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Cardigans on Men - so wrong

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 17:23

Some blokes wore cardis in the 80s and I never liked then then. Now they are back again with the 80s revival and every time I see one I still shudder.

They are one of the most unmanly items of clothing, don't you think?

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FluffyMummy123 · 30/04/2008 17:28

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MargaretMountford · 30/04/2008 17:29

what about the acrylic zip up ones ?

FluffyMummy123 · 30/04/2008 17:29

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southeastastra · 30/04/2008 17:29

no i like them - i keep trying to get my 14 year old in one. he'd look groovy.

dp would look like a grandad though.

Hulababy · 30/04/2008 17:29

They look fine on tall thin men - a bit of a geeky type look IYKWIM.

Anyone with any bit of extra flesh - no!

MargaretMountford · 30/04/2008 17:30

they're a bit David Platt

ahundredtimes · 30/04/2008 17:30

I like too. I like in all categories:

  1. aimless, dreamy drippy guy of any age.
  1. the skinny young ones Cod talks of
  1. The v. fit male model in cardigan with male bag.

I think they look good.

TillyScoutsmum · 30/04/2008 17:30

I'm not a big fan - unfortunately dp is (and he's not skinny or indie)

BecauseImWorthIt · 30/04/2008 17:31

DS1 (16) is skinny, indie type and he looks fab in his.

He buys/chooses them himself and has a lovely, cashmere (cheap) one from Uniqlo.

cornsilk · 30/04/2008 17:33

Jarvis Cocker could do cardigans. Not many men can. Too Val Doonican.

DarrellRivers · 30/04/2008 17:35

DH looks fab in his
tall, slim, slightly (vvslightly i hasten to add) media looking

FluffyMummy123 · 30/04/2008 17:52

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southeastastra · 30/04/2008 17:53

i like this one ooh i love american apparel

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 17:53

oh no! Cardi crazies abound.

Even a skinny indie bloke would look 50 times better in any other kind of top. They are limp and wet.

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 17:55

southeast, look at that poor man's face. Just look. He's not happy.

I've noticed the pink ones in shop windows. Dh wore them - misguidedly - in the 80s as a young indie type. Really put me off. I was always washing me hair the weekends he had a cardi on his back.

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southeastastra · 30/04/2008 17:59

he looks like that in all the pictures, i think he just has that one look

hairy chest cardy (check out the black and white one hehe)

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 18:02

that's a shocker

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 30/04/2008 18:07

Ah they have had these in fashion pages for years and the only men I ever see in them are on Old Compton Street or at indie gigs.

yurt1 · 30/04/2008 18:07

I like them.
Did in the 80's too.

The hairychest cardi is frightening though.

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 18:08

maybe mn is a cardi sort of world

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Lenniegirl · 30/04/2008 18:08

No, they're cool.

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 21:24

They really turn my stomach. I am surprised to be in such a minority.

From cardis it's a small step to man bags.

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pointydog · 30/04/2008 21:37

I say. Got a light?

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southeastastra · 30/04/2008 21:37

men are metrosexual now, it's trendy