Caustic Man
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This is absurd. This is not the "Anything could be appropriate if you think hard enough" forum. This is the classic menswear forum.
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I am required to wear a black dress or 3 button polo shirt paired with khaki or black pants as part of my daily workwear dress code in a retail environment. In an effort to find quality shirts, I turned to Brooks Brothers to see if I could find something that fit well and presented the best look that I could afford on short notice when the code changed over.
Brooks Brothers does not sell a black dress shirt. The highest quality, somewhat tailored, cotton black dress shirt that I could find was only available online through Jos A. Bank. Does that tell you anything? I don't know but I wasn't encouraged.
End of the work day wrinkles and all.
I now own about a dozen and wash them in Woolite for dark clothes to keep them from fading.
My other dress shirts and my suits weep silently in the closet.
I'm sure you could make a good argument that for ranchers and people who spend a lot of time with animals that a denim ***** makes much more sense than a cotton shirt. .
This is absurd. This is not the "Anything could be appropriate if you think hard enough" forum. This is the classic menswear forum.
I had a black shirt in the early 90's. They look awful after a few washings.
The time and place for a black dress shirt is between the ages of 16-20, at your high school prom or a waiter's job. Inappropriate anywhere else.
I submit that you were doing it wrong.
Not that you'll have any current use for this process but maybe someday, you'll have another (for whatever reason) and perhaps you'll recall this advice.
If you're looking for "elegant and refined," isn't the path of least resistance simply to wear elegant and refined clothing (IE, not a solid black shirt)?Well, black dress shirts are meant to look sleek, aren't they? I would think a slim guy in a black shirt is supposed to look elegant or refined in a way.
On the other hand, black for leather jackets is supposed to make you look masculine/macho. The argument goes on...
Well, black dress shirts are meant to look sleek, aren't they? I would think a slim guy in a black shirt is supposed to look elegant or refined in a way.
On the other hand, black for leather jackets is supposed to make you look masculine/macho. The argument goes on...
Well, black dress shirts are meant to look sleek, aren't they? I would think a slim guy in a black shirt is supposed to look elegant or refined in a way.
On the other hand, black for leather jackets is supposed to make you look masculine/macho. The argument goes on...
Posting two random, concusory generalizations does not establish the existence of a substantive "argument".
Keep in mind that you are posting in a classic menswear forum, where the focus is on clothes that work with a jacket and tie. The best you can do with a black "dress" shirt IMO is to wear it casually with no tie, perhaps to a night club. There are usually better choices for a strictly casual shirt (e.g. navy) and black shirts look absolutely terrible and not at all refined when worn with a tie. Most jackets don't go particularly well with them either. It's not really a proper dress shirt, more like a casual shirt that gets treated like a dress shirt just because it has a collar.
If you're looking for "elegant and refined," isn't the path of least resistance simply to wear elegant and refined clothing (IE, not a solid black shirt)?
Anyway, I'm a photographer, so they're an occupational hazard I have as yet avoided. They don't look good on most people.