I am thinking of buying a windowpane suit. Could folks and friends in this forum share your experience of how to pair it well with shirts and ties? checked/striped/motived? Thanks
tricket-- I would follow Flusser's advice in "Dressing the Man." The windowpane pattern is a variety of check. Â This means that if you choose to wear a tattersall dress shirt, you should make sure its checks are discernibly smaller than those of the suit. Â Then, if you match the checked shirt and suit with a differently patterned tie (stripe, neat), keep its proportions the same as those of the shirt. In other words, mix patterns at will. Â But follow these two rules: if the patterns are the same (e.g., both checks) be sure they are of strikingly different sizes (large windowpanes, small tattersall checks); (b) if the patterns you are mixing are different (e.g., chalk stripe suit, paisley tie), match them in proportion. Â That is, be sure the individual paisley paramecium shapes and the stripes in the suiting are the same widths. IMHO, Flusser's book contains persuasively vivid llustrations of these principles. Â If you don't have a copy already, I'd recommend your obtaining one. Flusser takes a bit of a bashing from time to time, possibly with reason, but at least for this old boulevardier his comments on pattern mixing came as a revelation. Regards, Mike
tricket and raley-- Let us know what you think of "Dressing the Man." (If you aren't inspired by at least several of the illustrations, you're stronger men than I.) Mike