What *don't* you wear?

[RJE]



Most of this thread!

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Bow ties (except with dinner suit)
Ascots
Button down shirts
Contrast collar shirts
Tab/pin/club collar shirts
Tweed
Two button jackets
Double breasted jackets
Wide lapel jackets
3 roll 2 jackets
Pleated strides
Strides with turnups
Double FIH tie knots
Bracelets
Tassel loafers
Boat shoes
Oxfords
Felt lapel flowers
Cardigans
Sweaters, especially the shawl collar ones
Sweater vests
Pyjamas
Waistcoats
Ball caps (any caps)
Monks
Flip flops(maybe at pool or beach)
Cargo strides
Anything brown
Sock garters
Sleeve garters
Green eyeshades!
High waters
Tighty whities
Coloured shoelaces
Facial hair
Opera pumps
Cummerbunds
Filson bags
Gloves in overcoat breast pockets
Galoshes

I see the list, but all I hear is the Forces of Anarchy speech from Reginal Perrin:


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[Britalian]



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I see the list, but all I hear is the Forces of Anarchy speech from Reginal Perrin:
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hail Jimmy! ..."Namby pamby probation Officers... keg bitter..."

and C.J.-

I didn't get where I am today wearing flip flops in public

David Nobbs genius.

 

[CousinDonuts]

Green Hermes wallets

 

[Britalian]



Green Hermes wallets

wear....

 

[CousinDonuts]



wear....

you don't wear hermes, it wears you.

 

[Britalian]



you don't wear hermes, it wears you.

fair point.

 

[username79]

pocket squares
bowties with non-black tie
hats
fur

rolled up sleeves
to explain, I had a coworker that rolled up his sleeves every day without fail for two years. To above his elbows. I thought he looked like a complete idiot.
I will roll up a bit while driving or if I need to do physical work
but I dislike when people roll up their sleeves as the norm

 

[Texastyle]



pocket squares
bowties with non-black tie
hats
fur
rolled up sleeves
to explain, I had a coworker that rolled up his sleeves every day without fail for two years. To above his elbows. I thought he looked like a complete idiot.
I will roll up a bit while driving or if I need to do physical work
but I dislike when people roll up their sleeves as the norm

Where do you live? If it's 100 degrees outside then I'm rolling these bad boys up unless I need to be more formal.

One thing that I would never wear are contrast collar shirts. It just screams douche. Also, anything in paisley.

 

[rikod]

I forgot:
pleats
creased cotton/chinos, or even worse, creased jeans

 

[Geezer]

If we aggregated all the "do not wears" I suspect we'd end up concluding that we should only ever wear dark 2-button SB suits with white shirts and balmoral shoes. Apparenty without wristwatches (Las - really?)

Are wristwatches, pink shirts, or black brogues really that evil? (Full disclosure: I am wearing a Cartier Tank on a black croc strap today; wore a light pink shirt on Monday and wore a weather-beaten pair of 20-year old black EG full brogues yesterday because it was raining and the cracked leather is by now held together primarily by a mix of Renovateur and shoe cream and they will die soon so I don't mind them getting soaked. If England get to the Euro 2012 finals, I'll dig out my England shirt and go to the pub with my mates to watch it. And I was briefly in a very hot and mildly dangerous third world country recently and my well-worn Royal Robbins "cargo pants" were both useful and appropriate, thank you very much.)

You should not wear:

- most "designer" ****;
- cheap ugly ****;
- **** that does not fit;
- **** that does not fit (repeated for emphasis).

And that's about it. Personally, I would rather staple my ballsack to a piece of wood than wear boat shoes except when saliling a yacht, any form of "interesting" t-shirt, most American shoes, bow ties (except with black/white tie), cravats, or a gimp mask in public. But anything else, done well, ought to find favour here.

 

[Manofstyle85]

Yeah, you don't see them that much in the UK. There's a lot of American clothing I love, but tasselled loafers? To me, they look very feminine. I guess I could add opera pumps to that list too.

Ummm, I am in the market for a few pairs.

 

[Sir Humphrey Appleby]



crocs are ugly.

Picking them at work makes me want to cry. Partly because they are a nightmare to stack properly on the trolley and partly because I know they are going to someone completely lacking in taste. Bird came round tonight wearing them, they look even worse on the foot than on the shelf. Each to their own and all that but just why?

Chinos.

 

[Sir Humphrey Appleby]

Tasselled loafers - are you a French aristocrat in the queue for the guillotine?

 

[BTinTexas]

Baseball caps (backward baseball caps infuriate me for some reason)
Suits of any sort
Ties
Tasseled loafers
Suspenders
Argyle socks
Jewlery
Tattoos
Sombreros
Kilts
Black dress shoes (lately)
Blazers with brass buttons
Cuff links

 

[ter1413]



Baseball caps (backward baseball caps infuriate me for some reason)
Suits of any sort
Ties
Tasseled loafers
Suspenders
Argyle socks
Jewlery
Tattoos
Sombreros
Kilts
Black dress shoes (lately)
Blazers with brass buttons
Cuff links

u sound like a dapper chap!!!