Just picture it with a black jacket, pants, and no tie. Would it be okay to wear for a diner outing?
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
That color blue, probably, depending on the color of the black. If it's a blue black and that shirt was maybe a little more yellow blue (you may not know what I'm talking about when I say a red blue or a yellow blue; I'm referring to the undertones), definitely. If it's a red black, maybe not. Black black, only if the shirt is more yellow blue. Grey black, yes, almost certainly. Green black, no.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I wear a brighter shade of that blue with black pants as a less dressy suit alternative, and it looks fine. In fact, fine is an understatement. It looks awsesome.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:I wear a brighter shade of that blue with black pants as a less dressy suit alternative, and it looks fine. In fact, fine is an understatement. It looks awsesome.
It's not the clothes. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I worked in men's clothes for 4 years, and sold outfits to national broadcasters.
Mostly, yes. If it is a weird shade of blue then maybe not, and if it is navy or dark blue then never, but lighter blues are one of the best colors you can wear with a black suit or jacket.
Almost any color, providing it isn't really out there or really dark, works well with a black suit, which is why black suits are the best selling suit color.
Well, that reason and funerals.
Light blues are traditional business colors too, so they are multi-purpose. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Yes.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Well, GQ also said the 3 button suit was dead earlier this year, so I don't feel bad disagreeing with them yet again.
No matter WHO you are, or WHAT you DO for a living, Navy and Black neverever go together.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote: No matter WHO you are, or WHAT you DO for a living, Navy and Black never ever go together.
Two shades of navy work very, very well, though.
Or at least they do on me, according to the women who maul me in the streets.
...yep. Maul.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
No, I wouldn't wear it. I am not a fan of blue shirts with black suits for men - why not wear a white shirt? Also, why no tie?
I so, so agree with you, Kwea, about navy and black.
Posted by Gecko (Member # 8160) on :
I think a lot of people are thinking of a simple styled american-cut suit.
By suit, I mean a european cut that looks exactly like this, only black:
Does a blue shirt with that style suit make it better to some?
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
No, not at all.
Is the waist really that tapered? How does it fit your shoulders.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:but lighter blues are one of the best colors you can wear with a black suit or jacket.
...unless they're the wrong light blue. Bright blue is excellent with many blacks. Well, many bright blues are. See my comments on shades of blue and black, above.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Button down collars with suits...
<shivers>
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
You know what I find to be tremendously appealing on a guy? A white shirt, pressed, with black pants and a black suit jacket.
French Blue? Eh.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: You know what I find to be tremendously appealing on a guy? A white shirt, pressed, with black pants and a black suit jacket.
Too bad you don't hang around with people who wear that sort of thing.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Rivka, don't you love the look of tefillin marks on a guy's arm in the morning?
Grrr!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, considering that the only guys I regularly see these days immediately after they take off their tefillin are my dad and brothers . . .
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Eww!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Don't blame me. I wasn't the one who started this -- any of this! Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: You know what I find to be tremendously appealing on a guy? A white shirt, pressed, with black pants and a black suit jacket.
French Blue? Eh.
It depends on the guys coloring as well. I am fairly pale, with very very blue eyes and dark hair, so most shades of blue look good one me...at least as good as any color will, that is.
A lot of people with darker complectons have to be careful with some light blues. It still loks good, but not as good.
Two different shades of navy at once? Not by choice.
That suit looks like a womans suit. European suits tend to be three button, and while they are narrow under the arms and through the torso they aren't usually THAT narrow....nor are they two button.
Pierre Cardin is a very good example of why GQ has NO clue about what people really wear off-runway. They are a classic three button, European cut suit that will NEVER be outdated. They button a little high for stocky guys, but for a lot of guys they are a great fit.
If a European suit IS a two button it usually us a double vented jacket as well....but this is the first time I have ever seen a man's suit that was tapered THAT much.
It IS a man's suit, right? I don't know you at all, so perhaps we are assuming too much? Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mrs.M: I so, so agree with you, Kwea, about navy and black.
Only one exception, really, and it isn't ideal at all. I only works with the lighter shades of navy though.
Black looks heavy. You can (although I don't recommend it) wear a navy jacket with black pants and it looks OK. Not great, but OK, particularily if you wear a blue shirt.
You can't switch it around though, because the black in the jacket looks lopsided, and ruins the look.You look like you are top-heavy.
Most people won't realize WHY they don't like thaat look, but that is why...it is an optical illusion, but it thows our equalibrium off.
Gray is a MUCH MUCH better option than black with a navy jacket though. Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I'm sorry but that CAN'T be a man's suit. Beside it being that tapered, you won't really see that kind of stripes very often on a man's suit. The whole just screams "feminine".
Posted by Gecko (Member # 8160) on :
here is a link to a person wearing the suit I linked Suit
and also another pic of the suit in black
suit Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Gecko: here is a link to a person wearing the suit I linked Suit
Say, isn't that Grace Jones?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
I'm surprised so few people here have run into European-cut suits before.
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
Psssh... everything goes with everything.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Hmmmmmm... a suit that was more snug would show off my figure...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My husband should so be a model. He's built like every male model I've ever seen in a suit, and things that you think would look good on nobody look good on him. My almost-step-mother and I have discussed this many times.
I'm so jealous.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Those are not the suit you linked. The suit you linked is a woman's suit. Here's the full product page from the same site. You'll notice the bust measurement. Plus the fact that I found it under women's suits.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
And fugu, I'm sure plenty of people have run into European cut suits, even if they don't know the name for it. That suit looks nothing like one.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I'm also built like a male model -- although a bit short [ 5'10" 3/4] -- and while it's great that there are some designers that really work well with my body type [Kenneth Cole, for example], but the problem is that I can't afford too buy items that aren't deaply discounted, and it tends to be the sizes that are smaller and larger than mine that are discounted.
If somebody wants to set me up with a clothing allowance, though, I'd be happy to post photos of myself in all the clothes I buy with it in a semi-public forum. Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
What? You never saw "West Side Story"? Blue, Orange, Pink, Its all good.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I actually wore my black pants/blue shirt combo this weekend to a wedding. If I get any of the pictures from it, I'll post one or two as proof that it can be done.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I don't doubt that it could be done. I thought the question was if it should be done.
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