HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III - Page 1428

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Originally Posted by UrbanComposition 

This suit has no buttons

Obviously, it has a belly-one...

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Originally Posted by DocHolliday 

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Originally Posted by Holdfast 

If it's a casual country-ish look with a tie (the fit in question that sparked this tangent), I really don't like smooth.flat-woven non-button-down collar white shirts.

No on this one from Cravate's blog? (I think it's a white shirt anyway. If it isn't, pretend it is. I think the contrast still works.)

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Here's one I posted. Naturally, I like it, though that doesn't mean you should:

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There are also some good examples of tweed + white shirts on Downton Abbey. Just takes a very measured approach to color and contrast, IMO.

First one looks either pale grey or ecru to me? Either lessens the harsh contrast. Your look is clearly nice but I think would be even better with off-white. *shrug*

I do think that the presence of a waistcoat or jumper (something the above two pics have) lessens my quibble with the look to some degree, due to the simple practical fact of the intervening garment covering a large percentage of the shirt, diminishing the contrast.

As for the Downton looks, I think I'd prefer them all with tattersals instead of white shirts. However, I will allow that a club collar functions somewhat similarly to a BD collar in deformalising/sportifying the look, thus falling under my already stated exemption for white shirts if they're BDs. ;)