4/30/2023 0 Comments Never read the comments shirtBut not in London or most places around the world. Maybe you’re more likely to see yourself coming the other way if you live in Stockholm. I live in a suburb of London - and no one here is wearing white socks with loafers or caps with tailoring. And before a lot of others.Īnd second, I don’t live on social media. The first response to that is, sure, but frankly Oliver does it much better than most. Which – after 500 of words of working it through as I type - is probably why I enjoy this outfit so much.īy the way, a reader commented on this article on Oliver that some of the things he favours could be seen as ‘menswear tropes’ and common around social media. I like, rather, settling into something low key and personal. But frankly, I’ve never been able to be that imaginative, which probably makes me highly unsuitable to be a creative director or someone similar at a brand. This is completely natural, and probably inevitable in an environment of new seasons and collections. Who want to express themselves more strongly and become restless when there’s nothing new on the horizon. I know plenty of people in the menswear industry who are driven – through some combination of personality and profession – to be more experimental. The question then becomes, what look do you want? Are you trying to look more fashionable, or less? More experimental and perhaps interesting, or more understated? Also how smart during the week, and how casual at the weekend? Something a bit older, or a bit younger, a bit more modern or more traditional, more formal or casual. Most other things lead from it.Īfter a few years of wearing good clothes and attempting to dress well, I think you gradually get to a point where you can achieve any particular look you want to. Of all these reasons for liking an outfit, the most important must be that it feels like me. It also does the job I want it to do – projecting who I am and the attitude I take (tailored but not fussy, serious but hopefully not staid) for a working day among tailors and shops. It’s a kind of look I identify with and that I wear often, so I feel very comfortable in. Add a pocket square swap the shoes for something more unusual, like a Corthay last or Berluti colours.īut this combination feels the most personal to me, right now. There are also ways you could give it flourish. Swap the bone-coloured trousers for a navy or dark brown swap the polo for a regular shirt. There are ways you could make it subtler still. But it’s also not drawn from some fantasy world. It’s obviously not what everyone else will be wearing around me, and it will stand out. Or it might be that it feels like a classic mode of dressing, something drawn from another era - a Ralph Lauren advert even - and yet the tonality makes it feel more modern than that. There are no bright colours, patterns or dandy touches (spectators/braces/waistcoats etc etc). It might be that it’s obviously deliberate, conscious, a personal style – yet fairly subtle. No tie, and not even a proper shirt, just a polo. It might be that it’s clearly dressed up – tailored jacket, tailored trousers – but not that stuffy. I get a lot of joy out of wearing this outfit, though I’m not quite sure why.
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