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trousers to wear with t-shirts

discopope

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i just bought a T-shirt, pale yellow with a bit of cream to it, a sky blue/grey print on the front. it's a great shirt, with excellent hang to it, but i'm not sure what trousers to wear with it. i could always wear some jeans, but i'm going out and jeans seem so tired...any suggestions?
 

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T-shirt is for gym.

Seriously, though, a t-shirt is very casual attire, 'nice print' or no. So jeans are your best bet. If the event/environment is too dressy for jeans, it's too dressy for a t-shirt. Unless it's a nice, dressy, silk t-shirt with sleeves 3/4 to the elbow or something.
 

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i mainly meant to find something slightly different than jeans to wear with it...not to dress it up, just as an alternative to denim.
 

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Differnet sorts of cotton casual pants, perhaps in slightly faded summer colors or neutrals. I'm sure there are examples of this on the Sartorialist's blog.
 

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Originally Posted by discopope
i just bought a T-shirt, pale yellow with a bit of cream to it, a sky blue/grey print on the front. it's a great shirt, with excellent hang to it, but i'm not sure what trousers to wear with it. i could always wear some jeans, but i'm going out and jeans seem so tired...any suggestions?

Some suggestions:
* Linen pants (e.g. natural, brown, navy...)
* Linen "jeans"
* Fine whale corduroy "jeans (e.g. grey)
 

mr monty

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Linen trousers would look good with those t-shirts.
 

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Also, it's important to have the pants fit closely to how the t-shirt fits. You don't want a tight t-shirt and baggy pants.
 

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