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Navy vs Charcoal Trousers
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SkinnyGoomba
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That's OK. Like several times before, you'll change your mind next year. Then you'll turn around your entire wardrobe to build it around navy trousers.Originally Posted by gdl203
You and dabrick'sho
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i prefer navy trousers but i also like blue shirts
and only once did i make the mistake of pairing them. i felt like a police officer all day. so i tend to get more wear out of grey trousers.
and only once did i make the mistake of pairing them. i felt like a police officer all day. so i tend to get more wear out of grey trousers.
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Are you for example arguing that this outfit would look horrendous with blue pants?Originally Posted by gdl203
I dig it.
I wear odd navy trousers alone without a jacket with no problem and without hesitation. I only have one plaid odd jacket that I do wear the navy trousers with - and it is not dissimilar to this one.
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Looks like he's wearing mid gray trou....Good choice!
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^ that outfit is a good example of why navy trousers are not versatile. could you wear that sports coat once a week? i don't think i could. otherwise i dig it too.Originally Posted by Dewey
Why would anyone want to wear the same sport coat every week?
Also, this is what is commonly called an "example" or an "illustration". In actuality, navy trousers do work well with more than this one specific sport coat.
Other examples would include any jacket that any blue element in it (windowpane, plaid, stripe), anything in a very warm color such as rust, burgundy, wine, dark green, anything that has a yellowish hue to it, e.g. maize, medium tan, etc...
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Are you for example arguing that this outfit would look horrendous with blue pants?Originally Posted by gdl203
Wonderful. And a great tie.
Also, I believe that this is a good example (and certainly not the only one) of a sport coat that may look fine with darker trousers.
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Why would anyone want to wear the same sport coat every week?Originally Posted by gdl203
OP asked about "versatile" trousers. It does not sound like he is a dandy man with 30 sports coats in his closet. I don't think there are that many versatile sports coats that go easily with darker trousers. The example or "illustration" you provide is a good "example."
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OP asked about "versatile" trousers. It does not sound like he is a dandy man with 30 sports coats in his closet.Originally Posted by Dewey
But he doesn't own this specific sport coat either. I'm very confused by what you;re trying to say here. You're saying navy trousers are not versatile because no one would want to wear this plaid coat every week. There's just no logic there. I gave you many other examples of colors that work well with blue pants.
Clearly, medium and light grey trousers are more versatile than navy. But that wasn't an option for the OP.
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Although I have no inherent bias against navy trousers and I own both navy and charcoal gray, I find that I wear charcoal gray trousers several times a week and navy about once every six months. I do enjoy the various proscriptions against both navy and charcoal gray odd trousers expressed here.
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But he doesn't own this specific sport coat either. I'm very confused by what you;re trying to say here. You're saying navy trousers are not versatile because no one would want to wear this plaid coat every week. There's just no logic there. I gave you many other examples of colors that work well with blue pants. Clearly, medium and light grey trousers are more versatile than navy. But that wasn't an option for the OP.Originally Posted by gdl203
Some people are limited in that they cannot, or will not, fathom that top-bottom colour combinations can sometimes be reversed... and still look as good as the original, and will clutch at straws and be obtuse to prove that they are 'right'. I will add that my darker odd pants are always cut looser than my lighter coloured pants, because that just looks right to me, and especially since I wear them with lighter coloured jackets. Might be a part reason for the navy hate here.
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so it seems like most of the "ant-navy" camp is ingrained in that stance due to the difficulty of wearing navy trousers with jackets. if I only rarely wear jackets, would it become a closer decision? said a different way, am I better off buying 2 pairs of the (same) mid grey flannel trousers, or one of mid grey + 1 in navy? the navy in question: http://cdni.llbean.com/is/image/wim/...id=292&hei=346
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so it seems like most of the "ant-navy" camp is ingrained in that stance due to the difficulty of wearing navy trousers with jackets.Originally Posted by makewayhomer
if I only rarely wear jackets, would it become a closer decision?
said a different way, am I better off buying 2 pairs of the (same) mid grey flannel trousers, or one of mid grey + 1 in navy?
the navy in question:
http://cdni.llbean.com/is/image/wim/...id=292&hei=346
I rarely wear jackets, and I voted navy. Looks good with my skin tone and can pair with white, yellow, pink, various stripes and tattersalls. Brown or black shoes. I find charcoal to be too bland. But five years ago I would have voted charcoal...
And I agree that medium gray is most versatile of all.
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