vetements - I would actually buy this one if I could. “May the bridges I burn light the way.” Yep, that’s the message of the hoodie to a “t”.
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I have a knee-length hoodie houserobe which is the single most comfortable and comforting piece of clothing I have ever owned. When my room is cold, putting up the hood adds a whole order of magnitude to the warmth it provides. The only thing I would change is that the material is mostly synthetic. If I ever find one on the market with a higher cotton level, I will probably crawl into it and just stay there November - April.
To me, a hoodie is a pullover sweatshirt with a hood. A full-zip sweatshirt with a hood is a sweatshirt jacket. I have both but rarely wear the pullover type which to me is more of a shirt than a jacket. The necklines are so high and uncomfortable that I have to cut a slit in them. Also, the weight of the hood seems to pull the neckline up even higher. If it’s a really cold day and I also need to wear a regular jacket, the bulky hood is in the way again and has to be pulled outside of the jacket. So in other words, I don’t find a hoodie comfortable at all.
I live in Chicago and wear hoodies all the time in fall and spring. The weather is very changeable. I put the hood up if it’s windy or starts to rain. I can take the hoodie off and wear my t shirt if it gets too warm.
I try to avoid wearing hats unless the weather demands it. It’s only ten minute walk to the El and 5 minutes walk to work. Since I’m on night shift, I can wear whatever to work. Hoodies wouldn’t work on day shift.
You’ll be grateful for the strings when it’s below zero and blowing. Keeps the hood tight around your delicate neck. In other weather they are bothersome and I tuck them in.
It’s a good shoulder-season garment for outdoor chores – comfortable, flexible, and easy to wash.
I wear a hoodie over my flannel nightie when I get up of a cold winter morning (also wearing longjohns and wool socks).
I often wear a hoodie as a second layer over my thermals and wool hat and under my heavy parka in snow season.
I don’t do “fashion” much less ghetto wannabe fashion except on special occasions. My goal is to never leave the farm …
Hoodies are the only outerwear I wear except during the coldest stretches of winter. I leave the hood down maybe 95% of the time. For that 5% I wear it, I’m damned glad it’s there.
See, that’s why I don’t see the need for the strings–there is no way I would be in such nasty weather in a hoodie.
If the temps are below 40F, I’ll be wearing an A2 leather jacket and a fedora.
If the temps are below 20F, I’ll be wearing a proper winter jacket and knit hat pulled down over my ears. Ski mask if I’m working outside.
Hoodies are for keeping warm(er) at home during the winter months IMHO.
I don’t want the hood blowing off my head when it’s 50ºF out, either.
At 40º I’d probably have the hoodie over an insulated vest. Lots of potential temperature adjustment, and relatively free arm movement. At 20º I might have a full scale coat over it, at least unless I was really active.
However if you only wear a hoodie inside I can readily see why you wouldn’t want strings. Wind’s not likely to be an issue in that case.
I thought hoodies were the ones that didn’t zip. That’s what was weird about them when I first encountered them as a kid, it was a pullover sweatshirt with a hood. It also usually had that one front pocket for both hands.
I’d always had hooded jackets. But they were just called jackets. (Not “coats,” as that means something heavier with insulation.)
It’s used both ways around here, at least. Now that I think back, the one I was wearing in the late 80s (for track) was of the pullover type, with that big pocket in front, not the zip-up kind. This was also the time those … other pullover hoodie type things that were not made of fleece material were popular. What the heck were they called? Man, I’m getting old, I should know this word. Very southwestern/Native American look to them, rough kind of fabric…what was that?
No, we don’t really use that word here in the US (or at least not in my part of the US. I know the word, but all from British contexts.)
It was something like this, with that type of material, or maybe a little less coarse, similar pattern, but often with a pocket in front, too, like the pullover hoodies have. It was popular at least in my part of the Chicago area in the early 90s.
Yeah, maybe I’m just confusing it with the British slang use of the word meaning something like “geek” not being used in the US. That said, “anorak” is just a word that I don’t use or hear much at all. I seem to recall my first encounter with it in high school French class as l’anorak.
Every one of my jackets except for two are worn with a zip up hoodie as a liner. Mostly to keep my neck and back warm. I also prefer the softer material than a coat usually provides. Without hair, my head and ears get cold quite easily. I like flipping the hood up for that. I don’t like the big winter caps in a vehicle so with a hoodie I can wear the lighter cap until it warms up. Otherwise I’m usually in a baseball cap that has no way to cover the ears. I only have one pullover that I seldom wear and that was a gift.
50 yrs old. Born in Texas, grew up in TX, CA, and CO, and I am very familiar with anorak.
