The most common sartorial mistakes the untrained make? (Scanning the room at a party)

When you're at a party, what do you notice the most? Where you almost want to tell the guy, "Look, Ive done the homework, this XYZ is wrong b/c ______" 1) Bad fit. Most common: Shirt that's too big. (Billows when tucked in. Cinches. etc.) 2) Untucked shirt that is too long. (I have finally moved away from this for good) And now to some more subtle/finer points? (you, the experts....) Poor color mix? Not enough contrast? Too much contrast? Outdated style? (gorge, pleat, style, buttons, etc) ___ PS: Sorry, I just realized this thread topic was done in 2007-2008, but don't know how to delete this) http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=39726

No pocket square
No dress shoes
Dark colored dress shirts
Ties that are too short or long
Never buttoning one's jacket
Buttoning all of one's jacket buttons
Unhemmed pants/unaltered jacket sleeves
Wearing orphaned (striped) jackets

If you see any of these at a party, run:

Navy hopsack suits
Simpsons cartoon short sleeve shirts
Obvious 1 button to 3-roll-2 jacket conversions
Obvious 3-roll-1 to 3-roll-2 lapel presses
Exploding Greens and Lobbs
Office pants
Men/women who have appeared in a T4phage thread
Guys who obscure sea mammal sculptures behind them while wearing Sulka jammies
Cheap Incotex
Divoted and torqued jacket sleeves
Panera Girl


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Black suit/shirt/shoes/pants and a satin white tie.

chucks with tux

Hair carefully made to look disheveled and partially covering face
Hair style with that wierd faux mohawk made of styling gel
Styling gel
Gorilla fist tie knots
French cuff shirts w/o links (Derek, you are not forgotten)
Earrings on men over 30
Neck tattoos
Seersucker suit in the winter
Matching tie and pocket square
White kiton jeans (was he banned or not?)
Rolex with dusts under glass
Popped collars
Suit with baseball hat backwards
Suit while wearing a backpack
Smuggle sack underneath the crotch of your pants
Manskirts
Tiger Woods Nike shirt

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

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If you see any of these at a party, run:

Office pants


Office pants should get a pass, what if you work late and don't have time to change?

Suit jacket acket sleeves too long.

"Look kind Sir ive done my homework and i have become aware that your beautiful highly polished shoes are, in fact, Gemmed and at any moment may fall apart to your subsequent embarrasment. Will i hold your drink and canapes while you rush home to change into fully hand stitched goodyear welted?"

Originally Posted by idfnl

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Hair carefully made to look disheveled and partially covering face
Hair style with that wierd faux mohawk made of styling gel
Styling gel
Gorilla fist tie knots
French cuff shirts w/o links (Derek, you are not forgotten)
Earrings on men over 30
Neck tattoos
Seersucker suit in the winter
Matching tie and pocket square
White kiton jeans (was he banned or not?)
Rolex with dusts under glass
Popped collars
Suit with baseball hat backwards
Suit while wearing a backpack
Smuggle sack underneath the crotch of your pants
Manskirts
Tiger Woods Nike shirt

This about sums up the suburbs of dc.

Pretied bowtie.

GIGANTIC tie knots. (and +1 to idfnl)

Suit with tennis shoes
Socksquare
Zoot suits
Ostrich shoes
LV man purse
Asian men who dye their hair blond

Originally Posted by AnGeLiCbOrIs

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Suit jacket acket sleeves too long.
jackets that are too short