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[raybear]

Do american straight people wear fitted black ribbed sweaters?

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[trooper6.livejournal.com]

European straight people? American straight people?

Certainly some straight people do.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

good point, I should clarify.

And of course, there are always expections, I would never want to complete assume. But you know, trends can be identified.

[mintwaster.livejournal.com]

As someone who is now wearing a fitted black ribbed sweater, no.

Actually, Malik wears them.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I am currently wearing a fitted black ribbed sweater as well. Good thing we didn't see each other today.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I'm hypothesizing that with women, it's about 50/50 split, but with men, the stats lean way more heavily on gay.

[hissyfit.livejournal.com]

metrosexuals, all of them.

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

Yes. They love hip hop, and have expertly coordinated. Or, they live in NYC. Or, they have graduate degrees in philosophy. Or, all three.

[ex-fish.livejournal.com]

Actually, less. Especially when someone else is dressing them.

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

DC hipsters, or people who work on capital (black is our standard work wear)

[gem-stellar.livejournal.com]

I would say that I've seen a lot of business types wearing them under dark jackets of some sort... but I don't think I see them very much on their own. Although now that I think of it my landlord wears them without a shirt underneath and a gold chair... but I think he's trying to look European.

[iamthesphinx.livejournal.com]

Derek has one, but he does refer to it explicitly as his "gay sweater." Not sure which conclusion is supported by that piece of data...

[chicagocowboi.livejournal.com]

don't forget that old sportscasters and athletes sometimes wear them with jackets.

[dommeyourass.livejournal.com]

omg. i love you. you crack me up.

[esquemeauxpi.livejournal.com]

i don't have a fitted black ribbed sweater, but I do have green, grey, blue, and brown ones.

i have no idea why i've skipped black.

[swampgirl.livejournal.com]

hmm my claims-he-is-straight bf wore one till i swiped it. but he's only been in the US for 10 years. those first 26 years in india definitely did some good things for his fashion sense, and he leans in the metro direction.... before i stole his black one, my ribbed sweaters were green, blue and bright salmon. i think i'm metro too. can grrls be metrosexual? can bis be metrosexual? or is it just a term for straight men who bathe?