Ask Angie and everyone: sleeve-rolling tips!

sarah

I've become rather confused lately about sleeve rolling:

1) how to roll shirt sleeves. I'm least confused about this.
2) how/whether to roll vs. scrunch blazer sleeves.
3) how to deal with shirt sleeves under blazer sleeves, especially under scrunched blazer sleeves. I'm most confused about this - I feel like I'm constantly adjusting my shirt sleeves to sort of "peek" out of a scrunched sleeve, and it's a bit of a pain.

thanks!

9 years ago

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Latest reply was from Angie

Angie

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Hi Sarah. Nice to see you again. I miss you on the forum.

1. Do you roll or scrunch sleeves? I never roll - only scrunch. When do you roll?

2. This depends on how maximal you want the outfit to be. Rolling creates an additional texture and outfit feature - especially with contrast lining. Unrolled sleeves are simpler and more minimal. I'm a scruncher because I don't fancy the maximal look of a rolled sleeve. Furthermore, I never turn back the cuff of a shirt sleeve over a blazer sleeve. To my eye that can look frumpy, but others will disagree with the perception. It's a personal thing.

I leave all my jacket sleeves un-scrunched round about now till Spring time. Too cold. I aways pull up the sleeves of my pullover when I'm inside though (sans jacket).

3. Adjustment throughout the day is an unfortunate thing, but I see no way around it unless the sleeves of your blazer are snug enough to stay put.

Hope that helps. xo

9 years ago

sarah

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Thanks, Angie,

For shirt sleeves, I often sort of roll (like you, I think), similar to #1, or I do the or the Jenna Roll that others have linked to.

For jackets, I sometimes do a small roll, once at the cuff, to try to achieve a look like #2, but I think it just ends up being frumpy.

When I try to scrunch like #3, things just end up sort of in a disastrous constantly adjusting mess. But perhaps I just need to resign myself to constant adjustments! Or I need to hire a JCrew stylist to trail me around ; )

Anyways, thanks for weighing in.

-Sarah

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9 years ago

Angie

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YES. I scrunch my shirts like #1.

I think you might prefer a more streamlined version of #2.

#3 looks great, but only works with very tapered blazer sleeves. My Theory blazers achieve this look because of the way they fit on the forearm. Less adjusting.

9 years ago

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