Here is my list (as a curvy, average sized person)
Knit pros:
• Stretchy enough to fit over the bust and still fit in the shoulder and everywhere else
• Comfortable and soft
• Low maintenance: don't usually require ironing or dry cleaning
• Especially good for layering
• Can be "reworked": meaning that I can push and shove them around a bit if I want them to appear more ruched or a little longer or shorter.
• Usually cheaper
• Knits drape in a way that wovens can't
Knit cons:
• Short-lived. Knits get shapeless and faded quickly.
• Can't be altered. If a knit is too long for me, even after scrunching a bit, too bad. There is nothing I can do.
• Clinginess. Knits can cling around areas that I don't necssarily want them to, and also show bra lines and other unflattering bits more clearly than wovens.
• Lack of structure.
Woven pros:
• They last a lot longer than knits
• More structure. They hide lumps and bumps well.
• They can be altered
• No clinging
• Crisper-looking and more polished than a knit
Woven cons:
• High maintenance, because they
• ...wrinkle easily
• Often dry clean only, or dry clean preferred
• Rigid and not as comfy as knits
• More expensive
• If there is no stretch content or very little, they do not fit curvy girls well. They will always need to be altered.
Knits are my preference. I would LOVE to wear more wovens, but they are just not practical for me. I'm too curvy and I'm not in a place in my life where tailoring, dry cleaning and pressing, and spending loads of money on investment tops make sense. I prefer the look of wovens and envy women who can wear them, but they are not for me. Angie prefers wovens, and understandably so, because they suit her lifestyle and with her body they are pretty easy to fit.
