Leave It On The Rack II

Its time for the second installment of the series I’m calling “Leave it on the rack.” A few weeks ago the topic was tattoo style tee shirts but this week I’m going to write about another pet peeve of mine. Articles of clothing sporting hoods that don’t traditionally have them. If you’ve done much shopping for clothes at Forever 21 then you know exactly what I’m talking about. I (cautiously) do quite a bit of shopping in these stores but this brand is particularly partial to adding hoods to clothing for what I can only assume is an attempt to “spice up” some dull pieces. I’ve been seeing this a lot with sweater vests and even blazers. At best its doing something different solely for the sake of being different. Heres a short list of items that should not have hoods attached that I have seen with hoods:

-Button up shirts
-Vests
-Sweater vests
-Puff vests
-Basically anything with short sleeves or no sleeves
-Blazers
-Cardigans
-Tee shirts

What it all boils down to is that hoods have a proper place. They’re perfect for sweatshirts (both zip-up and pull-over), jackets, coats, and rain gear. In fact hoods should be limited to these items because they were created to serve a purpose on these articles, not just to hang there for looks. Basically, if it traditionally wouldn’t have a hood, don’t even bother picking it up. Its a sartorial nightmare and it doesn’t belong amongst the rest of you wardrobe. Leave it on the rack.