Checked shirts

[Cantabrigian]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

...I posted this shirt as an example of the English checked shirt chic currently in vogue with the NYC professional set with or without a jacket and tie.

There must be various non-intersecting professional sets in New York...

The only people I know who would wear a check like that in NY are from England (or at least a cricket-playing colony) and are generally middle-aged. To pull the look off, you can't even own collar stays, much less wear them and you have to be constantly shouting into your blackberry while lifting pints at some a cougar bar in a trendy neighborhood.

The key to checks, in my opinion and as I've seen them worn, is subtlety.

I like the one Jonathan posted though in small checks, I'd go even a little smaller.

Large checks really don't work. Anything that pops out at you folded up or in a swatch book is probably a bad idea.

I'd recommend something like these - classic check patterns that are definitely interesting but avoid garishness and allow you to pair them easily with a tie and a suit.

Thomas Mason - Goldline:
(from Albini's website)

(^^^I wouldn't rock the bottom one with a tie but the others are fine IMO)

Thomas Mason - Silverline, if you're talking about checks it doesn't get any more classic than these:
(from My Tailor)

http://betadn.mytailor.com/images/Fa...0,250&cvt=jpeg

http://betadn.mytailor.com/images/Fa...0,250&cvt=jpeg

http://betadn.mytailor.com/images/Fa...0,250&cvt=jpeg

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

The key to checks, in my opinion and as I've seen them worn, is subtlety.

I don't think checks have to be small to be wearable, even in a business enviornment. However, it's important to pair a bold check with a quiet suit and either a sold tie, or a tie on which the ground dominates the pattern by a substantial margin. I do agree that checks that look like graph paper are best avoided.

That said, I like all the TM checks you posted, and checks like that are the ones I reach for most of the time.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

There must be various non-intersecting professional sets in New York...

There are. I think probably the more independent (PE/VC/Entrepreneurs) or more aggressive (Trading culture for certain securities). Something like straight research or corporate finance at an I-Bank where there is a more "restrained" pose might not like that shirt it is true. In England it would be a classic but here in the US it is definitely in-your-face.

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

The only people I know who would wear a check like that in NY are from England (or at least a cricket-playing colony) and are generally middle-aged. To pull the look off, you can't even own collar stays, much less wear them and you have to be constantly shouting into your blackberry while lifting pints at some a cougar bar in a trendy neighborhood.

I dont know what to make of that. I know from actual statistics that the shirt I put up is one of Acorn's biggest sellers in the UK (Acorn, FS White). I wouldve imagined it cut across specific demographics.

Having said that, I think the English shirts appeal to a more young at heart movement in NYC precisely because, in spite of the trendiness of it all, they are not THAT common.

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

The key to checks, in my opinion and as I've seen them worn, is subtlety.

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

I like the one Jonathan posted though in small checks, I'd go even a little smaller.

While I don't necessarily dislike the shirt, I would never wear this with a tie, nor would I ever ask anyone else to either. The overall look of the shirt is too casual and I would associate that with someone who wanted to wear something different but unoticeable.

It isnt the size of the check (big, medium and small checks all have their place), it's the colors, the muting of the colors and the general way the check is set which suggests leisure.

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

Large checks really don't work. Anything that pops out at you folded up or in a swatch book is probably a bad idea.

Don't work for what, when and who?

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian

I'd recommend something like these - classic check patterns that are definitely interesting but avoid garishness and allow you to pair them easily with a tie and a suit.

Thomas Mason - Goldline:
(from Albini's website)

(^^^I wouldn't rock the bottom one with a tie but the others are fine IMO)

Thomas Mason - Silverline, if you're talking about checks it doesn't get any more classic than these:
(from My Tailor)

http://betadn.mytailor.com/images/Fa...0,250&cvt=jpeg

http://betadn.mytailor.com/images/Fa...0,250&cvt=jpeg

http://betadn.mytailor.com/images/Fa...0,250&cvt=jpeg

These are all very nice. I will never argue with good taste. I would rock the bottom one you wouldnt...and with a tie.

 

[FIHTies]

Some more:

 

[vaclava krishna]

Originally Posted by FIHTies

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Do you have any, more shiny ?

 

[bachbeet]

I'm pretty sure I have that last one Jonathan posted. Really like that Ray Albar textured check.

 

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