conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

[oldog/oldtrix]

 

[james_timothy]

Now that I like. Very much.

 

[Fred49]

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by oldog/oldtrix

The shirt / tie combo is too busy for my taste (patterns too similar in scale). Nice choice of square.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by Fred49

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I would definitely change that square - too matchy-matchy w/ the tie. A white linen piped in blue would look good imo.

Otherwise the look is fine, albeit somewhat bland.

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

I would definitely change that square - too matchy-matchy w/ the tie.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

A white linen piped in blue would look good imo.

Disagreed. I think it'd look just as coordinated.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by TRINI

Disagreed. I think it'd look just as coordinated.

Hmm, I reread my suggestion and agree with you. The white / blue linen would only accentuate the shirt / tie color combination.

 

[Eustace]

Originally Posted by james_timothy

Now that I like. Very much.

Thanks. Appreciate it.

 

[Redwoood]

Originally Posted by edmorel

I'm actually doing that less and less but for certain outfits I think the BD/tie works better than no tie.

I remember at least one thread that is dedicated to this question.
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=210266

Personally, I don't think BD without tie is a good look. With a tie, the collar points towards the wearer's face (and actually forms an arrow with the tie). Without a tie, you have to unbutton the top button, and then the collar buttons force the collar to spread out in such a way as to point downwards, away from the face. At best, the collar is parallel to your neck, which looks odd to me. I guess you could unbutton the BD, but that's a different story altogether.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

FWIW, I never wear a tie with a BD. I also typically go tieless when wearing a sportcoat (though I probably wear one no more than once a week.)

 

[gdl203]

wow - a dissertation on the angle of lines created by an unbuttoned collar...

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Originally Posted by Redwoood

SkinnyGoomba,
that works very well for me. Not a receding into the background look, but a bold/sharp go out there and knock'em dead outfit.

Thank you!

Fred and Old dog, good looks! Old dog's one of my favorite posters for looks on this board. You can tell from the images posted that olddog has been doing this for a long time, and he's comfortable with his personal style.

 

[sellahi22]

Originally Posted by Redwoood

I remember at least one thread that is dedicated to this question.
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=210266

Personally, I don't think BD without tie is a good look. With a tie, the collar points towards the wearer's face (and actually forms an arrow with the tie). Without a tie, you have to unbutton the top button, and then the collar buttons force the collar to spread out in such a way as to point downwards, away from the face. At best, the collar is parallel to your neck, which looks odd to me. I guess you could unbutton the BD, but that's a different story altogether.

Agreed. BD without tie becomes like a reverse spread collar. Kind of sloppy, not a good look to my eye. I like medium spread in all situations.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

The shirt / tie combo is too busy for my taste (patterns too similar in scale).

Agree. The shade and texture of the suit is very nice.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by edmorel

I'm actually doing that less and less but for certain outfits I think the BD/tie works better than no tie.

+1. I have really started to like OCBD with black grenadine tie for brown tweed sportcoats and medium brown grenadine for blue tweeds.

Great thread, BTW.