Cosy without being cumbersome, it’s perfect for draughty, working-from-home days
I was sold on the sweater vest after watching Mrs America. Came for the feminism, stayed for the fashion. Story of my life, only sometimes it’s the other way around. The cerebral, earth-toned glamour of Gloria Steinem and her entourage is one of my desert-island looks. (See also, for bookish elegance: Miuccia Prada, whose real-life sweater-and-skirt wardrobe is possibly the chicest thing in the world.)
Thrillingly, I have identified a sweater vest-shaped vacancy in our new season wardrobes. I say “thrillingly”; please bear in mind that it’s all relative, and that the bar for thrilling in 2020 is low-ish. Oh, and when I say “new season wardrobes” – well, that’s all relative, too. What I mean is that I sometimes find wearing clothes that are a bit different from the clothes you wore yesterday helps stave off the groundhog sense of being a tiny bit bored of a day before it’s even started.
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