What *don't* you wear? - Page 4

I'm with you on that. My wife keeps trying to buy me pink dress shirts and polos, and I flat out refuse. I don't care how trendy it is, pink's for girls

Totally a girl's color. Totally not classic. Totally trendy...

AEs, Longwings, AE Longwings,

Prince Charles refused to wear yellow and pink dress shirts too.

*shrug* powdered wigs are totally classic too, but you won't find me in one. I find them as distasteful and effeminate as pink shirts

So are cod pieces

shoes
three piece suits

OTH, he wished that he was a tampon.

wing tips
full-brogues
bracelets
360* welts
norwegian welts

flip flops
boat shoes
tassel loafers
straight or boot cut jeans (only slim legs)
cuffed jeans (except slim on the legs)
cuffed trousers
boots
longwings & gunboats
white shoes
extra elongated or pointy shoes
vintage shoes
light cream color shoes (except suede)
spadriles
matching light belts & shoes
matching suede belts & shoes
matching socks & shirts
short pants
short jackets
short shorts
"french" blue shirts
pink anything
guayabera shirts (those loose wite shirts with 4 big pockets, don't know the name in english)
red, green, yellow pants
any seasonal costume (ala BB seasons catalog)
happy socks
white socks
wide ties
wide lapels

 

There's an intriguingly complex free association/stream of consciousness flow to this list.

 

I really hope it isn't the result of editing, and was genuinely expounded in a single passionate bolus.

Sounds like asking you what you actually wear would return a shorter list

Absolutely any leather goods in black(there is no patina so ding)
Gold buttons on blazer (but this one I am changing)
Tweed (way too warm in the tropics)
Absolutely anything with a logo on it
Seersucker or madras (linen and hand loomed cotton is good enough)
Striped or repp ties (remind me of medical reps who used to chase my doctor father)
Black tie outfit (association with bearers is too strong in my mind, velvet smoking jacket or a black tussah silk shervani are my defaults)
Any Commercial cologne (only wear bespoke)
Actually almost anything that not bespoke(advantage of living in the tropics)
Special pockets for iPhone etc
Granadine ties ( switching the lot to tussah, shantung and linen. More suited to the tropics)

That is of course total rubbish. There is no more elegant and flattering colour for men's shirt. Pink briefcases and shoes should be off limits but it works in shorts especially in the tropics. Suggest you start with pink boxers and work your way up as you build your manly confidence.

I used, to really dislike those shoes with the stitching up the front of the toe--IHNI what that's called--but I'm coming 'round to them. I hate gaudy ties/pocket squares; I see a lot of guys wear them here. Almost anything from SW&D is terrible aesthetically and objectively. No Prada/any shitty designer brand for me; it's all crap, really, but, if I saw something good from them, I wouldn't dismiss that individual piece, of course.

And, man, if I was by a pool--and in and out of the water--I would wear the shit out of some flip-flops!



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