Chris Evans in Knives Out is WEARING that Irish Aran sweater! Lionsgate.
The Twittersphere is going wild for Captain America, aka Chris Evans, wearing a cream Aran sweater in the new detective caper "Knives Out."
The new Rian Johnson helmed detective movie starring Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer has a lot going for it but who would have thought it would be Chris Evans wearing an Irish Aran sweater that would set the Twittersphere on fire.
In fact, the Twitter fervor was so intense that the movie's official Twitter page @KnivesOut changed its name to “Chris Evans’ Sweater Stan Account”.
Here are some of the top tweets:
Very grateful to have finally seen myself represented on screen this weekend in the form of Chris Evans’ sweater which, like me, was “artfully distressed” and “distracting” and “clinging to Chris Evans for dear life.” pic.twitter.com/cD91bSZhCd
— R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) December 1, 2019
All we want for Christmas is Chris Evans’ sweater from Knives Out pic.twitter.com/Eer1c0iotN
— Twitter Movies (@TwitterMovies) December 2, 2019
Chris Evans is the ONLY man who can pull off a cream cable-knit sweater. #ChrisEvansInASweater pic.twitter.com/Axb7yZd9pn
— Rebecca Bird Grigsby (@danceswithkids) December 7, 2019
all i want for christmas is chris evans in a cable knit sweater 🥺 pic.twitter.com/zFmv4kszQb
— 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗸𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 (@flaminhotcevans) December 8, 2019
Why is the sweater causing such a stir? GQ reckons that that answer is simple: "people really love handsome, famous men wearing nice, relatively basic clothes."
They add, "It’s also, in fairness, a very nice sweater. And he looks very warm. And wholesome. And quite Christmassy."
We couldn't agree more. Maybe this Chris Evan's sweater obsession will translate into a major boost for the thick woolen Irish sweaters made in Galway.
Read more: The real deal Aran sweaters in the middle of Galway city
Here's the trailer to Knives Out:
Will the Aran sweater industry see a major boost? What do you think?