‘The old-school jumper was there to keep you warm, but the new generation is not content with a backroom role’
Here’s a timely Halloween fashion tip: wear a sweater with a high enough polo neck to hide behind when Craig Revel Horwood gets really scary on Strictly. It’s a bit of a trick-or-treat cop-out, but a wiser investment than a zombie Minion mask, as it’s a statement sweater and so officially an autumn look.
When the statement sweater emerged as a trend a couple of years ago, it was either a normal sweatshirt with something written in French on it, or a normal jumper in a slightly weird colour. So you could wear it in the normal jumper way, over a shirt or under a coat. Then it became all about texture: waffle, sponge, mohair. This winter, it has gone full-on, wear-your-cinema-specs three-dimensional.
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