Need Advice on Shirt/Tie Combination

[iorek64]

I'm attending an engagement party this weekend and it will be semi-formal however probably bordering more on the formal end. I was planning on wearing this suit vest + suit pants combination:

http://i.imgur.com/UmuLl.jpg

along with a light blue finely checkered shirt and a subtle diagonal striped burgundy tie. I realize typically with pinstripe suiting the convention is to use a solid shirt and then a bold pattern for the tie; I just wanted advice on whether this would be a fashion faux pas or not. Also...to make it a bit less formal I was going to roll up the sleeves and wear the tie with the top shirt button unbuttoned. What do you think?

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]

If it's "bordering more on the formal end" then wear a coat, a waistcoat sans coat is hard to pull off without looking like a waiter. And pin-stripes are generally for business, I would not wear them to a party.

And please keep your top button done up if wearing a tie, the tie with undone button thing is a total douche look. It is just sloppy.

 

[latindandy]

formal requires white dress shirt ...

 

[Samovar McGee]

My suggestion: Wear a jacket. A friend of mine recently wore a shirt, vest and tie to a wedding and to me it just looked out of place and odd. A good middle ground is a sportcoat and trousers if it's not all that formal.

 

[idfnl]

Originally Posted by Samovar McGee

My suggestion: Just wear a suit. A friend of mine recently wore a shirt, vest and tie to a wedding and to me it just looked out of place and odd.

+1

Suit it

 

[Samovar McGee]

Originally Posted by idfnl

+1

Suit it

Aw, great. You got me in mid-edit. Oh well, sentiments are still the same.