Shop the best fair isle sweaters, jumpers and cardigans for winter and beyond, from the high street – Princess Kate and Cat Deeley are big fans. These are the fair isle jumpers we're buying from ...

Jennifer Lopez keeps wearing Fair Isle sweaters, so we found similar styles from $24. Katie Holmes and Reese Witherspoon are fans of the patterned toppers, too. Score cardigans, pullovers, and ...

Fair Isle quickly morphed into a symbol of family when in the 1940s and 50s it became a lynchpin of women’s knitting pattern books.

Well, Fair Isle, an island north of Scotland in the Shetland archipelago. The design began there in the early 19th century as a pattern for fishermen’s caps and sweaters.

Kate Middleton wore a beautiful festive fair isle jumper ahead of the Carol Service. Click here for photos and where to buy the same one at Cosmopolitan UK.

Jennifer Lopez is embracing the Fair Isle sweater trend. On a date night with Ben Affleck to see the Music Man in New York City, Lopez paired a cashmere Ralph Lauren sweater with a sheer skirt.