Daily Men’s Style Tip #1
November 7th, 2007
Just to stir up some controversy, I am going to begin offering a daily men’s style tip. The rules of men’s fashion are debated endlessly, so I expect there will be much disagreement with the advice I give. I invite readers to post all of that in the comments. The daily men’s style tips on stylites.net are just my opinion. Obviously, there are numerous exceptions and examples of people who look very stylish when they don’t take these tips. I don’t even follow all the advice I will be giving, but I wish I did. For most men, these are good ideas. Women’s style is extremely complicated, but I hope to invite some outside experts to post their opinions here. Eventually, we will offer a women’s style tip as well.
Men’s style tip #1: For odd wool slacks (those not part of a suit), go with browns and grays.
These colors are the easiest to match with odd sport coats and blazers, shoes, and dress shirts. If possible, to add interest to your outfit, find subtle textures in these colors like houndstooth, herringbone, checks, and birdseye weaves. Unless the stripes are highly unique, meaning they couldn’t possibly be part of a suit, avoid stripes. Don’t choose navy or black trousers. Navy looks like orphaned suit trousers and black is not as versatile or pleasant on the eye unless it is contrasted with white or paired with black - in these cases for fashion forward looks.
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1. richard | November 7th, 2007 at 3:55 am
No controversy here; I generally concur. Cut is, i think the most important factor in slacks. Anything, like texture and pattern as mentioned, that gets them away from looking like you forgot your jacket.
2. mendy | December 12th, 2007 at 1:01 am
i disagree i disagree!!!! k black pants are hot and can help for an outfit replacing a suit it just needs not to be boring….
to use an original fabric is a lazy way of putting together an outfit.
i actually had an issue about odd trousers and sportscoats and my solution was that i ordered a nice blue with brown checkers 2 piece suit and a brown with blue checkers 2 piece suit i can now mix pants and jackets, wear each suit as is ,only pants or only jackets in all a lot of different possibility’s
i agree about cut: no matter how ‘’cool'’ the pants you need a perfect cut otherwise its wrong
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