Once the provenance of professors and preppy undergrads, this fall the elbow patch can be found everywhere. Even on your girlfriend.
More suave than stuffy, the patched elbow is bringing sexy back to campus style. A nod to days when Ivy Leaguers wore out the elbows of their Shetland sweaters smoking pipes and playing cribbage, today’s take is more about style than function. It says you care, but not too much; you’re trying, but not too hard.
And if it means you’re that much better prepared for a pick-up game on the quad – or any other kind of sporting event that might present itself – all the better.