{"id":189247,"date":"2023-11-26T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189247"},"modified":"2023-11-26T20:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:52:35","slug":"flatter-your-face-with-an-age-defying-funnel-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/lifestyle\/flatter-your-face-with-an-age-defying-funnel-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatter your face with an age-defying funnel neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to dress like a grown-up: Flatter your face with an age-defying funnel neck<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>A loose fit, structured polo neck wide and tall enough to pull up around your ears<\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0You can now rent your Lidl Christmas jumper through an app!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may or may not be aware that a few weeks ago Phoebe Philo \u2014 the designer who made Celine the most coveted label of its day \u2014 launched the first collection under her own name.<\/p>\n<p>These clothes are beyond the budget of ordinary civilians, and most of them sold out in hours, but even so it&#8217;s a good time to reflect on something that became Philo&#8217;s signature and is now a permanent fixture of every woman over-50s wardrobe: the funnel neck.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the neck-clinging polo neck that Princess Diana wore on the cover of Vogue, or the second-skin polo neck that became Shiv&#8217;s everyday uniform in TV series Succession.<\/p>\n<p>This is a loose fit, structured polo neck that is wide enough and tall enough to pull up around your ears.<\/p>\n<p>When Philo was at Celine, it&#8217;s what she wore to take a bow at the end of her shows, with chinos and white trainers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/19\/78254217-12792945-image-a-2_1701026928019.jpg\" height=\"950\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Laura Bailey attends Victoria Beckham&#8217;s dinner party at London Fashion Week on September 15, 2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/19\/78254215-12792945-image-a-4_1701026936622.jpg\" height=\"969\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marion Cotillard in the front row at the Jean-Paul Gaultier show at Haute Couture Fashion Week, Paris, France, on January 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p>In every portrait taken of her at the time, she&#8217;s either staring out from under a thick-ribbed polo neck pulled up to her nose, or her face is nestled in a cashmere roll neck. It&#8217;s no accident that Philo always wore a high-necked sweater in photographs. The neckline makes a smooth pedestal for the face and, folded over a little on one side, creates a soft, jawline-flattering frame.<\/p>\n<p>With a stiff tailored coat draped around the shoulders, or a sharp-shouldered jacket shrugged on top (both Philo signatures), you look business-like and uncluttered: no buttons, no collar, no competing neckline, just a clean united front.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the modern way of looking dressed but casual. And if you don&#8217;t like your neck, it covers that problem, too.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly this shape of sweater has become one of the building blocks of a chic working woman&#8217;s wardrobe, the perfect accompaniment to smart wide-leg trousers or luxe track pants, as well as working with fluid midi skirts. And it doesn&#8217;t have to cost Philo prices: it&#8217;s all about the proportions and the weight.<\/p>\n<p>Zara is my go-to for mid-weight structured polo necks.<\/p>\n<p>The one I wear most days is light grey with a charcoal contrast trim that makes it look designer smart (although it&#8217;s polyester and acrylic and goes in the washing machine). It&#8217;s hip-length with side splits for a neat fit, loose enough to put a shirt underneath, and, of course, it has just the right neck (\u00a335.99, zara.com).<\/p>\n<p>My perfect polo neck is ribbed; plain polo necks can look soggy. It should be roughly 6.5 to 7 inches tall \u2014 that&#8217;s long enough to stand up under your ears with plenty of wrinkles (your head should sit cradled in it like a strawberry in its husk), and wide enough so that, when it&#8217;s folded over, you don&#8217;t look like you&#8217;re wearing a wetsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Too-short polo necks cut off in just the wrong place and draw attention to your neck; too long ones don&#8217;t allow you to stand them up and can look bulky folded over or, worse, droop into a cowl and instantly add a decade to your age.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/19\/78254213-12792945-image-m-6_1701026949230.jpg\" height=\"980\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Victoria Beckham is pictured out and about in New York, United States of America, on December 7, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Snug-fit polo necks make you look like a Cluedo piece with a giant head, and a too-thick polo neck has the appearance of a neck brace.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid all the above I look for polo necks with a split in the back \u2014 they have a looser fit and never look bulky \u2014 side vents to keep the shape from looking boxy, and a slightly fuzzy texture because that gives them a designery feel.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Zara, good places to look for a high-neck sweater are Arket (\u00a377, arket.com) and Marks &amp; Spencer (\u00a335, marksandspencer.com). Chinti &amp; Parker does a smart rollneck with a central seam in a cashmere wool mix (\u00a371.25, chinti andparker.com) and the colours that will serve you best are grey, navy and brown.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also partial to a funnel neck \u2014 the ones that don&#8217;t roll over \u2014 as they can look neater. Marks &amp; Spencer does a good style in brown (\u00a369) while Anya Hindmarch&#8217;s cashmere sweater for Uniqlo, which has the eye detail on the neck \u2014 would make a good Christmas gift if someone&#8217;s feeling generous (\u00a3109.90, uniqlo.com).<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, there are turtlenecks (shorter polo-necks), which are harder to get right, but if I didn&#8217;t dislike my neck I&#8217;d be tempted by Hush&#8217;s style in ecru with black crochet trimmed seams (\u00a395, hush-uk.com).<\/p>\n<p>It happens to be called Celine and looks, appropriately, smarter and cooler than the average sweater.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12792945\/How-dress-like-grown-Flatter-face-age-defying-funnel-neck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to dress like a grown-up: Flatter your face with an age-defying funnel neck A loose fit, structured polo neck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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