If you're wearing a jacket, as I always am, the sweater vest always needs to be buttoned, with the exception of the bottom button. But if you're going sans jacket, you can leave it open.
Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.
We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.
We need to treat each other with consideration. In my world, the squeaky wheel does not get the grease.
Does a man need to know what a peplum is? Probably not.
Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.