The tans of the season are a good foil for lighter blues. In the photo, a teal, navy and white Cappelli necktie complements a tan jacket, a navy, white and pale yellow striped shirt and a paisley square with some teal blue in the pattern. 
Below the waist, mid-blue houndstooth patterned socks pick up the necktie, and caramel Cleverley slipons add variety to the day's tans.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Tans and Blues
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
13 comments:
Mixing brown and blue is the quintessential Parisian favourite. It almost defines the city. In your take on this topos of fashion, what I like is that you have reversed the order: beige/tan is the dominant colour and blue the support colour... Is this an American colloquialism? Very interesting!
http://davidikus.blogspot.com/
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD LOOK. I love that lightly speckled grey pant, the perfect texture on that coat. Everything is so subtle and so organized, it pierces like a slow blade. If I had the dollars to dress like this every day, you can bet that I would. At any rate, I try.
What fabric are the pants? They have a nice pattern/texture.
Minnis 9/10 ounce fresco.
Lovely work, as usual. I would like to give an opinion, however, or maybe just ask a question.
Many of Will's outfits mix medium blues with orange tinted browns. Personally, I think it is not a great combination.
For example, the beautiful trouser and sock combination in this post would look better, I think, with burgundy or cordovan loafers rather than orange-brown loafers.
The same holds for the jacket. I think the shirt and tie would look better with a rosey-brown or rosey-tan jacket. To my eye, the blues in the shirt and tie do not harmonize with the orange in the jacket and pocket square.
Thoughts?
Everyone's taste is different but I encourage you to look at a color wheel. Orange is a complement to mid-blue. Dark red, on the other hand, works better with dark blue.
Wow.. splendid! I've moved from greys and blacks, even in cooler seasons, towards browns and blues with much satisfaction. Even more than seasonal hues, balance with complexion is so important - and this milder balance of tones suits a great many men.
Will, you have a great talent for "seasonable" dressing. Bravo!
I think that Matt's preference for burgundy and rose browns may stem from what colors make him look good, which are not necessarily the same colors that make Will look good.
One approach to dressing well starts by having one's colors done. The most traditional way divides people into four groups, each one named for a season (though they could just as easily be called "A, B, C, D" or anything else). Most Caucasians are either Summers or Springs. Both types look best in muted colors; the difference is in the tones. Summers (such as me) look better in cool colors (like burgundy and rose browns); many of the pastels of the classic men's wardrobe are Summer shades. Springs (like Will, I suspect) look better in warmer tones (like teal and tan, as well as some shades of orange).
In contrast to the muted tones of those seasons, Winters and Autumns look best in stronger tones. Winters look best in cool, intense shades--black, navy, charcoal, and the "hot" colors popular in the 80s--as well as barely-there shades of pink and blue. Autumns come alive in warm, intense earth tones--olive, most browns, and many of the popular shades of the 70s.
From this perspective, the challenge is to select the colors of the classic men's wardrobe that suit your personal colors best. Two advantages to dressing by one's season: all your clothes go with each other, and all your clothes bring out healthy-looking tones in your face.
So, Will shows us how to dress in the classic style as a Spring; those of who aren't Springs can still learn much from Will's extraordinary example.
Horatio, thank you for that.
Will, you are most welcome. Please let me thank you for so often posting my poor scribblings, and for educating me--and many others--in how to dress well. I am blessed to have had good examples with my father and grandfather, but with one gone and the other retired, and with no good examples around me now, you help keep me on track.
The textures and colors convey such warmth. What an elegant combination!
This might well be the sharpest look I've seen this season. The square really brings the whole thing together - along with being damn fine looking on its own. Any chance we'll be seeing some bright paisley squares in the shop soon?
Post a Comment