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Brightly-colored undershirts under button-ups

post #1 of 62
4/28/10 at 12:15am
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I'm into this lately. Thoughts?

An example that immediately comes to mind is DDL:



Yes I know it's a henley. I'll try to find some more good pictures.
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post #2 of 62
4/28/10 at 12:17am
undershirt =
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post #3 of 62
4/28/10 at 12:20am
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thanks for contributing, pitstains I like this one from WAYW: And this one from Sart:
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post #4 of 62
4/28/10 at 2:32am
As a fan of colors I hate this.
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post #5 of 62
4/28/10 at 3:33am
I've been seeing this around town lately and can't say I'm a fan. I feel that in many cases, the colored undershirt diverts your attention away from the more significant outer garment. That guy in the fair isle-esque blazer for example, the first thing I notice is the salmon undershirt when I should be in fact drawn to that knit.
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post #6 of 62
4/28/10 at 3:39am
Undershirts are white and not meant to be seen.
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post #7 of 62
4/28/10 at 4:26am
It just looks sloppy. IMO it just screams "I'm too lazy to wash my white shirts".
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post #8 of 62
4/28/10 at 4:38am
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Originally Posted by aeglus View Post
Undershirts are white and not meant to be seen.
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Originally Posted by Mantis Toboggan, M.D View Post
It just looks sloppy. IMO it just screams "I'm too lazy to wash my white shirts".
My thoughts exactly. Undershirts are underwear.
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post #9 of 62
4/28/10 at 9:03am
In the pictures it looks like a nice way to add a pop of colour.


But there are better ways to add colour to a fit. Also i can't stand wearing undershirts. Even if it's freezing, i'd rather just add layers than have layers underneath. Unless i'm skiing.
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post #10 of 62
4/28/10 at 10:19am
undershirts brings your sex appeal down by a few points
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post #11 of 62
4/28/10 at 10:45am
i never wear undershirts... or very rarely
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post #12 of 62
4/28/10 at 11:06am
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I really just don't get you guys -- why should the undershirt be different than any other garment in providing an opportunity to add interesting color/texture to a fit? Who cares if undershirts are traditionally white and not visible? It seems like MC logic seeping into the SWD mindset. Snake - Thanks for your opinion but that fit (which I love) would be a hundred times less interesting without the undershirt. Not only does the color itself work very well, but the visible undershirt gives a nice vertical symmetry of casual-ness with the dirty sneakers.
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post #13 of 62
4/28/10 at 11:57am
As long as the undershirt compliments the shirt, I think it's a good look (i.e. blue shirt w/ red and blue plaid shirt.)
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post #14 of 62
4/28/10 at 12:07pm
I think it can look good.

In all the examples above, the undershirt was chosen specifically to add a pop of color to the outfit. Nothing wrong with that.

I think people have a knee-jerk reaction to the idea of visible undershirts because it's so poorly done in real life. Most men wear ratty white undershirts visible under their button-down shirts, and that does indeed look bad.
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post #15 of 62
4/28/10 at 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by TheDroog View Post
the undershirt was chosen specifically to add a pop of color to the outfit. Nothing wrong with that.
I like to do this sometimes.
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