The fleece vest has long been relegated to punching-bag status in sartorial circles—no ... “It was kind of like a meme,” Quigley says of the fleece vest’s omnipresence in Midtown Manhattan ...

Consider the Better Sweater Fleece Vest. Patagonia’s signature vest might be a favorite of many a startup and finance guy, but despite the memes, it’s not without good reason.

In recent years, the Patagonia vest has become a wardrobe staple and status symbol for aspiring young titans of industry, inspiring countless memes and tribute Instagram accounts like @midtownuniform.

The vest makes regular appearances in the HBO series “Silicon Valley.” An Instagram account called “Midtown Uniform,” featuring memes of vest bro culture, has more than 131,000 followers.

Ah, the vest, a garment nearly killed by fashion-deprived finance types. You know the meme: the Midtown Uniform, comprising a button-down, a vest overtop and slacks to complete the fit.Like red hats, ...

The fleece vest has become such a standard accessory for office-bound tech and finance workers that it verges on parody. Since 2017 the savagely hilarious Instagram account Midtown Uniform has ...

Stay warm, but not too warm. Inside, shop the best fleece vests to wear this fall and winter, from brands including Lululemon, Canada Goose, Polo Ralph Lauren, and more.

A man in a collared shirt and fleece vest can get away with saying a lot of things. It’s a genius sartorial choice, really. Put a top-ranking official in a collared shirt and fleece vest, and he ...

The vest just comes in perfect for every day,” said Julio Maya, 33, an accountant for a property-management company who was spotted in a navy-blue fleece vest on 48th Street and Sixth Avenue on ...

THE FLEECE ZIP-UP VEST, the capstone of a new corporate uniform, lurks in air-conditioned corporate cubicles across America. It covers the sweating backs of nervous interns ordering supersize ...