Button down shirts with ties?

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by dopey

Weird. I have been wearing almost nothing but with suits for the last month (and with sportcoats,too).
Last time I saw you, you had one on with a DB, I think. Is that right?

 

[NaturalShoulder]

I like button downs with suits for a more casual look.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Last time I saw you, you had one on with a DB, I think. Is that right?
Very likely. And if it was a DB, it was probably gray flannel. I have been traveling a lot and found it easier to just stick with a tight rotation of suits, shirts and ties that go in and out of the suitcase. And since it is small town travel, I feel more comfortable in solid color suits, OCBDs and simple ties - so that's what is in the rotation. But by the time you showed up, I would have switched to a bowtie.

 

[Lone Wolf]

I do, but not with double-breasted suits.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by gdl203

I hate the look. Especially if the buttons are left unbuttoned

*bow*

My WAYW this week must have been a delight for you hatas.

I don't wear BDs with suits very often, but then, I don't wear suits very often.

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by Lone Wolf

I do, but not with double-breasted suits.
I wore one a couple of days ago with a db suit.

 

[NH_Clark]

in general I only wear bd with sportcoats+no tie. I'll wear with a suit if I'm getting down to the last of the shirt rotation but I tend to not like the look.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

i like it, unbuttoned with a collar pin.

usually with a sportcoat.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by gdl203

I hate the look. Especially if the buttons are left unbuttoned

Clearly you are an italics noob: "are" shouldn't be italicized, and italicizing "unbuttoned" is excessive.

Originally Posted by dopey

And if it was a DB, it was probably gray flannel.

As dwarf and midget living in the same neighborhood, I already knew we were close. Now, I feel positively brotherly! We should pitch a tent in Riverside Park, make s'mores, and tell ghost stories.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

pitch a tent....this place is getting pretty gay

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba

pitch a tent....this place is getting pretty gay

I would have said: "Pitch a tent? This place is getting pretty gay."

If you're going to italicize, you've got to punctuate correctly and pick the right word. Otherwise, the effect is confused--like Vox's last outfit.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

yeah, i just wanted you to correct me, that's the fun of all this.

P.S. to know where I want to italicize something, you need to know where i wanted to place the voice inflection. Your post assumes a lot.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba

yeah, i just wanted you to correct me, that's the fun of all this.

P.S. to know where I want to italicize something, you need to know where i wanted to place the voice inflection. Your post assumes a lot.

You're right. I base my analyses on the assumption that the speaker does not want to sound like a computer voice emulator or Chandler Bing.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Clearly you are an italics noob: "are" shouldn't be italicized, and italicizing "unbuttoned" is excessive.
Oh yeah? I don't think so.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Oh yeah? I don't think so.

Maybe you should try saying that sentence out loud.