THE OUTSIDER ROLLNECK

"Our life in modern society is a repetition of Van Gogh's problem, the day-to-day struggle for intensity that disappears overnight, interrupted by human triviality and endless pettiness."
- Colin Wilson, The Outsider (1956)

In 1956, the 24 year old English writer Colin Wilson published his first book "The Outsider" to almost universal acclaim. An erudite study of the spiritual lineage of the rebel, he traced a path from Dostoyevsky to Camus via Hemingway, Lawrence Of Arabia, Van Gogh and Nietzsche - an ambitious treatise that heralded him as one of Britain's "Angry Young Men"; a boom of post war working class writers, playwrights and philosophers whose work echoed that of the American Beats and French Existentialists.

Having left school at 16, after a string of menial jobs, he moved to London, working on his book at The British Museum in the day, while sleeping rough on Hampstead Heath at night. All the while, he wore one idiosyncratic outfit, built around a stout rollneck sweater of black & white marl wool.

The Outsider Rollneck is our interpretation of his signature knitwear, made here in England from British wool in a traditional Royal Navy 'submariner' fit with a double length hem and cuff.

Limited to 6 pieces per size. Please find the measurements below.

UNSTRETCHED MEASUREMENTS
SIZE SMALL: Pit-to-pit: 47cm Length: 57cm Shoulder: 43.5cm Sleeve: 48.5cm
SIZE MEDIUM: Pit-to-pit: 52cm Length: 58.5cm Shoulder: 46cm Sleeve: 51cm
SIZE LARGE: Pit-to-pit: 54.5cm Length: 61cm Shoulder: 48.5cm Sleeve: 52cm
SIZE XL: Pit-to-pit: 58cm Length: 67cm Shoulder: 52cm Sleeve: 55cm
SIZE XXL: Pit-to-pit: 62cm Length: 70cm Shoulder: 54cm Sleeve: 57cm

- Made In England
- 100% British Wool in a black and white marl
- Authentic 'submariner' close fit with double width hem and cuff