cmeisenzahl
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From today's WSJ.
Q: What do you think about men wearing medium-wash jeans with French cuffs, tie and jacket? My husband thinks it is fine and fashion-forward. I think it is the equivalent of mullet dressing -- business on the top and party on the bottom. To me it just looks too incongruent, especially if it is a suit-coat-type jacket and not the most casual sport jacket. Thank you for possibly settling this issue between my husband and me.
"”M.K., Rapid City, S.D.
A: Men don't have to limit their French-cuff shirts to dressy business suits or formal wear. Think of the debonair former Gucci designer Tom Ford. He's been rocking French-cuff shirts without a tie as his signature look, inspiring many fashionable men to do the same.
For years, dashing gents in Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Madrid have long paired flat-front dress slacks with a fitted, open-collar, starched white shirt with French cuffs. It's an elegant sportswear look for warmer weather that Continentals favor for dining out and nightclubbing. They sometimes artfully drape a sport coat over their shoulders. It's an affectation that many American men might find a little too "La Dolce Vita." But on a slender, confident guy, this get-up has a certain panache.
Your husband's choice of jeans with his French-cuff shirt could work if he chooses crisp, dark denim jeans with a narrow silhouette. But just say no to faded, baggy denim -- no matter what he's wearing on top. And if he's really committed to wearing jeans, he should leave the tie off.
As for his choice of casual cuff links, he should regard them as an opportunity to express his personal style. He might pick tidy silk knot links, if he is understated, or flashier gold, silver or onyx cuff links if he is prone to a bit more flash.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123681038743900849.html
Q: What do you think about men wearing medium-wash jeans with French cuffs, tie and jacket? My husband thinks it is fine and fashion-forward. I think it is the equivalent of mullet dressing -- business on the top and party on the bottom. To me it just looks too incongruent, especially if it is a suit-coat-type jacket and not the most casual sport jacket. Thank you for possibly settling this issue between my husband and me.
"”M.K., Rapid City, S.D.
A: Men don't have to limit their French-cuff shirts to dressy business suits or formal wear. Think of the debonair former Gucci designer Tom Ford. He's been rocking French-cuff shirts without a tie as his signature look, inspiring many fashionable men to do the same.
For years, dashing gents in Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Madrid have long paired flat-front dress slacks with a fitted, open-collar, starched white shirt with French cuffs. It's an elegant sportswear look for warmer weather that Continentals favor for dining out and nightclubbing. They sometimes artfully drape a sport coat over their shoulders. It's an affectation that many American men might find a little too "La Dolce Vita." But on a slender, confident guy, this get-up has a certain panache.
Your husband's choice of jeans with his French-cuff shirt could work if he chooses crisp, dark denim jeans with a narrow silhouette. But just say no to faded, baggy denim -- no matter what he's wearing on top. And if he's really committed to wearing jeans, he should leave the tie off.
As for his choice of casual cuff links, he should regard them as an opportunity to express his personal style. He might pick tidy silk knot links, if he is understated, or flashier gold, silver or onyx cuff links if he is prone to a bit more flash.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123681038743900849.html
