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Shirt collars above jacket lapels

presence

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Brad Pitt in Oceans Eleven depicts this style as well as anyone I have ever seen.
 

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Unless you happen to be Tony Montana just don't do it. For the love of god don't do it!
 

oneade

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none of the pictures posted here have convinced me it can be done well. it still looks very period or costumey. it'll come back in style i'm sure
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maybe when clooney does it.
 

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Don't worry Eccentric, I know what you mean.
 

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Originally Posted by presence
Brad Pitt in Oceans Eleven depicts this style as well as anyone I have ever seen.

He's about the only guy that can pull it off.
 

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Originally Posted by hadamulletonce
He's about the only guy that can pull it off.

OK, so if you wear a shirt with a blazer and no tie, how should you wear the shirt collar?
 

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Originally Posted by mkarim
OK, so if you wear a shirt with a blazer and no tie, how should you wear the shirt collar?

Inside the confines of the blazer's lapels.
 

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Originally Posted by mkarim
OK, so if you wear a shirt with a blazer and no tie, how should you wear the shirt collar?

Check out the What Are you Wearing Today sticky to see some excellent examples of how it's done.
 

Erichmax

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I want to do this for my next date. This is what I want to do: t-shirt with images near the neck area, then dress shirt with top 3 buttons unbuttoned to show the images on the t-shirt, then blazer with the collars of the dress shirt above the lapels. So it will look like both the blazer and the dress shirt open into the images on the t-shirt. Good idea?
 

Suit of Nettles

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Brad Pitt in Oceans Eleven depicts this style as well as anyone I have ever seen.

And he's still meant to look (and act) like a bit of a goof next to Clooney.




I wouldn't say that's 'wearing on top' pr se; that's just his crossed arms collapsing a very soft seersucker jacket until the lapels are, in the moment, pushed under the free collar. If he stood up, they'd be more or less as they should.
 

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