If there is one thing that is distinctive about the way I dress it has to be my rolled up sleeves. If I’m wearing a button down shirt, my sleeves get rolled up. If it is a long sleeve T then I push them up. Always to just over the elbow. I can’t help it. I don’t like them down around my wrists, unless of course I’m cold in which case down they go. I do try to keep them down, but it never lasts more than about 10 minutes. It just isn’t comfortable, so up they go. And no, I don’t like short sleeve shirts that much. I just don’t like the way the sleeves flap or the way they lay. I’ve been taking a lot of grief (for as long as I can remember) from people who think it is a little peculiar. Nothing mean, just people noticing and wondering aloud to me why I always wear my sleeves up.
Well, in the last issue of Esquire (thanks Dave) I got my comeuppance. In “The New Laws of Casual Style” number 57 they write:
57. Unless you’re wearing a blazer, there’s no wrong time to roll up your sleeves. How high you choose to roll them says a lot about you.
For me, it is always number 2. I can’t help myself, its a compulsion. Now quit bugging me about it.
Grief? josh you always look sharp and wear clothes well, better than most..take no guff on your cuff…that blue shirt has cool cuffs, thats all
A button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up is the coolest, manliest look. Your style says a lot about you.
How about a step by step illustration on how to roll up your sleeves properly?