Green shirts - what to wear them with?

[Holdfast]

I have a couple of green dress shirts - one a sage/money green, another a brighter "minty" sort of green. The mint green is slightly more casual with button cuffs, but the sage one is definitely more businessy with french cuffs.

I need more inspiration as to things to wear with them. I wore the sage one for the first time in ages today and while I like the colour, I do sometimes struggle to pair it with other items.

I tend to use them with navy suits or with white/cream items, but want more ideas.

Colours to use with them, styles to try, any tips really!

 

[yachtie]

Tans or brighter blues. Sage green and silvery grey works too,

 

[Douglas]

Painter's pants. For when you're, you know, painting.

 

[Iceball]

I had a mustard yellow corduroy jacket that worked really well with my green shirts, and I don't normally like corduroy but it definitely worked. I would think that unless the green is too bright then pastel shaded jackets and trousers should work pretty well. I agree it's not that easy to match though but if you have any more 'lively' items I think green makes a good match for more extrovert colours.

Hope this helps

 

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Painter's pants. For when you're, you know, painting.
You need to stop hanging out with FNB

 

[Mark from Plano]

I only have one:

Same combo, no tie:

 

[Holdfast]

Thanks for the tips guys. I especially like the idea of sage green with silvery grey.

One other pair of suggestions I wanted to discuss further...

Originally Posted by Iceball

I had a mustard yellow corduroy jacket that worked really well with my green shirts...

Originally Posted by yachtie

Tans...

I initially thought tan or mustard would complement the green but I tried pairing the sage green shirt with a mustardy/tan pair of trousers today and the overall look became "muddy". I guess it needed either paler or yellower tan.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

I only have one:

Same combo, no tie:

It's a good thing you wore a green tie with that, otherwise peeps might not notice the green shirt and windowpane.

 

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

It's a good thing you wore a green tie with that, otherwise peeps might not notice the green shirt and windowpane.

 

[mossrockss]

In general I think navy complements green (depending on the hue and saturation of course) extremely well.

 

[Mr. Moo]

I've done this...

 

[Master-Classter]

1. http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=6309

2. Here are some color combo ideas, not necessarily green shirt, but just sort of blur your vision and look at the combinations of different colors...

 

[Holdfast]

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

2. Here are some color combo ideas, not necessarily green shirt, but just sort of blur your vision and look at the combinations of different colors...

Wow, how did you find those so quickly?? Thanks!

I really like the colours in this one:

The dark brown works beautifully against the green - definitely will try that combo come the autumn. I also like the grey part of the outfit against the green too.

 

[ndw]

Coincidentally, I wore this to work today with a navy blazer. It's a dark purple tie and I thought it worked pretty nicely.

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[Master-Classter]

Originally Posted by Holdfast

Wow, how did you find those so quickly??

I've got a couple pics saved as inspirations... everything from fit, proportion, color combos, specific items, etc. So I just searched my file for "green"...