I would like to wear a suit to an office happy-hour function and I want to “dress it down” just a bit- (ala one of the queer eye episodes I saw recently)
I want to wear it with a pull-over style T-shirt. (assume the colors coordinate.)
I tried it on, and it looks good to me, however the soon-to-be Ex thought it was “too Miami Vice”.
would an outfit of this nature be horribly gauche, or is it acceptable?
I’ve seen suits done with a turtleneck that looked okay, but I don’t think I’d push it further than that. My$.02 anyway!
I am a big fan of the suit-with-a-pullover shirt. Just make sure it’s a nice shirt or turtleneck, not the thing you go jogging in.
Anything to avoid wearing a noose.
Could you wear the suit with a polo-type shirt, a typical pullover with a collar and two or three buttons on top? I see that look all the time, including on Queer Eye. The suit with a T-shirt might work if they’re all dark colors. Avoid pastels and certainly don’t wear a white T-shirt that comes in a 3-pack from Fruit of the Loom.
Suit is light gray.
Shirt is just a bit darker shade of gray.
is not a jogging t-shirt.
You know, when I first read the OP I pictured him putting a T-shirt OVER the suit, and I was wondering to myself how the heck anyone would want to look THAT stupid!!
But now I get it… Sorry, not enough coffee I guess.
As for my opinion; I haven’t worn anything remotely like that in many years, but on the other hand I can’t say I’m at the forefront of the fashion train either, so I don’t know everything about what goes for stylish these days.
I’m extremely fashionable (all the ladies say so) and I do that all the time.
I assume by “pullover” you mean the Structure or Gap-style thin sweater thingies.
If you mean an actual sweater/jumper, then you’re going to look a bit odd.
It won’t be a Miami Vice look unless the suit is an extremely light color, you wear loafers without socks, or you roll or scrunch the suitsleeves.
I think Mel Gibson was wearing 3 button t-shirts with suits in, perhaps “What Women Want”, and it looked pretty good.
thanks everyone!
The T-shirt is a “Gap” label T.
I’ll be wearing black dress shoes with matching black belt…
I’m going with it.
Pictures two and four (‘male’ and ‘it’) are wrong. So very, very wrong. They almost made the style csarina in me weep.
The jury’s still out on picture number one. I let you know if they hand down a verdict or not.
The verdict is in. Guilty.
I have seen this look pulled off well, but these pictures are not good examples to follow. Especially the 4th one, but I am hoping your jacket does not look like that to start with. The pullover shirt is the least of his problems.
#3 is kind of cheating, unless you plan to sling your jacket jauntily like that all night.
Yes, definitely guilty. Maybe if the shirt had been a bit darker, or less flecky, or on someone less dorky. As it stands, however, just foul. Not nearly so foul as pictures 2 and 4, but foul nonetheless.
The third one’s not much better, IMO. That particular shirt just doesn’t work. I think it’s the way the collar stands out, or maybe the colored band around the collar. Anyway, don’t do that, either.
It can be done, but you have to be very careful. The pullover must fit very well - I mean closely and erring on the side of tight, so that it doesn’t bunch up under the suit. It must not only be of a compatible color, but fabric texture, too: either very similar, or highly contrasting, but nowhere in between.
[small]Never, ever take style cues from International Male, the dreckiest of drecky catalogs.[/small][SIZE=1]
I was going to pop in and say that, having seen you, I think you could pull it off. But then someone busts out the International Male links, and I just may have to question my answer. :o
[sub]Nah, go with it.[/sub]
Thx Scout.
(I’ve also dropped quite a bit of weight since that dope-fest…500 crunches a night, and zero alcohol intake has gotten me into size 34 jeans)
I got all positive feedback today…and even one comment that I looked “Too Dressed” for the occasion!
I’ve done this look before – in fact, just did it on the Disney Cruise that Dangerosa and I were on with the kids.
It works fine – kind of casual dressy.
I’ve also started, the last couple of years, going with a t-shirt with a “camp shirt” over it, unbuttoned, at work. I get compliments on it regularly.
You can ask Dangerosa whether it’s a cool look.
What’s a “camp shirt”?
He looks better than those International Male pics.
I think its fine. But then I grew up in the 80s, so Miami Vice still works for me…
It looks fine to you, you are comfortable in it, its probably fine.
A short-sleeved shirt, usually with embroidery.
Like this:
http://www.thegrillstoreandmore.com/image/products/big-pics/7556.jpg
Warning: the shirt shown in the above-linked pic is, in fact, hideous and not what I wear. But it gets the idea across of what a “camp shirt” might be.
