# What's going on with men's fashion lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328 "2009-10-10T18:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/1 "2009-10-10T18:14:06Z")
I’m not built to wear sleek fabulous clothes, but I do like to keep up on what the swells in the big city are wearing. So what’s new in men’s fashion? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/2 "2009-10-10T19:12:20Z")
They started wearing those idiotic collar-is-a-different-color-than-the-shirt shirts again. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/3 "2009-10-10T19:18:54Z")
Baggy clothes are still “in” so you don’t have to be built at all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/4 "2009-10-10T19:32:56Z")
Shiny wrinkled pants that are too short. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/5 "2009-10-10T19:33:49Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > They started wearing those idiotic collar-is-a-different-color-than-the-shirt shirts again. What’s so bad about that? It’s nice to bring a little bit of extra color into the suit IMO. I don’t have any of those but I like to have a little bit of flash in my suits. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/6 "2009-10-10T20:02:47Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Shiny wrinkled pants that are too short. And brightly colored socks – green, purple. Striped is good. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/7 "2009-10-10T20:46:56Z")
Pinstriped suits are back. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/8 "2009-10-10T20:47:37Z")
All you need are looks and a whole lotta money… ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/9 "2009-10-10T21:21:32Z")
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. - Henry David Thoreau ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/10 "2009-10-11T01:12:20Z")
For professionals, colorful shirts and ties are the new thing. Pink ties are becoming fashionable. Thinner suits and ties are also becoming acceptable. Although the thin tie fashion seems to be reserved for people under thirty and characters in Mad Men. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/11 "2009-10-11T01:28:03Z")
Purple and lavender ties seem to be in, now. And I’m also seeing suits, shirts and ties that don’t in any way “match.” ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/12 "2009-10-11T01:45:32Z")
Hidden splashes of color seem to be in. I bought a shirt that is a normal crisp white collared shirt from most outward appearances, but it has a zany flash of brightly colored squiggles running up the inside placket facing (the strip that has the button holes). It’s hidden except for brief times when I turn or lean in a certain way, then the color flashed out at you for just a second. Aww heck, it’s easier if I just [take a picture of it](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1473/5747827/15966180/375781595.jpg). I’ve seen quite a few instances of this lately. I think it’s great that men are starting to wear some color for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-mens-fashion-lately/513328/13 "2009-10-11T01:53:11Z")
Image request.