Where's the Bang for Your Buck in a Sweater?
It's not Just a Striped Sweater by xtined featuring embellished sweaters
Embellished sweater
$68 - modcloth.com
Ferm Living Love Birds Wall Sticker – Black
$77 - coggles.com
If you're looking for a great value when you shop, you might look into a sweater.
Sweaters are forgiving on fit and because China's been making them for the 20 years I've been in the business, they know what they're doing and can do it cheaply. The same cannot be said for jeans. But that's another post that'll get me fired.
WHAT FABULOUS
1) The textured stripe above and below the elbow patches is called links-links and it's made by a more expensive, slower computer machine.
2) Those "patches" are fully-fashioned, meaning that stitches were ADDED across the sleeve in a technique called "short row shaping". See how the sleeve bends when it hangs? Almost like an arm? That's because stitches were added in there.
3) The holes at the waist also shape the garment, though honestly, not all that much.
4) The curve of the neck is nice and round and smooth.
WHAT'S meh
1) 100% acrylic can be nice, but it can also be crap. Can't tell on the Internet.
2) The top stripe is too low. It hits right across the bust which is flattering for just about NOBODY.
3) It's 22 1/2″ long in a medium. If you pick up your arm to hail a cab, your belly's out.
4) Those waist pointelles are oddly placed and not very special looking. I feel like I've seen them everywhere before. They are fashioning the shape, which is great, but not enough to make a lick of difference. I feel like they were cutting corners here.
What do YOU think?
