Friday Challenge 19th September 2014: Brown tie without a staple shirt.

[calypso]

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[Gus]

^^^Perfect shirt with a solid brown tie and/or brown shoes. I'm going to have to find something similar.

 

[calypso]

thanks (if it's my shirt you refer to)

http://custom.luxire.com/collections/linen-shirts/products/white-blue-tan-graph-linen

 

[tchoy]

Just realise majority of my shirts are blue based.

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Bntailor suit

Drakes tie

Charles Nakle shirt

Rubanacci PS

G&G shoes

 

[cptjeff]

Today was a ';the world can go screw itself' kind of day. Got to go into work late, green shirt, olive pants, green shoes. Maybe not the best fit in the world, but it's been a long week.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Sorry, @sugarbutch , I just can't get behind that shirt. It's not just the colour, it's the hue - it's a really cool green, whereas everything else is warm.

 

[sugarbutch]

Which green are using for your assessment? The left or right? Because it's actually more like the left. In either case, though, I'm not sure I give this theory much credence. A typical blue shirt would not attract any comment, and it would be a "cool" hue. The hank is blue, and I'm not sure I would call these pants a "warm" gray. I don't think any of this will change your mind but I am unpersuaded.

 

[Coxsackie]

I think SF should initiate a special new tumblr entitled "Sugarbutch's passionate defences of his own fits".

 

[Betelgeuse]

Tu hoy killin' it!

 

[Claghorn]

SeaJen, dress slacks are growing on me.

 

[SeaJen]

It's a slippery slope, Clags.

 

[Butler]

NSM tobacco SB double vent with ivory DB waistcaoat, Rubinacci brown dotted knit, NSM pink shirt, Grundwald crepe PS, Lobb, St James's nubucks

 

[sugarbutch]

If I'm not mistaken those are the same Ikea shelves I have in my hallway! Like all of the best Ikea items, discontinued...

I wouldn't call my response to FlyingMonkey a defense. I was debating the specific point he made. I'm not even sure that I like the combination myself! I think the shirt is too saturated for general use, but such are the perils of ordering shirts from swatches.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

If I'm not mistaken those are the same Ikea shelves I have in my hallway! Like all of the best Ikea items, discontinued...

I wouldn't call my response to FlyingMonkey a defense. I was debating the specific point he made. I'm not even sure that I like the combination myself! I think the shirt is too saturated for general use, but such are the perils of ordering shirts from swatches.

I have often said that the whole point is to discuss what we wear. I find any accusations of 'defensiveness' odd (I've had them made of me before too) - if someone makes a criticism, it seems normal to explain one's thought process. One may still be wrong or right or it may be simply a matter of subjective aesthetics, but nobody can do better if they don't understand the reasons involved in dressing well. So, keep explaining, @sugarbutch . We all benefit.

 

[Betelgeuse]

A couple hours left to post!

Great combo Butler!