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DB suit with BD shirt?

Is a BD collar acceptable with a DB suit?

  • Absolutely.

    Votes: 10 29.4%
  • It's risky, but it can work well.

    Votes: 11 32.4%
  • Never.

    Votes: 13 38.2%

  • Total voters
    34

archibaldleach

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Diversity is the spice of life. By the way, it's my recollection that Foo was also -- for a time, anyway -- thinking of having french cuffs on his MTM OCBD shirts. I'm not sure if he went through with that plan, though.


I believe his plan was for a linked-cuff shirt and was debating collar styles including a BD collar. IIRC, he was talked into a spread collar in part due to the fact that he was already planning to order some OCBDs anyway. Foo is also somewhat of a unique case with his various style eccentricities (OneShoe, OneShirt. OneTrouser).
 

Ivar

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I believe his plan was for a linked-cuff shirt and was debating collar styles including a BD collar. IIRC, he was talked into a spread collar in part due to the fact that he was already planning to order some OCBDs anyway. Foo is also somewhat of a unique case with his various style eccentricities (OneShoe, OneShirt. OneTrouser).


Single-linked cuffs, right! Now I remember! Even more eccentric. :foo::foo::foo:
 
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MisterFu

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Interesting the comments about the possibility of a generational divide on BD collars. I know that my stepson, for whatever reason, will have no part of them, even though his customary work attire--a decent pair of slacks, good shoes and a dressy shirt worn with an open collar--would seem to be better served by BD shirts than the point collars he favors. I seem to recall someone in this forum stating that nobody under 65 wore BD collars!
I am 39 and wear them all the time. Just not with suits. I don't think it's a generational thing. My father wears them in the same fashion I do: BD shirts with sport coats, never with full suits.
 

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I don't know if it's an age thing as much as a background thing, you know? I'm very young, but BD shirts with suits have never seemed that bizarre to me. My clothes-consciousness started with BB and grew out from there, so the idea of a BD collar with a suit seems as natural as any other. Heck, it beats a super-wide spread, which just looks contrived to me. It's a matter of taste and upbringing, I guess.
 

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