Black shirts

[millionaire75]

Originally Posted by 0b5cur1ty

+1

The hatred of black clothing is way overdone here.

+1,000

A black shirt with jeans is perfectly acceptable.

 

[maufic]

Originally Posted by vitaminc

Black shirt with ties is the bank teller's uniform in California. Sometimes they even pair black shirt with gray suits. Perfect color combination for marsupialed city college drop outs.


What kind of stupid comment is that. There are a lot of people that think a black shirt with a gray suit looks good, on some.

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by maufic

What kind of stupid comment is that. There are a lot of people that think a black shirt with a gray suit looks good, on some.

A black shirt, grey blazer, dressy jeans and the Seaward & Stearn tie here (tie#1) and you are good to go:

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...65#post1342065

 

[JLibourel]

Agreed that the hatred of black for daywear is overdone here. I can think of several good uses for a black shirt:

Paired with a white tie it would be great if I were auditioning for the role of Nathan Detroit. (With apologies to Manton--I got that from his book!)

If I wanted to join a neo-fascist organization or just express my admiration for the heroic Duce!

Beyond that, I'm not so sure....

 

[MrFab]

in my opinion it could be possible but it's insanely hard to oull off. the only time i ever wear one and it looks good on myself is if I'm pairing it with something super casual like a pair of jeans and some casual shoes like a converse and I wear that instead of a tee or something. On the other hand, if you're having trouble getting into a club you can dress it with a suit and theyll mistake you for security and let you in (just bring a change of clothes once you're in)

 

[SirSuturesALot]

Originally Posted by bbaquiran

I'm guessing they're bouncers.

Friend of my fiancee runs an company of bouncers and security personnel. They all look like that.

Google "Georgi Iliev".

 

[Fuuma]

Black shirt with grey or black suit (no tie) works really well. It can also be used with success casual monochrome looks. I have a couple of black dress shirts, I only pair them with other black pieces, and rarely at that, but I honestly don't understand the distaste for black you e-Genteelmen have.

 

[Tuesday]

Originally Posted by mkarim

Yes, Clooney seems to have nailed it!

When one has George Clooney's face, it is always beneficial to frame it well. For the rest of us...

 

[Musketer]

I don't have George Clooney inferiority complex

 

[a tailor]

dont care for black shirts. they bring back ugly memories of the fascisti.
brown shirts, the horrible nazis .
they are just colors but they bring back things i try to but cant forget.

 

[Sator]

 

[Christofuh]

 

[Spatlese]

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[SweetBride202]

if you can veer away from the black-black combination, please do... especially when you are going to attend weddings. there are other colors in the color wheel, why not experiment on how each fits with black?

 

[Thurston]

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

Balloney- what you really mean is you can't pull it off... (nor can I, nor most others...) but some do very well by it:

This is a sport shirt, not a dress shirt. A dress shirt is worn with a tie, not unbuttoned like you're channeling Matt. And the other poster's argument that they make them so they must be okay is utterly ridiculous. They make white spandex shorts in XL too. Does that mean they are a good idea?