Off-Shoulder Sweater Wiki

Tag definition and examples

A specific type of shoulder-less sweater which is naturally designed with a low and wide-cut neckline which ensures that the garment sits just below the shoulders, leaving them and the wearer's upper chest area bare. Often features a thicker, sometimes mantle-like hem along the top.

Off-shoulder sweaters are meant to emphasize and accentuate the wearer's shoulders, collarbone, and neck (or nape), with the sleeves of an off-shoulder sweater sitting on the upper arms instead of on top of the shoulders.

Frequently appears as a distinct variant of ribbed sweater.

Character outfit examples

Belfast (Shopping with the Head Maid) (ie. post #4267943)
Yor Briar (most depictions of her casual red sweater attire) (ie. post #5375235)
Fumika (ie. post #3237136)

Other examples

Notes

Correct qualifications of an off-shoulder sweater

The sleeves must be attached to the sweater.
A low and wide-cut neckline exposing the shoulders and upper chest area must be present in the sweater design.

Incorrect examples

Any sweater that simply exposes the shoulders (sleeveless, or single-shoulder sweaters) without the correct qualifications above.
A normal or moderately wide-necked sweater simply being worn off shoulder (ie. post #1553067)
An open/partially open sweater worn hanging off the upper arm (ie. post #5307823, post #5775199, etc.), because these sweaters are not naturally designed with a low and wide-cut neckline in mind, and can be pulled up and worn normally without slipping off the arms.
A sleeveless sweater is worn with detached sleeves or elbow gloves.

Other notes

This tag is not meant as a "catch-all" tag for any sweaters that simply exposes the bare shoulders.

Mutually exclusive tags

Single-shoulder sweater.

off-shoulder sweater