right, so after reading chapaking’s interview attire thread it’s clear to me that many of you are veritable gok wans when it comes to sartorial elegance, so here’s the deal- going to a mate’s wedding this saturday and i’ve bought a fairly bright blue suit for it (ultra slim fit, because i’m a modern fashionable male), but i don’t want to wear a white shirt with it because, well, i don’t do white shirts. ever. so, what colour shirt would you stylish gents go with? tie is optional, and i’m erring towards the no tie. got a pair of taupe “suede” derbys to go with the whole thing too.

do your worst, ladies…

NO shirt and tell everyone you are the stripogram

A blue suit/brown shoe combo is pretty neutral so you’ll have a bit of freedom.

Personally, I’d go pink, plain if you’re wearing a tie, patterned if not.

Something orangey

LOUDEST pink you can find

Floral shirt.

OP?

i did actually spot that pic when google image searching for inspiration matt, but no, that’s not me- too much hair (even if it is transplanted from his knackers)…

Is that a close approximation of the colour though?

not quite that shiny, but yes. nearer to that than navy.

So, what’s the problem with a white shirt? I reckon a white shirt is what’s going to look best under that? If not white and you’re going with no tie, then maybe a light grey. Anything else is going to look…I dunno…I don’t really want to say. 🙂

(P.s. regarding the tie, I’d go with a tie. If it’s all a bit lounge-suit, then you can always whip it off and stuff it in your breast pocket.)

Or wear a cravat.

So…wear a smart white shirt…there are plenty that won’t look like a stationery sales rep’s and go for a darker blue plain tie. You’ll look the shizzle!

A Liberty print in Tana Lawn.

Pale lilac shirt

light blue, like the colour that’s blue green (next to green).

The blues on that colour wheel seem odd to me.

I would go with a pale grey, but I probably wouldn’t use the shoes you mentioned unless you are going with plain white because the shoes are your accent colour, you’re trying to balance 3 colours which is tricky

why not go to a proper tailors, take the shoes and the trousers and ask their opinion ? can’t hurt and would be better than a load of polyester wearing smelly blokes 😉