You see it in comedic movies and TV shows all the time: the rich jerk the audience is supposed to hate always sports a lightweight sweater draped over his shoulders and tied around his neck. I can't say I've ever seen any man in real life actually wearing a sweater that way. Have you?
Do men ever wear sweaters tied around their necks in real life?
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I have one or two friends who might wear a sweater like this from time to time. Some people can get away with it, others can't.
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Duvel, Slideguitarist, et al make strong points in favor of the practicality of putting one's sweater around one's neck when temperatures rise.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that our attire sends a strong signaling device to the world at large, whether we like it or choose to care about it or not. Wearing a sweater around one's neck definitely sends a signal to the world that is largely congruent with the OP's impression.
When the weather is pleasant enough to require an outer layer that can be doffed and donned with ease, I wear a cardigan or a jacket.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that our attire sends a strong signaling device to the world at large, whether we like it or choose to care about it or not. Wearing a sweater around one's neck definitely sends a signal to the world that is largely congruent with the OP's impression.
When the weather is pleasant enough to require an outer layer that can be doffed and donned with ease, I wear a cardigan or a jacket.
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And then, when too warm you throw it casually over your shoulder, hooked over one finger? And this is supposed to be less affected, less posh that tying a sweater around your neck? I am skeptical. Anyone who is somehow offended by whichever way I dress is someone I don't want to have anything to do with. So the message I'm sending is essentially a filter that eliminates people I would prefer to avoid. Very practical and straight forward.
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I thought that it was an unwritten law that your name had to be Biff or Blaine to wear a sweater tied around your neck.
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Too true... I would have to find a sweater with really long sleeves. Otherwise, it would look (and function) like a wool tourniquet.
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Heck, I do it occasionally with lightweight (pima cotton) sweaters. If it's cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon, or if it's hot outside but cold inside, I'll drape it around my neck if I'm not using it- I'm certainly not going to wander around carrying it. I think the issue comes when people spend too much time adjusting the sweater instead of just throwing it on (meaning they're going for "that"
look) or if they're doing it in an environment that clearly doesn't call for a sweater ( again, going for "that" look).
look) or if they're doing it in an environment that clearly doesn't call for a sweater ( again, going for "that" look).
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Gentlemen: If we are tuff enough to wear those suit coats, we oh-so-love, throughout the warming day, until we get home in the evening, then we should be tuff enough to endure wearing the sweater we saw fit to pull on that morning, in lieu of the jacket...yes, no? LOL. 
The world is but a stage and so much of life can be an act, for the entertainment of those around us...such as the gentleman out for a stroll with the object of his desires, who artfully removes the offending garment, flexing and preening the muscular groups comprising our upper bodies, as he does so...much to the delight of his female companion...and ties the offending garment loosely about his neck, with a rakish florish! End scene 1, act 2. :crazy:
The world is but a stage and so much of life can be an act, for the entertainment of those around us...such as the gentleman out for a stroll with the object of his desires, who artfully removes the offending garment, flexing and preening the muscular groups comprising our upper bodies, as he does so...much to the delight of his female companion...and ties the offending garment loosely about his neck, with a rakish florish! End scene 1, act 2. :crazy:
How big is the purse?
or if you were a British snob.
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Hello, Howard! Men carry purses like this one:
https://www.permanentstyle.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Bruce3.jpg
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