Balfour
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The conventional forvm wisdom is to avoid dark trousers with odd jackets.
With a dark odd jacket (e.g. a navy blazer), the combination is condemned as lacking sufficient contrast.
With a lighter odd jacket, the combination is condemned on the basis that 'darker jacket / lighter trousers' works better.
But what low-contrast or light jacket / dark trouser combinations do people think work well?
My contribution: the low contrast blazer and greys can work very well as a formal and classical combination (despite criticisms to the contrary), but easy to foul up if the fine tuning is off:
Beppe:
http://www.styleforum.net/t/309586/whnay-s-good-taste-thread/4950_50#post_6082629

Cantabrigian:
http://www.styleforum.net/t/309586/whnay-s-good-taste-thread/5050_50#post_6084163

Beyond low contrast blazers, despite Foo's explanation later in the thread, I think that Rubinacci looks pretty good here:
http://www.styleforum.net/t/309586/whnay-s-good-taste-thread/5000_50#post_6082679

With a dark odd jacket (e.g. a navy blazer), the combination is condemned as lacking sufficient contrast.
With a lighter odd jacket, the combination is condemned on the basis that 'darker jacket / lighter trousers' works better.
But what low-contrast or light jacket / dark trouser combinations do people think work well?
My contribution: the low contrast blazer and greys can work very well as a formal and classical combination (despite criticisms to the contrary), but easy to foul up if the fine tuning is off:
Beppe:
http://www.styleforum.net/t/309586/whnay-s-good-taste-thread/4950_50#post_6082629
Cantabrigian:
http://www.styleforum.net/t/309586/whnay-s-good-taste-thread/5050_50#post_6084163
Beyond low contrast blazers, despite Foo's explanation later in the thread, I think that Rubinacci looks pretty good here:
http://www.styleforum.net/t/309586/whnay-s-good-taste-thread/5000_50#post_6082679
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