MC General Chat

[circumspice]

I think I wear pink more in FW than SS, so my linen stuff tends to be blues and whites. Have some more saturated chambrays beyond the staple sky blue stuff. I don't own a white oxford, I don't think - Boston winters tend to be so dark, I tend to reach for color in the winter.

 

[ppk]

not a big fan of linen shirts with most suits and sportcoats unless very casual. Linen just rumples too much. Linen-cotton will be better. Agree with light blue/pink to start. Since you'll generally want to wear them open-necked, consider a button-down or one-piece collar.

Great advice. Thank you!

 

[LJ1891]

Does anyone own multpiles of clothing articles you really like? Do you gently hoard?

 

[clee1982]

Grey windowpane, herringbone… yes I’m guilty

 

[clee1982]

not a big fan of linen shirts with most suits and sportcoats unless very casual. Linen just rumples too much. Linen-cotton will be better. Agree with light blue/pink to start. Since you'll generally want to wear them open-necked, consider a button-down or one-piece collar.

+1 on not going for pure linen, though definitely personal preference, I love the feel of pure linen shirt for 5 minutes after a hour I hate how much it winkle… some definitely embrace it.

 

[LJ1891]

Grey windowpane, herringbone… yes I’m guilty

I started doing this with cloth…it’s sick.

 

[ericgereghty]

I'm thinking about using Luxire to get a basic set of linen shirts to wear with suiting, sport coats and casually (chinos and denims). Any advice on colors/combos and styles?

The usual suspects. White, light blue/pink, bengal/pencil stripes (also in blue/pink), and then perhaps stripes of a friskier bent (yellow, aqua, etc.)

 

[clee1982]

I would do wide stripe for summer

 

[smittycl]

not a big fan of linen shirts with most suits and sportcoats unless very casual. Linen just rumples too much. Linen-cotton will be better. Agree with light blue/pink to start. Since you'll generally want to wear them open-necked, consider a button-down or one-piece collar.

Zegna makes amazing linen dress shirts. I wear them all summer with suits at work. Canali and the other high-end Italians makers do the same. Light blue, white, and pink work well.

 

[smittycl]

+1 on not going for pure linen, though definitely personal preference, I love the feel of pure linen shirt for 5 minutes after a hour I hate how much it winkle… some definitely embrace it.

It's very hot and humid here in DC. No worries on wrinkling by lunchtime. Price of doing business.

 

[lordsuperb]

Thoughts on the fit?

 

[clee1982]

Color wise a bit too much going on for me but I think it still work, can’t really judge fit based on that pose though shoulder still clean collar still sits even with all that so good?

 

[breakaway01]

Thoughts on the fit?

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accessories (pocket square/tie/socks) are too matchy-matchy for my taste. And too many bracelets. Overall looks like he's trying a little too hard. If he dialed it back I think it would be great.

 

[ericgereghty]

Thoughts on the fit?

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I want the "men wearing a forearm full of beads" trend to die a brutal and swift death.

I think of Steve every time I see it...

 

[ppk]

Thoughts on the fit?

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I think the blue-stripe shirt is a bit too much. A plain cream or yellow might be better. I'm not a beads guy, but it might work for him.