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Were turtlenecks ever cool?

posted 11 years ago by cind5
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I was never comfortable in one, so I didn't wear them.

[–] clyons 11 years ago

They were in vogue for a while--by the time I was buying my own clothes, they were on their way out, but I think I got a turtleneck sweater as a gift once, when I was a kid. I didn't like it.

[–] cind5 11 years ago

OK, what about silk scarves, were they ever cool? On a really cold day I'd wear a winter scarf. Any other kind of scarf, I don't think so.

[–] clyons 11 years ago

I wouldn't know, honestly. Don't they still sell a lot of those? Fashion often has little to do with function.

[–] Evariste-Galois 11 years ago

The only time I came close to wearing a turtleneck was when I had to wear a dickey for 8th grade band.

[–] CharlotteXavier 11 years ago

haha dickey, mock turtle neck... haha.

Yes, turtle necks were in style during many fashion eras, especially in cold climates.

As for silk scarves, heck yay! Noting says confidence like a silk scarf on a man... or rock star, whichever you prefer.

I love silk scarves.

[–] urgeking 9 years ago

Were they ever NOT cool?

[–] GoodbyePorkPieHat 9 years ago

I had several in the late '70s. They were great for skiing.

So it goes.

[–] TimmyAnn 8 years ago

Turtlenecks were way cool when worn by James Coburn in the In Like Flint movies, but that's because he was James Coburn! 

I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny! 

[–] liscarkat (16652) 3 years ago

Dick Cavett, Carl Sagan, and Banacek made them cool.

[–] DmitriKnipper (199) 3 years ago

And Steve McQueen, of course.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (8609) 3 years ago

Turtles kind of like them.