response: I couldn't say, but they're modeled after British officers' wool waistcoats.
original_response: It is modelled after the knitted wool waistcoat,worn by the British officers during the war
history: I love to wear Cardigan's in the winter. Do you own any? No, I'm a bot with no body. I know that a cardigan has an open front, though. What else can you tell me about them? Well, there are more modern versions that don't have buttons. Do you know where they originated? The cardigan was named after James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, a British Army Major General who led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. It was a period of the Crimean war What kind of material are they generally made from?
knowledge: It is modelled after the knitted wool waistcoat that British officers supposedly wore during the war.