From JB
"Can you tell me the proper way to wear sock suspenders? Where should I position the grip?"
Sock suspenders, like the pictured pair from England's Albert Thurston, are usually worn above the calf, with the attachment forward, on the inside of the leg bone.
From James
"Is it ok to wear cuff links with a sport coat? My friend says no way! A steak dinner is riding on this."
If you don't want to pay off your bet, you may want to get a second opinion. I think links are questionable with a blazer and too much for other odd jackets.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Reader Questions
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
11 comments:
I agree with Will. Although, you may be able to get away with some silk knots with a double-breasted blue blazer.
I'd say there's now an exception: with jeans. The principle is that jeans are so dressed down that everything else should be dressed up.
Blazer done dressy - okay. Blazer done casual - not really. Odd sport coat - no.
My own humble opinion.
I too agree with Will on this. Cuff links with a blazer or odd jacket are inappropriate. In fact I think cuff links are way overdone today, expecially by sports stars, celebrities, and nouveau riche types.
Which is funny, because they only actually account for round-about 17% of the dress shirting market.
I agree completely with Laguna Beach's opinion. Indeed altough, as suggested by the british dress code, higly appropriate with suits cuff links, with the exception of formal occasions and of course of those requiring dinner jacket suits or tail coats, should be worn with parsimony because they are largely and improperly "overdone" today.
Angelo
It is rare that I must disagree with Will's opinions on style. However, I do believe that cufflinks can be appropriate and complimentary with blazers and odd jackets. A properly fitted jacket in a beautiful fabric with equally attractive trousers can be more elegant that most suits. Simple attractive cufflinks in a finely tailored shirt can make the outfit where barrel cuffs might detract from your overall appearance. As with many style "rules", IMHO, it depends entirely on the outfit and how you put it together.
Five to two against.
Couldn't agree with vonwotan more. I have several odd jackets that are so luxurious that they simply demand links. I wouldn't wear a pair of gold and onyx links with them but there are plenty of cufflinks that work perfectly well w/o seeming too dressy.
On the ride home last night I realized what bothers me more about the cufflink craze. In order to show off thier ostentatious links, many of the offenders wear their cuffs very long so the links are always showing. To my taste, less cuff with a glimpse of cufflink when shaking someones had about does it. For me, that means that my cuffs hang to the break in my thunb but do not rest on or gather about my wrist when my arms are at my sides. I am not tall and quite thin so I try (tailors sometimes add to the challenge) to show just less than 1/2" inch of cuff. Leaving the cufflinks covered more often than not.
Humbug. Silk knots go with everything.
Post a Comment