Aversion to black sport coat / blazer?

airdale · Aug 9, 2010

Many on this site seem to have a strong distaste for black sport coats / blazers. I typically favor dark blue jeans, a simple collared shirt and a sport coat for casual occasions. While I've certainly gotten plenty of wear out of my navy blazers, I've got my eye on a new black sport coat. Please advise me if (and why) this might end up relegated to the back of my closet. And thanks for all the great advice I've picked up here.

sho'nuff · Aug 9, 2010

why would it become relegated to the back of your closet if you really like it? i can see it being worn under many occasions . better if your 20-30s something. i had a black isaia sportcoat once and it was out of this world. a nice sheen to it matched with brown trousers is a great look for evening casual dressy wear

patrickBOOTH · Aug 9, 2010

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

why would it become relegated to the back of your closet if you really like it? i can see it being worn under many occasions . better if your 20-30s something. i had a black isaia sportcoat once and it was out of this world. a nice sheen to it matched with brown trousers is a great look for evening casual dressy wear

Here you go again. I'll say it again, brown and black don't look good together, in my opinion.

sho'nuff · Aug 9, 2010

yeah 'here i go again' why does it perturb you? it's my opinion. glad to see i ruined your morning already, go follow someone else please

brown and black in some instances is nice. dont be narrowminded like you typically are. ty

teddieriley · Aug 9, 2010

Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH

Here you go again. I'll say it again, brown and black don't look good together, in my opinion.

Well there you go again. It's merely a matter of opinion. I don't think brown and black is the most ideal combo, but it can easily be done, particularly if the brown is more on the tan side. Black and tan.

patrickBOOTH · Aug 9, 2010

Don't be ridiculous, I just stated my opinion again and made reference to your other post where I also disagreed. Where I disagreed you were the one who labled me as narrowminded. What label did I give you?

bringusingoodale · Aug 9, 2010

It really does come down to preferences. My second all purpose sport coat was a dark charcoal, i.e. black, 3 button and no vent, bought at some department store, cheap ass hell on sale. Anathema to some. I still wear it as an alternative to a sweater on cold days, I like it.

sho'nuff · Aug 9, 2010

Originally Posted by teddieriley

Well there you go again. It's merely a matter of opinion. I don't think brown and black is the most ideal combo, but it can easily be done, particularly if the brown is more on the tan side. Black and tan.

SkinnyGoomba · Aug 9, 2010

Black linen suits are cool, especially for an upscale nightclub scene.

dsmolken · Aug 9, 2010

Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba

Black linen suits are cool, especially for an upscale nightclub scene.
I hate black, but yeah, I agree that black linen is all right. I got a black linen SC a few weeks ago. Black linen isn't really all that black anyway.

literasyme · Aug 9, 2010

It's really up to you -- if you like black, go for it. However, black coats can look cheap quite easily. They also don't bring much of interest to any combination, unless they have something going on texturally, as linen does. But if you like black, I'm sure you know ways of making it work for you.

J. Cogburn · Aug 9, 2010

Here you go again. I'll say it again, brown and black don't look good together, in my opinion

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... and since we're collecting subjective aesthetic preferences here, put me down as a "yes" vote to that combination. I think black and brown look great together far more often than not. But of course, we can agree to disagree.

Black is fine after dark. Don't like black suits or sports coats in the day, however, because it is generally the uniform of the douche.

sho'nuff · Aug 9, 2010

Originally Posted by J. Cogburn

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... and since we're collecting subjective aesthetic preferences here, put me down as a "yes" vote to that combination. I think black and brown look great together far more often than not. But of course, we can agree to disagree.

Black is fine after dark. Don't like black suits or sports coats in the day, however, because it is generally the uniform of the douche.

Larson McCord · Aug 9, 2010

I think most of the hate for black is in business wear. Wearing black with jeans and in casual wear is not something I see criticized that often.

I really hate black suits for business but I wear a lot of black in casual.

StyleHunter · Aug 9, 2010

I have a very cool black rolled 3 button Isaia sport coat that I were with steel grey or taupe and I always get compliments.

Although onetime when wearing the steel grey slacks someone told me I looked like I was going to a wedding! ha-ha..

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