# Have you ever seen this fashion statement?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-this-fashion-statement/249435>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-this-fashion-statement/249435 "2004-06-09T12:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-this-fashion-statement/249435/1 "2004-06-09T12:31:12Z")

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I was walking behind a woman here at work and she had her sweater draped over her shoulders and tied with the arms. No biggie, right? Well, the difference was that she had it “button-side-out” with the buttons buttoned. Is this a new trend I missed? Would you do this? Would you think it weird if I did it? I actually kinda liked it.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-this-fashion-statement/249435/2 "2004-06-09T14:11:09Z")

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I’ve done that – not as a big fashion statement, mind you. When I’m putting my sweater over my shoulders, I put it as it is, and sometimes I’ll pull a cardigan off over my head without unbuttoning it. (I have one sweater in particular, kind of a vee-neck, with about 15 teeeeeeeeeny buttons – I don’t undo it just to take it off.) I may or may not pay attention to whether the buttons are face in or face out – if they’re large, bumpy buttons, I’ll probably put it buttons out as more comfortable (more padding between the buttons and me if I’m leaning against the back of a chair).