wearing chinos casually?

[rockket]

Hey

Just wondering how to wear my chinos casually in a high school/everyday environment. I'm usually a polo/shirt&sweater + jeans kind of guy, but i'm looking to change it up a bit in the pants department. The problem is, it looks awkardly-not-quite-dressed-up-nor-casual when I pull on my chinos and polo (untucked). Ideas? Input?

Thanks.

 

[Not Carl]

Slimmer fit chinos/khakis usually look a little more casual.

 

[seen]

Polo + khakis don't look award at all

 

[Renault78law]

I lifted this from thesartorialist.com. I dunno what it is, but I love this look. He's got it going on.

 

[rockket]

Originally Posted by seen

Polo + khakis don't look award at all

If I were 5 or 2 years older, I wouldn't be thinking that. But I'm only 17, and still stuck in highschool. When most kids are wearing t-shirt + jeans or gym clothes, I'd look pretty out of place.

By the way, most of my polos are classic fit Polo - they fit, but aren't exactly "slim." So unless I wear my (fewer) "fitted" ones, slimfit chinos will look out of place.

Oh, and Renault - the picture's not working for me.

Thanks again, everyone.

 

[StevenRocks]

How ro make them work in high school? Avoid pleats and don't iron them.

 

[seen]

Well polos and khakis is only a small step up from tees and jeans, it's no big deal. I mean it's not like one day you just decide to go to school in suits.

Speaking of which, there was a kid in SF a few months ago who liked to wear suits to school. That was weird.

 

[Edward Appleby]

No pleats is really the key. It also helps if they're pretty broken in.

 

[familyman]

No pleats, no creases, no cuffs. Don't even fold them, just go from the dryer to a pile on the floor. J Crew and several other places sell khakis that are pre-beat to **** that would work well. There's more than one way to wear khakis and a polo.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by seen

Well polos and khakis is only a small step up from tees and jeans, it's no big deal. I mean it's not like one day you just decide to go to school in suits.

Speaking of which, there was a kid in SF a few months ago who liked to wear suits to school. That was weird.
What ever happened to that guy, anyway?

 

[JBZ]

Originally Posted by j

What ever happened to that guy, anyway?

The football team won't let him get back out of his locker (kidding, kidding...).

 

[Edward Appleby]

Originally Posted by JBZ

The football team won't let him get back out of his locker (kidding, kidding...).
As I recall he was six something 250+...

 

[aspriel]

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

As I recall he was six something 250+...

Could very well be a lot of fat. Doesn't matter. At high school, I was 6' 265 or so... lots of fat... but I'll be damned if my one or two punches/kicks did as much as 10 of theirs.

P.S. There's a Facebook group about people wearing suits to class...

 

[JBZ]

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

As I recall he was six something 250+...

Then perhaps he's busy keeping the football team in their lockers.

 

[seen]

250+??
I remembered him being skinny, and wore suits that were too baggy.

Originally Posted by aspriel

P.S. There's a Facebook group about people wearing suits to class...

Facebook is for university students, though. In a business program, it's pretty normal to see people in suits. This kid was wearing suits to school as a junior in highschool.