarded by many as masterpieces but were initially questioned and even ridiculed when they first arrived. They are cultural works that went against the grain, divided opinion, but ultimately endure to this day. And we might say the same for the Shawl Collar Cardigan. The style has never disappeared, popularised somewhat by beatniks and Ivy Leaguers in the 1950s.