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The garment’s style and form can be traced back to Medieval Europe when the normal clothing for monks included a long, decorative hood called a cowl attached to a tunic or robes,[1] and a chaperon or hooded cape was very commonly worn by any outdoors worker. The hooded sweatshirt was first produced in the United States starting in the 1930s and became highly utilitarian garment for workers in cold New York warehouses.

(picture: David Hammons)

(text source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodie)