Are they suppose to represent knitting needles?

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  1. David Gilpin

    David Gilpin Registered Guest

    Does anyone know what the large crossed lines mean in the older Kangol label logo?
     
    David Gilpin, Aug 27, 2024
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  2. retro ruth

    retro ruth Administrator Staff Member

    I ve never thought they mean anything, just a geometric design. I suppose it’s possible they are meant to suggest knitting needles
     
    retro ruth, Aug 28, 2024
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  3. David Gilpin

    David Gilpin Registered Guest

    They show up on my new Kangol jacket (bought in Korea) on the front and sleeve.
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    David Gilpin, Aug 28, 2024
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  4. plousia

    plousia Registered Guest

    they look like chopsticks
     
    plousia, Aug 28, 2024
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  5. lkranieri

    lkranieri VFG Member

    I never found a definitive answer for you, but...

    -- there was an earlier logo (which I forgot to copy) that was simply the word Kangol and two lines dividing the label into four unequal segments, similar to the 1948 one below, but more pronounced

    -- it looks like the things you call knitting needles evolved from those two lines dividing the logo as you can see in the 1948 and 1996 logos below

    -- note the logo description as "figurative"

    -- note the comment about the word Kangol not having anything to do with knitting


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    lkranieri, Aug 28, 2024
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  6. retro ruth

    retro ruth Administrator Staff Member

    Those don't look like knitting needles. If they are meant to be knitting needles, it has been designed by someone who doesn't know what knitting needles really look like. Knitting needles don't taper from one end to the other.
     
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    retro ruth, Aug 28, 2024
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  7. David Gilpin

    David Gilpin Registered Guest

    FYI: Many other Kangol hat websites claim the K is for knitting.
     
    David Gilpin, Aug 28, 2024
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  8. David Gilpin

    David Gilpin Registered Guest

    David Gilpin, Aug 28, 2024
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  9. lkranieri

    lkranieri VFG Member

    Having just had to change my credit cards AGAIN, for the thousandth time, I won't click on links, as you offered above, but I searched again quickly and I see that the Wikipedia quote I added before was incorrect, as I found this little thing on the Kangol.com website...

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    lkranieri, Aug 28, 2024
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  10. retro ruth

    retro ruth Administrator Staff Member

    Oh interesting! And unlike the recent one, those look like knitting needles.
     
    retro ruth, Aug 29, 2024
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