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conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

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Today: blue suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, white square. Looks fine to me. I think a silk square would have looked off.
 

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White linen is the only ps I'll wear, and I always wear one.
 

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Originally Posted by gdl203
OK so I misunderstood your point. I thought that you meant that all outfits would look good with a white square. If you're saying that white is better than none, I'm 100% with you.

They probably would. Not to say "best." I think in many cases something else is better than white. But white is always better than nothing and never bad.
 

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SC is probably too casual for conservative business dress but alas.

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Originally Posted by Manton
It's where Naples and Trad connect.

It might be popular in Naples but I still think those clumpy over-brogued Tricker-style country shoes look jarring with a tailored conservative business dress outfit. My suits and jackets are all from Naples but not everything worn in that city automatically works brilliantly.
 

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Originally Posted by Manton
They probably would.
Well then we disagree again. I think they can look odd if the rest of the outfit's formality level is disconnected. In particular, I would never wear a white square with a sport coat. A little like you refusing to wear oxford shoes or spread collar shirts with a sport coat.
 

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@ Eustace and Manton, thanks for the differing opinions; obviously shows that the SF groupthink debate isn't settled on the issue of light brown with dark greys.

As for the last, it is indeed a bit pointy, but the shoes are to my taste and quite comfortable. The antiquing is also a bit crazy, but, again, this just adds a bit of character which I quite like. To each his own, I suppose.
 

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Originally Posted by CaymanS
As for the last, it is indeed a bit pointy, but the shoes are to my taste and quite comfortable. The antiquing is also a bit crazy, but, again, this just adds a bit of character which I quite like. To each his own, I suppose.

that is fine, obviously we all have different taste and many times we try an impose that on others but I think given the point of this thread, your outfit was really no where in the ballpark of what is supposed to be posted here. Same thing with the Eustace outfit a few posts above
 

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Originally Posted by CaymanS
The antiquing is also a bit crazy, but, again, this just adds a bit of character which I quite like. To each his own, I suppose.

FWIW, I don't really mind the antiquing - I know a lot of the Italian makes do it, and I think it (mostly) looks nice.
 

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I never wear silk squares and this shoes to court, but when spending the entire day in office I think it's fine.

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Originally Posted by Manton
They probably would. Not to say "best." I think in many cases something else is better than white. But white is always better than nothing and never bad.

+1
 

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Originally Posted by edmorel
that is fine, obviously we all have different taste and many times we try an impose that on others but I think given the point of this thread, your outfit was really no where in the ballpark of what is supposed to be posted here. Same thing with the Eustace outfit a few posts above

Thanks, Ed, but I disagree. The fact that my collar is slightly more spread than your average cutaway, and the fact that my last is a little more pointy, does not take a grey wool suit, white shirt, and blue tie out of the "ballpark" of conservative business dress. For instance, we've already decided that this thread is not limited to "American conservative business dress", but extends to Europe. In London, my white shirt with cutaway collar would be considered protypic conservative business dress. So I guess that leaves us with the shoes and, to be frank, I've seen far worse/more experimental in this thread.
 

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Originally Posted by CaymanS
Thanks, Ed, but I disagree. The fact that my collar is slightly more spread than your average cutaway, and the fact that my last is a little more pointy, does not take a grey wool suit, white shirt, and blue tie out of the "ballpark" of conservative business dress. For instance, we've already decided that this thread is not limited to "American conservative business dress", but extends to Europe. In London, my white shirt with cutaway collar would be considered protypic conservative business dress. So I guess that leaves us with the shoes and, to be frank, I've seen far worse/more experimental in this thread.

I'm with ed, not conservative business dress, not TITFDYB.
 

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