Tweed & Fair Isle - fusty or feisty? We can all be geography teachers now

In my recent sort through my wardrobe I came across a Fair Isle pullover that I'm pretty sure I bought in as a teenager in the early seventies from the long-missed Kensington Antique Hypermarket (there were a number of similar markets at that time that were treasure troves of sixties clothing).

I've hardly ever worn it, but it has missed the attention of our particularly voracious moths, so, influenced by the recent BBC Young James Herriot series, I thought I'd try it on (above).  The tweedy Fair Isle look reminds me of the clothes my teachers used to wear at school (yes, the geography teachers did wear tweed jackets with leather elbow patches).

Photo BBC

Photo BBC

A man of my age might be worrying about tweed and Fair Isle being too fusty* (see below), however, the look has been taken up seriously by the fashion industry, led by designers such as Ralph Lauren.  What do we think?  Fusty or no?

Here are some photos found on the web, sorry I don't know whose they are -

* fus·ty adj. fus·ti·er, fus·ti·est
1. Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
2. Old-fashioned; antique.
[Middle English, from Old French fust, piece of wood, wine cask, from Latin fustis, stick, club.]
fusti·ly adv.
fusti·ness n

(From The Free Dictionary)