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Keep colors muted
I always recommend my clients to pick colors that they already have in their wardrobe. Yes, there are a few colors that I am partial to. For accent colors, I prefer to bring in reds, whites and may be a bit of orange. Go with colors that you’re sure are going to work for you so that you can be pattern-focused. If you’re intended to go for a super bold pattern that you’ve never tried before, don’t introduce a color you’re unsure about. Otherwise, you’ll look and feel out of sorts, and won’t feel like wearing it often.
Author: Carmen Bucco
This Monday Go For Herringbone Suit Pattern
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“One should never mistake pattern for meaning.”― Iain Banks
Let’s continue with more men’s outfit pattern this week as we discuss the herringbone suit pattern this Monday. Commonly found in heavy patterns including tweeds and mainly worn in cold climates during the fall and winter months, the herringbone suit pattern is akin to the bone of a herring or any fish for that matter. This suit pattern is applicable for a range of wears for work, parties, a night out or even semi-casual setting for the most part. Effusing a timeless style and appeal, it is mostly available in black and grey, in addition to olive/brown colors.
Solid Block Fabrics For Weddings
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“Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful.”—Maggie Reyes
As we come to the end of a fascinating week with suit patterns, we discuss another popular fabric pattern—almost a best fit for most wedding suits—solid block fabrics, created by interweaving differently colored threads. Solid block colors are fabrics featuring one color tone sans any inherent patterning. They are a go-to fabric pattern for almost every formal occasion including weddings.
Go Windowpane Checks For This Friday
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Windowpane—unlike other forms of pattern—which have differently-spaced intersections. Windowpane check comes with thin lines crossing in a uniformly spaced, wide grid. It is a highly casual pattern perfect for a “casual Friday” or as weekend wear suits in some professional environments. Heavy horizontal elements can throw a shorter and stouter look for men already built with a petite form. In short, it’s an extremely casual pattern.
19th Century’s Popular Waistcoats
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In stark contrast to modern waistcoats, the extant waistcoats of the period between 1860 and 1900 featured a narrow collar stand, grown on or made out of an additional piece. This sewing pattern portrays the grown-on collar. It comes with all pockets, two chest pockets and two hips—all made as welt pockets, typical of the 19th century method.
Stand Out Of The Crowd With Candy Stripes
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When it comes to a semi-casual print, Candystriping stands out, and is nothing but stripes of two alternating colors that are equal in width. It’s not mainstream in suits with the exception of seersucker suits that are almost always candy-striped, generally in green and white or blue and white. Beyond these options, it is a very informal choice that edges on novelty dressing. Somewhat casual pattern.
Look Taller With Pinstripes
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Pinstripes, as the name indicates, are quite narrow through normally prominent stripes, most often in white, although grey is not uncommon, particularly on black or dark grey suits. The biggest advantage of pinstripes is that they enable the wearer appear taller, as they draw the face upward, and can make even a bulkier man appear slim and thinner, by breaking up and diverting attention spans away from the solid midsection. This also holds true for thin, close set stripes similar to the pinstripe.
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This Monday Go Bold And Daring With A Check Pattern
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“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.“ – Tuli Kupferberg
Yeah, you heard it right; this week will be all about patterns and more of them. This Monday, let us rather go bold and daring with a check pattern. This, of course, is the most popular check pattern available in setting—the glen check. Unlike other patterns that are comparatively smaller in scale, this pattern is much larger and is more dynamic having both a base check in the fabric, in addition to a windowpane overlay in a solid color, enabling the suit to stand out on its own.
CHANGE OF FORMAL TO SEMI-CASUAL WORK WEAR – WHAT HAS CHANGED?
We are well into 2021; the previous year devastated the opportunities of wearing a full suit to the workplace, owing to the outbreak of the pandemic that dominated the headlines in 2020. The good news is that formal wear is no longer the not so-fitting well stripes and checks of our pop’s time. Formal shirts can be linen, cotton blends, upmarket silks, with ties more of a collector’s piece. The ‘business casual look’ is on…
In most workplaces, it is super-formal from Monday through Thursday. In other words, the rule of the thumb is wearing full sleeves, trousers, button-down shirts with collars (ideally, no flashy colors and no prints), ties and leather shoes. Fridays can get bit lenient when you ditch the tie, try out with different prints, and perhaps go for khakis or chinos. This traditional mold is being fast replaced by more relaxed dress codes for employees to express themselves more freely, and create a work environment that is the best fit with the brand identity of the company. This said there are many HR Managers that still frown at the sight of executives wearing sleeveless attire, open-toed shoes and pants straying too far above the knee.
The workspace at all other times is a place to create and reflect your personal brand. Do you want to be tagged as the easy-to-go guy or the solemn guy or somewhere between the two extremities of the scale? You need to dress accordingly more often than not. There is also a growing school of thought that dressing casually effuses a sense of informality that can also easily relate to the mood of your team, thereby enhancing the quality of work delivered.
The work culture in the US is changing and so do careers, which in turn has led to dramatic shifts in work wear fashion, according to most menswear labels. The rise of alternative careers, in fact, has blurred the thin line between work wear and casual wear and, this, in turn, has transformed personal style at large. Even among the different sectors that allow smart casual wear through the week days, there are cardinal rules by default on work wear for events and client meetings. Subtle styling changes or addition of accessories can alter a formal outfit to look like a causal one. Layering is the most effective way to transform your look instantly. Shoes, scarves and other forms of accessories can produce a semi-formal look and, if that isn’t enough, convert a business casual wear to evening casual.
Go Brown For Your Wedding
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“Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility.”- Anne Hathaway
Perhaps the most understated and underrated of the mainstream suit shades. You must put brown on the top of the list for obvious reasons. It is actually more versatile than you imagine—it looks splendid with white, and nearly any shade of blue. It is likely that whenever you put on a brown suit, you will be in a state of minority in the room: yes, the awesomely chic minority!
Causal Colors To Choose For Friday
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As we’re approaching the end of another colorful week, here is how you can add color easily into your casual style. And by “color” we recommend blue, olive, and burgundy. Strictly no neons or other colors you may be thinking about. A style hack is to put on dark colors for a serious casual style. Deep jewel tones are an all-time hit for men.
SMART MEN’S SHIRTS & PANTS INCLUDING MID-LAYERS FOR THE WINTER
A Professional Wear IN 70’s
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Brown suits exerted great influence as a professional wear in the 1970’s. Now, it has made a dramatic comeback in a big way. Reserved only for the professionals in the past, brown is now cool, especially when used in some throwback tailoring.
If you are to make a changeover from the rigid, highly structured, oversized lapel route of the 70’s, then go for a soft cotton number, with little to zero-padding in the shoulders, a two-button front and patch pockets. Accessorize with a striped tee, penny loafers and tonal pattern sock, without trying too hard at it.