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. sleeves - esquire

For me, it is always number 2. I can’t help myself, its a compulsion. Now quit bugging me about it.

 

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3 Comments on My Style Vindicated

  1. Patrick C says:

    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

  2. Bob Frank says:

    A button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up is the coolest, manliest look. Your style says a lot about you.

  3. Sam says:

    How about a step by step illustration on how to roll up your sleeves properly?

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