Summer Swag - dishy vs huhwot - Fit Battle 4/9/13

[Styleforum Ari]

It's hot as **** in some places, thus:

SUMMER SWAG SHOWDOWN

dishy



huhwot

 

[Parker]

good pairing. I'm an unabashed fan of Birks, but I kinda think they'd look cooler with the solid cardi and ocbd in huhwut's fit, although that is already solid with the Vanz (or whatev sneakers).

 

[big_eyes]

Strong entries both, but for me summer means exposed ankle (ooh, I'm a time-travelling Victorian!), so huhwot gets my vote.

 

[Spencer]

Birkenstocks are never ok

 

[Kross]

I'm not sure why I hate sandals so much

 

[Caveat]

Don't really like cropped cardigans but they are better than birks.

 

[LA Guy]



Don't really like cropped cardigans but they are better than birks.

You are on drugs. That is a "regular" fit cardigan. Cropped is considerably shorter. Check out the ones that Nick Wooster wears. Those are cropped. They are nearly as short as Eisenhower jackets. Not all cardigans need to look like Kurt Cobain wore them.

 

[Caveat]

It looks pretty cropped to me. If it was any higher it would be above his belt. I googled that guy and the few cardigans I saw were about that length.

 

[dfagdfsh]

it's not cropped, it's at his belt line. this is cropped:

 

[lmaozedong]

Who?

 

[A Fellow Linguist]

BIRK LIFE

 

[in stitches]

had to go for dishy. all tied up now.

edit - did not realize thread was 4 days old.

 

[LA Guy]



It looks pretty cropped to me. If it was any higher it would be above his belt. I googled that guy and the few cardigans I saw were about that length.

You guys are killing me. The accepted description of different styles certainly changes with time, certainly, but your definition is just something you made up, with no relation to commonly accepted usage. Cropped typically refers to something that hits well above the beltline. Think of a Levis Type III jacket, or a bolero jacket. Those are cropped. Something that hits at the beltline is not cropped. It's just "normal". You may prefer a different style, but you can't simply redefine average to be what you like.

it's not cropped, it's at his belt line. this is cropped:

As it turns out, Nick Wooster wears a lot of Thom Browne. And you should also remember that he is probably 5'5" on a tall day, and he tends to wear his pants pretty high on this torso.

 

[DesmondD]

Hahahaha! You're both wearing long pants and two layers up top in a "hot" climate? Oh dear...
But nice rags anyway- both looking good.

 

[Caveat]



You guys are killing me. The accepted description of different styles certainly changes with time, certainly, but your definition is just something you made up, with no relation to commonly accepted usage. Cropped typically refers to something that hits well above the beltline. Think of a Levis Type III jacket, or a bolero jacket. Those are cropped. Something that hits at the beltline is not cropped. It's just "normal". You may prefer a different style, but you can't simply redefine average to be what you like.
As it turns out, Nick Wooster wears a lot of Thom Browne. And you should also remember that he is probably 5'5" on a tall day, and he tends to wear his pants pretty high on this torso.

Excuse me if it doesn't fit the technical definition of what a cropped cardigan is, but I think everyone knew what I meant. That one is about as short as any I've seen anyone wear on this site. It's a good two inches above his wrist. The one Teger posted isn't much higher. If a tall model were to size down and wear huhwot's cardigan like that one it wouldn't be far off.