Stuff I don’t get: Sweater Vests
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I don’t get sweater vests. I’ve never been cold and had my arms stay warm. I guess they’re like shorts for your torso, only you wear stuff under them. So, it’s like wearing shorts over your pants. The only use I see them having is to 1) conceal a gun or 2) carry stuff. And they look gay.
February 1st, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Do you mean something like this?
I happen to be wearing a sweater vest right now. What I like about them is that I can wear a sweater but still fit a sport coat (why are they called sport coats? I am wearing a tie with it, not playing baseball?) over it. If I had a full sweater on, arms wouldn’t fit in the coat.
February 1st, 2007 at 3:50 pm
What’s the matter? Are you afraid you might attract gay cooties if wore one? 😉
February 1st, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Dan Rather liked them a lot. Or maybe not. It sounds like something your wife makes you wear.
On the other hand, I like regular vests with buttons. With a suit or without. I don’t think they make me look gay and so what if they do? It’s good to be liked for your looks even if it goes no further than that. Unbuttoned, it’s the cowboy look and buttoned it’s the “Sam Spade” look.
February 1st, 2007 at 4:23 pm
They keep your core temperature up, which helps keep your arms warm. Your body doesn’t have to vasoconstrict the arteries in your extremities in order to keep life-sustaining heat closer to your vitals.
I don’t wear them because they make my belly appear fatter and my arms appear skinnier than they already are. Plus the gay thing.
February 1st, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Yep, countertop nailed it.
I’ve got two vests. One is wool or cotton. The other is a synthetic fleece vest I got free at a conference/ski trip in Sante Fe. It’s thin and light, fits under whatever coat I’m wearing, and adds maybe 10-15 degrees of warmth without making me look like the Michelin Man.
February 1st, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I don’t like them – as hb says – they make me look fatter.
And if one is worried about core temperature, I recommend an undershirt. And if one is worried about binding of an undershirt, I recommend the model lovingly dubbed a “wife beater”. And if the undershirt is properly tucked in, it can help to reduce the “fat look” by pulling some of the belly fat in. Kinda like a girdle. Which I would never wear. But I’d be curious if the people who would wear a sweater-vest would wear a girdle? 🙂
February 1st, 2007 at 4:33 pm
All I’ll say is that chicks dig ’em. Gay or not, I’m wearing them.
February 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I don’t wear sweaters of any kind, but I especially don’t get sweater vests. My wife loves ’em, as does pretty much everybody in her family. Best I can figure is it warms you up without constricting your motion, or something. Fortunately, I have a protective layer of blubber that prevents me from needing such things.
February 1st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
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February 1st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
I’m already fat, so I don’t particularly care if they make me look fatter. I did however lose the sweater vest/t-shirt look last year after my wife said it made me look like a homeless person. Whether I looked like a gay homeless person is up for debate, I suppose.
February 1st, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I don’t do the sweater vest thing, but don’t be dissin’ the fleece vest like this.
Hides full-sized firearms just great. I’ve carried a S&W model 10 OWB with mine…
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Jay G:
Funny you should say that. After taking my CCW class, I’m now inherently suspicious of anyone wearing a light-weight vest.
July 12th, 2007 at 11:46 am
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