Sweater Guide: What to look for when you buy a Jumper, how to wear it + Pullover Do's & Don'ts

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Sweaters are also known as jumpers in Great Britain and they are a casual wardrobe staple that is wonderful during the colder seasons of the year. They can be made of many materials such as cashmere, wool, cotton, alpaca, or blends thereof. Overall, you want something that does not pill, that lasts you for quite a while that is soft on the skin, that keeps you warm, without making you sweat unnecessarily. You want it to fit properly in the shoulders, in terms of shoulder width, you want the sleeve lengths to be exactly the length you want, and it should not be too baggy around your midsection or too tight around your bum.

So how did sweaters come to exist?

If you go back in history and look at the 15th century, you can see that fishermen from the island of Guernsey wore these kinds of garments for the first time. They were made of a tightly spun knit wool because that's what they had available and it had to last and keep the fishermen warm and protected even in the roughest of seas. Eventually, fishermen from outside of Guernsey picked it up and they called them gansey. Once the gansey had been adopted by the Royal British navy in the 19th century, later on, there was also the fair isle sweater, again, named after geographical location and it became really popular in 1921 when the Prince of Wales famously wore it and had a portrait painted of himself.

SWEATER STYLES

First up is the crew neck style which is the original fisherman style. It means, it sits very close to your neck and protects you from the elements and it's round.

Another style that is less popular but I personally like a lot is the shawl collar style. It's called that way because it's round.

A not so well known sweater is the command or wooly pully which is a very tight fitting crew neck sweater with epaulets.It evokes some military resemblance.

SWEATER MATERIALS

One of the most popular materials and one of the most expensive ones is cashmere because it's soft.

A very underrated material for sweaters is alpaca. It comes from a Peruvian mountain animals and is extremely soft, almost as soft as cashmere, at the same time, it is more insulating.

The most traditional sweater material is definitely wool. As I mentioned before, the first fishermen used wool to make their sweaters.

SWEATER FIT

First of all, you want the bottom of the sweater to cover the hem at least by a little bit. If you have high waisted trousers, you can have a shorter hem, but you can also have a longer hem.

The next element to look at is your shoulder seam. Sometimes, sweaters are way too big or way too small but the end of the seam should always sit on your shoulder bone. In terms of sleeve length, you ideally want the sweater to end at the base of your hand.

Just like with the regular suit or jacket, you want your armholes of your sweaters to be rather small and tight.

Do's and Don'ts of men's sweaters

-Do store sweaters neatly folded rather than hanging.
-Do minimize the number of dry cleanings and washings of your sweater.
-Do wash your sweaters according to instruction label and make sure you take a look at it before you buy it.
-Don't automatically reject an itchy sweater.
-In my opinion, don't wear zip sweaters unless you are in a very casual environment and you really like them. Go with toggles or buttons, they always look superior.
-Don't pull or clip loose threads on your sweater because that may lead to it coming undone completely.
-Don't wear a visible t-shirt underneath your sweater because it looks rather cheap.
-Don't wear sweaters with French of double cuffs because they are simply not made for that.
-Don't toss a pilling sweater.

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