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Where's all my sweater-lovers?! I absolutely LOVE them & can't wait to wear them, even though I live in California & it's mostly too hot for them. Haven't counted, but I probably have about 30-50.
What are your favorite styles & stores that carry your favorites? Post pics if you want.
I like dolman, puff, & balloon sleeves, turtlenecks, mock turtlenecks, boatneck, & cardigans that stop at the waist. I love the chunky style w/ big knit detail. I like certain cable-knit, Fair Isle styles, & sometimes V-neck.
I have them in every color (except probably brown & tan). I like quite a few styles from Free People, Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, & some others. Every once in a while, I like the sweaters from Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, COS, Zara, etc.
A few I have are these sweaters from Express & Free People:
Over here we drop from 70 to 38 in 1 day, and then a week later it’s 80+ again. So I usually wear a jacket with a T shirt underneath. No sweaters until November when I know it’s going to be below freezing constantly, and I layer a jacket on top of my sweater.
I hate winter with a passion. Last year was ok, but the year before it dropped to -20 F and there was no sun for 47 days.
I like merino wool sweaters, usually V-neck or jewel-neck. I like thinner, less bulky sweaters that don't overpower me (I'm a smaller sized woman) rather than bulky chunky ones.
I'm not crazy about turtlenecks for several reasons: I don't like messing up my hair to pull them over my head; I don't like the feeling of something clinging to my neck and generally I don't feel attractive in them. Maybe it's my face shape or my short stature or my hair--I don't know--but they just don't flatter my overall appearance in any major way.
I don't like those flyaway sweaters without buttons either. If I'm going to wear a sweater over another top, I want buttons on the sweater. Whoever decided to design sweaters without buttons never had to live through cold winters in the Northeast.
There was a trend with cowl necks a few years back. I do like cowl necks. They're feminine and flattering. I have one in tan and one in cream--both go well with grey or black dress pants or a skirt for work or business and can be worn with black leather dress boots.
Cowl necks are back too, as far as I can tell from the catalogs coming in. Also, lightweight wool or cashmere sweaters are in, so--not winter-weight. This should make LA residents like the OP happy, as well as some of our other members, like smt1111, above.
I think the trend toward lighter-weight fabrics that turn out to be somewhat see-through is more due to the fashion industry getting cheap on us, but lightweight wool can be useful in transitional seasons. My mother always used to advise, to only buy 3-ply cashmere, but that hasn't been available since whenever--the 50's, or something. Except in Hong Kong. Quality continues to decline in the West.
I like some of the colors I"m seeing this fall; lavender, lilac, mauve, a variety of shades in the light-purple range, that I don't even have names for.
From the 1950s comes this little ditty:
We must! We must! We must increase our busts! The bigger the better the tighter the sweater the boys depend on us!
Yes, they're so nice & cozy! I wish my California weather was cooler 60-70% of the time, so I can wear them more often. Ideally, I wish the temps here were in the mid-60s - 70s about 70-80% of the time. This is coming from someone who's always liked the rain all my life!
From the 1950s comes this little ditty:
We must! We must! We must increase our busts! The bigger the better the tighter the sweater the boys depend on us!
haha.. I remember that.
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