Would this green shirt work?

MaxTO · May 20, 2011

Hello,

I'm looking for a bit of advice. Without me actually trying the shirt on, is there a way to tell if a certain color would work?

The shirt in question is below...

I usually wear lighter blue, and white shirts. I've recently tried a light purple and that seems to work as well. I would guess that I have olive (on the lighter side) toned skin, blue/grey eyes and dark brown hair.

I'd like to add some more colors to my shirts, other than whites and blues.

Thanks in advance!

Klobber · May 20, 2011

YES! Nice shirt, wear with pride. Would also go nice with green sweater vest and you could pull that shirt off with any grey / charcoal suit. Shirt does not cost more than $139 if I know the site you pulled the image off, it is not a lot of money for a decent quality shirt.

Macallan · May 20, 2011

You can wear it with a suit, would work better as a jacket/trouser (and sweater optional) combo (in my opinion)

edmorel · May 20, 2011

I am going to be a wet balncket and say that striped green shirt (or solid) pretty much never work, never seen one in an outfit where a blue or white shirt would not have been better.

patrickBOOTH · May 20, 2011

Originally Posted by edmorel

I am going to be a wet balncket and say that striped green shirt (or solid) pretty much never work, never seen one in an outfit where a blue or white shirt would not have been better.

+1

Patek · May 20, 2011

Yup, won't work. If it is a 17/35 please send it to me.

I think it will work nicely with an earth-tone jacket such as light brown.

acecow · May 20, 2011

Originally Posted by edmorel

I am going to be a wet balncket and say that striped green shirt (or solid) pretty much never work, never seen one in an outfit where a blue or white shirt would not have been better.

Define better.

The color is awesome, wear it to change things up a bit. Blue is always great, but it also can get boring.

PITAronin · May 20, 2011

An interesting split of opinions. I agree that you should be comfortable with the number of shirts you have in the more basic colors before you go out on a limb considering something like this one, that's a little out of the mainstream. That being said, my coloring is similar to yours and this week I went with a green and white bengal stripe (material sourced from member gshen) paired with a forest green grenadine tie from David Hober and I was really pleased with the effect.

Metlin · May 20, 2011

Originally Posted by edmorel

I am going to be a wet balncket and say that striped green shirt (or solid) pretty much never work, never seen one in an outfit where a blue or white shirt would not have been better.

+2.

MetroStyles · May 20, 2011

Only if you wear it with an orange jacket while giving out candy.

Not in this economy it wouldn't.

But seriously, folks...I'm here all week.

GBR · May 20, 2011

There is nothing wrong with it at all.

However

A web board is not the correct body to dress you

if you have so little confidence as to feel it necessary to ask then maybe you should avoid it.

Loathing · May 20, 2011

je l'aime

edmorel · May 20, 2011

Originally Posted by acecow

Define better.

The color is awesome, wear it to change things up a bit. Blue is always great, but it also can get boring.

By better, I mean that the first thing that sticks out from your outfit is the green shirt. Everytime I have seen this type of shirt worn, that is the first thing I notice, it always seems to look weird no matter what tie/suit combo. If you like the shirt to be the center of attention, then I can see going with a shirt like this. I can't ever recall seeing this type of shirt worn with a tie, where I have been impressed, if anyone has pics, would like to see it. Variety for the sake of variety is not a good thing.

jhcam8 · May 20, 2011

Originally Posted by edmorel

I am going to be a wet balncket and say that striped green shirt (or solid) pretty much never work, never seen one in an outfit where a blue or white shirt would not have been better.

I agree - green is a tough color to wear - and it often casts an unfortunate pall on the wearer's face.

acecow · May 20, 2011

I wear a more swampy kind of green shirts a lot. They are easy to pair and provide a nice alternative to blue and white. Also, I think this shirt would look awesome with a cream or beige suit sans tie in summer. Or as a casual shirt with chinos or jeans. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of those ensembles.

Would this green shirt work?

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