Sweater over shoulders

To me it is such a 1970s-early 1980s look.

Really DL

It's def making a "comeback" as a style statement among younger people.

Hi, Biff!

I love it, I'm doing it.

It looks dumb...

Has anyone done this since the 1980’s?

In the 80s it said “I’m wealthy”. Now it says “I bottom. A lot”

I love it - I feel like Wonder Woman with a cape.

Twirl bitches twirl - homage to Kenya!!

Wait, R8...how did slinging a dumb sweater around shoulders imply wealth in the 80's? Did poor folk not have sweaters back then?

It looks pretentious and queeny.

why don't you just buy yourself a . . . CAPE!?

R8 is correct. Preps wore it which translated to I have money - I know as I did it and can represent.

The black guy in the OP is appropriating white douchebag culture. I find it very triggering.

It's not as bad as wearing a coat draped over your shoulders like some 1970s wannabe Mafia boss.

It’s a very feminine look.

It's so camp.

[quote]I really like this look?

Do you.

I can attest that this look (sweater tied around shoulders) was popular in the '80s. This was part of the preppy look.

It really only looks nice with certain sweaters. I have a very lightweight, cashmere and silk-blend sweater that I wear like this regularly. A heavy, cable-knit sweater doesn’t work for this look.

It is definitely a preppy look. I was several years behind the Preppy Handbook generation but I’ve always leaned towards this look, which has enjoyed consistent popularity in the Southeast for decades.

I used to. I got tired of sweaters. They're all so designer-y now. I liked the saddle-shouldered Shetlands and lambswool v-necks from Pringle, Alan Paine, and Brooks Brothers. They went from $16 when I was in high school (pre-hippie) to $42 or $50 by the time I was done with them (I bought my last, a Shetland in forest green, in 1992).

I remember when the look was popular. Well, more popular than now. In fact, IIRC, two of the bars in San Francisco where you were most likely to encounter that style were even referred to by many as sweater bars.

(I suspect those bars, Alta Plaza and the Lion Pub, are long gone but I haven’t been in SF in decades myself.)

Most men look silly like that, but the man in OP’s pic has the right face and body for it. He looks awesome.

If you wore a look the first time around, you're too old to wear it again when it comes back into fashion.

Atrocious

It's the look the Cockgobbler affects when he goes "cazh" in polite society and doesn't want to be mistaken for a whore.

Like R11 said. I don't mind a sweater tied around the waist if you are just warm and need somewhere to place it. To me around the neck is like the librarian with her cardigan handing on her shoulders.

It’s not something you’d often see in real prep circles, same with popped collars. More likely to see sweaters tied around the waist. OP’s look was a stereotype from movies and tv in the ‘80s.

It very much depends on the man, and the place. Tied around the waist never looks good on those with a big behind, wide hips, or a thick waist.

The “euro” version of the “prep” version was over the shoulders but NOT tied or looped. Just the arms hanging free. That was Sloane Ranger/BCBG version of American prep.

A pair of ray ban aviators to finish. Oh and black penny loafers. No socks.

It reeks of douchbaggery.and wannabeism.

The sweater looks fine.

It’s the shirt and pants that need work. He needs better fitting clothing.

R22 Both of those bars are gone, yes.

I liked it on American girl preps and BCBG French boys. Not so much on American boys except it was fun on non-white Ivy League boys. With lockjaw.

Remember Fern Bars?

But... what if he bends down to put a rinsed off plate in the dishwasher and a dishwasher monster reaches out and grabs those loose sleeves and drags the guy into the dishwasher? And he's never seen again. I'm not paranoid; you are talking about me!