The new rule of V-necks is that there are no rules. Which means it’s settled: the V-neck has been wrought from the clutches of bad taste, maybe for good. Gosling wears his V-neck sleeveless over a T-shirt, while Childish Gambino has recruited the V-neck sweater under a suit more times than we can count. Just look to the early adopters of anything that’s destined to become a menswear ‘thing’. Menswear en masse is loosening up and this reinvention of the V-neck taps into that movement. ![]() Not a word you’ll find on the casting notes for Love Island.” “It is simple, considered, with clean lines, in tactile fabrics that state the case for subtlety. “The new V-neck is unassuming,” says Down. But they’re not deep enough to rival lads-on-tour navel-grazers. That means there’s more wiggle room with what’s underneath now, you can think beyond shirt and tie for work, shirt without a tie for drinks after. Hence why the latest versions of this divisive jumper style aren’t just luxed-up versions of those that fill the fustier sections of any department store.įor a start, the V-neck’s shape is more dramatic. Of course, the risk with the V-neck – alongside corduroy, quarter-zip fleeces and ugly trainers – is that without at least some flair, you risk looking like your dad, rather than being ‘inspired by’ him. “In an age of such global political uncertainty, it is unsurprising that fashion turns to the familiar and the comforting.” And nothing’s more comforting than knitwear. “The V-neck reflects a desire for more normcore dressing,” says Down. Aside from being technically passe, it also embodies that odd tension where something is so unfashionable that it becomes fashionable again (case in point: bum bags). “Entirely unassuming, but ultra-desirable, the V-neckline is a building block of a classicist wardrobe,” says stylist Eric Down, who has dressed the likes of David Gandy, Tinie Tempah and Chris Hemsworth. But suddenly, they’ve become fashion without the capital F. “Prada and Lanvin have championed this look, worn layered over shirting or simply under a blazer.” Both tapped a change that had been slowly percolating for a couple of years, with Raf Simons’s oversized cricket sweaters and Gucci doing some frankly unwearable things with sweater vests. “Though the crew neck has dominated menswear for some time, we’ve seen a shift towards the V-neckline recently,” says Simon Chilvers, menswear style director at MatchesFashion. shocked to see the humble V-neck making it presence keenly felt both on the runway and on a slew of male celebrities, including Ryan Gosling and Donald Glover. Depending on its depth, the V was exclusively for part-time golfers or full-time LADS. The rule was simple: crew necks are good V-necks are bad. Fashion loves to keep a man guessing, but for a long time now the one thing you haven’t had to agonize over is your neckline. ![]() At Microsoft, Gates wore V-neck knits with all the elan of an Excel spreadsheet. Throughout the 1990s, when the pair were at loggerheads to own the home computing industry, Apple’s impresario presented a succession of groundbreaking designs wearing his trademark Issey Miyake roll neck. ![]() The difference between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates was wrapped around their necks.
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