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Incorporating off-white shirts

Chris124

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Hi, I know that white shirts (at least according to one strand of menswear thought) are unsuitable to wear outside of business looks (and black tie etc.) because they look just too crisp and dressy.

What about those almost-white shirts, with which you often have to specify they are not actually white when posting a picture, like ecru, bone white or some very light blue?

I'm 70% percent sure they will go well with stuff like tweed and that there's no trouble in incorporating them, but I'm asking just in case if they happened to be too formal.
 

Louis19

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Hi Chris, from my opinion I'd say it very much depends on the style of the shirt as well as the rest of the outfit. I'm sure there are ways to match an almost-white shirt with a tweed jacket for example. Even a white shirt could be worn outside of business looks. Happy to comment if there are pictures you'd like to share
 

rjc149

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I know that white shirts (at least according to one strand of menswear thought) are unsuitable to wear outside of business looks (and black tie etc.) because they look just too crisp and dressy.
I'd be curious to know where this strand of menswear thought lives.
 

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