Posts tagged: matching

The Primary Color Advantage in Men’s Clothing

By , April 2, 2012 10:00 am

Red, white and blue might sound like a comical combination when it comes to menswear. The colors of our nation’s flag are most associated with Uncle Sam, the Fourth of July and the patriotic but hardly stylish costumes that come with public celebrations.

But there’s a reason these three colors were chosen for our flag (not to mention a lot of other nation’s flags), and that’s because they look great together.

And men wear the colors together a lot more often than you’d think. For starters, a navy blazer or suit, white shirt and red tie is a favorite combination… Continue>>

How To Match A Pocket Square

By , November 28, 2011 10:00 am

When your suit is on, your shirt buttoned and your tie knotted and you’re ready for the finishing touch of a pocket square, you may feel a little confused about how to coordinate.

First off, congratulations for choosing to wear a pocket square at all. Many men — the kind who wear suits every night on television in front of millions of viewers, for example — usually forego… Continue>>

All About Men’s Ties

By , August 30, 2011 1:00 pm

An essential part of any well-dressed man’s wardrobe, the necktie unites all the elements of your outfit. Instantly raising the level of dressiness, it is also the way in which individuality is expressed within the context of a business wardrobe.

Fabric & Weaving:
Silk is the fabric of choice for most neckwear. It is generally manufactured in one of two ways.

Woven ties utilize pre-dyed silk threads, weaving the different colored threads together to create a pattern. Typically they are a bit thicker and heavier than printed ties.

Print ties are woven before the silk is dyed. The undyed silk is sometimes woven with a simple texture which is referred to… Continue>>

Tips on Matching Cufflinks

By , August 21, 2011 3:00 pm

“Man jewelry” can be a tricky thing to pull off, and many purists will decry cufflinks as too ostentatious, preferring to leave the the precious stones and metals to the fair sex.

But one way get around this is to make an item of man jewelry your trademark, and there’s no item better suited to this than cufflinks.

You can be the most sober and restrained dresser, clad in a daily uniform of grey suit and white shirt, but with a different pair of cufflinks every day your style factor goes through the roof. After all, the more stylish… Continue>>

All About Seersucker Suits

By , March 18, 2011 11:00 am

Double Breasted Seersucker SuitPerhaps because seersucker has a slightly flamboyant name — instead of a monosyllable like “twill” — some guys may be a little intimidated by it.  If it had a bland name, instead of an Anglicized version of the Persian shir o shakar, which means “milk and sugar,” would more men look at it differently?

Make no mistake, seersucker is as classic as it gets.  But like all clothing, it really comes down more to how you choose to wear something rather than what you choose to wear. 

So it really takes no special flair to pull off seersucker. The fabric is about as versatile as… Continue>>