Comments on: Stuff I don’t get: Sweater Vests

By: SayUncle » OMG: SayUncle and John McCain agree

SayUncle » OMG: SayUncle and John McCain agree — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:46:34 +0000

[...] Sweaters are gay. [...]

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:11:27 +0000

Jay G:

Funny you should say that. After taking my CCW class, I’m now inherently suspicious of anyone wearing a light-weight vest.

By: Jay G

Jay G — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:50:16 +0000

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…

By: Cam

Cam — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:36:26 +0000

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.

By: The Bitch Girls :: I Agree

The Bitch Girls :: I Agree — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:07:10 +0000

[...] I totally don’t get them either. [...]

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:40:02 +0000

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.

By: Mays

Mays — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:33:58 +0000

All I’ll say is that chicks dig ‘em. Gay or not, I’m wearing them.

By: _Jon

_Jon — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:33:01 +0000

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?

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:28:58 +0000

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.

By: hardbeliever

hardbeliever — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:23:52 +0000

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.

By: nk

nk — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:56:34 +0000

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.

By: Joe Huffman

Joe Huffman — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:50:13 +0000

What’s the matter? Are you afraid you might attract gay cooties if wore one?

By: countertop

countertop — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:44:22 +0000

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.