An Irish knitwear brand tracing back to 1892 on the Aran Islands, off Galway Bay, where fishermen's wives began knitting the original Aran sweater using báinín (undyed, unwashed wool that kept its natural lanolin and stayed water-resistant). The pattern went properly global after Vogue featured it in 1956, with Marilyn Monroe among the sweater's well-known wearers. Aran still makes its sweaters from 100% natural wool rather than synthetic blends, keeping to the same premise the original fishermen relied on.