Like Woody Allen, corduroy doesn’t quite mean what it once did
Corduroy makes you look intellectual. You can add a slim volume of poetry peeking out from a blazer pocket if you wish, but this probably labours the point. Just the fabric itself has enough of a campus-dwelling, Woody-Allen-watching vibe.
But like Woody Allen, corduroy doesn’t quite mean what it once did. Thirty five years ago, wearing a corduroy jacket meant something quite different (maverick anti-establishment) to wearing a tweed jacket (old duffer.) But that distinction is lost on anyone who is under about 35. Wearing cord and wearing tweed are now more or less interchangeable. Both mean: old person, or person who likes to spend time in the countryside, or person who reads actual physical books.
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