Tying your sweater around your neck

The only people under 50 who tie sweaters around their necks are gay men trying desperately to look "preppy" in an 80s kind of way.

Or someone at a Halloween party that's dressed as The Preppy Asshole In An 80s Movie

If you take your sweater off for any reason and you need to carry it with you, you tie it around your waist, not over your shoulders.

Seriously, people would laugh at you if you did the shoulders unironically.

It's cute on boys until they finish college. It's fine on handsome Italian and French men of any age if the sweater is thin cashmere or merino.

In the 80s I thought this was the height of elegance and glamour, but for some reason I could never pull it off. I specifically liked those white cable knit V- necked sweaters that were edged in colored stripes. I also liked Hudson Bay Blue point blankets, but never had one of those either.

[quote]For some reason I could never pull it off. I specifically liked those white cable knit V- necked sweaters that were edged in colored stripes.

Those tennis sweaters were too thick and heavy to tie and drape over your shoulders. Lambswool or cashmere v-necks and regular Shetland sweaters were the thing.

I remember going to see a headhunter one afternoon on Park Avenue. Her receptionist was in love with me, and she (the receptionist) told me her boss had told her I was gay. "You can tell because he ties his sweaters around his neck" is how the headhunter explained it to her.

This was in 1976, btw.

It looks pretentious, even on catalog models.

It was a laughable affectation 40+ years ago when they were doing it and it's just as big a laughable affectation today.

Never seen an actual gay do it. Too self-conscious to look that fey.

I went to Duke. And it cracked me up when the preppies would tie wool sweaters around their necks in September. Because it was Fall. And 90 fucking degrees outside.

The 80s was indeed a funny period R8

I've done it. But then again, I'm a lesbian.

r10, a vagina cape isn't a sweater, dear.

Rather tie it around my waist (when walking).

I'm too old, rich and gay to give a shit what the average person thinks. I also have 20 or 30 pairs of Belgium loafers. That and my choice of automobiles makes me 100% double dipped faggot.

Common in New England and other places where the weather can change quickly. Not uncommon for it to be 70 degrees and drop 20 degrees in a matter of minutes. And the reverse, especially in the fall.

You see it everywhere on men in continental Europe. Another example of where American men, even the gays, are so worried about appearing even slightly feminine.

I am gay, and I haven't even owned a sweater since I started buying my own clothes.

It’s pretentious, is what it is. And it’s probably more straight than gay.

[quote]That and my choice of automobiles makes me 100% double dipped faggot.

A pink Miata?

This thread is further proof that for so many on Datalounge it's still 1987

R-16 What do you do when the evening turns chilly?

Not R16, but there are these cool things called hoodies and jackets that people wear when it gets cooler.

R-18 LOL Sorry, I'm not a budget fag. 2019 Range Rover- 1987 Mercedes SL- 1963 Lincoln Convertible at Hobe Sound and a 1978 Buick station wagon at Seal Harbor. 2012 Bentley GT in the Cotswolds.

Ok the last one is more 'gay friendly' than strictly gay.

R22 We're SO f*****g impressed. If Biden is elected I hope your taxes go way up.

Your response shows just what kind of person you are (and it's not pretty).

I hate losing the sweater, so I always tie it around my neck or waist

I just keep it in my purse.

[quote] Your response shows just what kind of person you are (and it's not pretty)

As far as fiction writing on DL goes, it wasn't bad.

I've seen much worse from other Flyoverstani shop bottoms with Big Dreams

Sluts

To me that's inescapably Eighties. I haven't seen anyone do this since then.

Go to the US Open and you’ll see guys do it. Preppie fucks.

It’s been appropriated by the white female country club set.

R13 did you mean BELGIAN loafers?

Guys from Maryland or New Hampshire, wealthy, closeted, good jobs like lawyer or stock broker.

Girls who are fake bitches.

queer birds

Of course! I also tie my socks around my ankles bitches!