I finally boght a pair of white pants, now what

Gallardo2501 · Apr 4, 2011

They were a impulse buy, and I thought I would wear them in lieu of khaki pants with a sport coat this spring.

I normally wear white shirts, but I feel this will be to bright, and a tie would not break up the mono tone enough if I ever take the jacket off. The obvious solution is to wear one of my light purple or blue shirts, but I thought I'd play around and see if I could still get away with a white shirt with the use of a light weight sweater vest, but I'm just not sure.

I'm visiting friends in Florida in a few weeks and would like to be confident packing them.

Suggestions?

pvrhye · Apr 4, 2011

Pray you don't **** em up the first time you go out drinking like I did with both pairs I made the mistake of purchasing.

crinklecut · Apr 4, 2011

Yeah, don't wear a white shirt unless you're planning on a sweater too. What I like is white jeans with a light blue shirt and grey or khaki sport coat. A bit boring, but whatever. Navy and white is too nautical for a landlubber like me.

Ich_Dien · Apr 4, 2011

Embrace the nautical.

tombrokaw · Apr 4, 2011

jeans or regular cotton like khakis?

In summer and spring I like to pair colorful polo shirts with them.

chevron · Apr 4, 2011

Ferrari jacket

Gallardo2501 · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by tombrokaw

jeans or regular cotton like khakis?

In summer and spring I like to pair colorful polo shirts with them.

They are light cotton trousers. I only were jean's when I'm doing some sort of outside work, so white jeans are out of the question for me lol.

tombrokaw · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by Gallardo2501

They are light cotton trousers. I only were jean's when I'm doing some sort of outside work, so white jeans are out of the question for me lol.
I love white pants and i wear them with any colorful shirt. Also works great with a seersucker jacket. I even wear them with a brown corduroy jacket now and then. You can wear flips with them or boat shoes or desert boots or canvas shoes. White pants are playful and refreshing.

Darunee · Apr 4, 2011

Hope the pants have good lining and pockets in the back or else your dark color shirt will show under your light white cotton if you tuck in your shirt.

lasbar · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by chevron

Ferrari jacket

NASCAR jacket...

Patek · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by lasbar

NASCAR jacket...

That is so five minutes ago.

Harley Davidson jacket.

GBear · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by pvrhye

Pray you don't **** em up the first time you go out drinking like I did with both pairs I made the mistake of purchasing.

Make sure to wipe twice.

Gus · Apr 4, 2011

Get them tailored so that they aren't too long.

Get light colored or white socks

Wear with light colored suede shoes

Blue shirt

Get a tan

Don't wear white tightie whities, wear grey briefs or freeball it.

Klobber · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

Get them tailored so that they aren't too long.

Get light colored or white socks

Wear with light colored suede shoes

Blue shirt

Get a tan "Or apply self Tan product"

Don't wear white tightie whities, wear grey briefs or freeball it. Just be careful when pulling the zipper up in freeball case.

+ 1 great advice. Im no fan of white trousers, but in this setting, it looks quite decent.

DerekS · Apr 4, 2011

Originally Posted by tombrokaw

You can wear flips with them .

just because you can doesnt mean you should. The only time a man is ever able to wear flip flops is when the are ON the beach. not near, not close, not on the way to ...but ON THE BEACH.

I agree on the desert boots though. A brown suede with white pants looks great.

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