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davidhuh
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Thu May 07, 2015 3:55 pm
rodes wrote:It is a smart and acceptable alternative for the white.
Dear Rodes,
in my wardrobe, the standard is cream & butter; white and pink the alternative
. I don't do diet - why are elephants grey?
Cheers, David
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Rob O
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Melcombe
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Thu May 07, 2015 10:32 pm
The grey shirt / tie / suit combination looks remarkably good (and against a grey background too).
I suspect it helps to have a slender frame.
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couch
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Thu May 07, 2015 11:34 pm
I've seen worse, but I can't say solid light grey does much for me, especially in a monochrome ensemble like that. I can't think of many people on whom it wouldn't drain the color and life from their visage. I've seen grey-and-white striped shirts that I thought worked well, especially with navy or Oxford grey suits, and one or two short-sleeved gray-and-white broad striped linen casual shirts that looked smart—especially against a fresh tan.
Low-contrast mostly grey outfits like Crompton's don't look sophisticated to me, they look like a mandated sales manager's uniform in a suburban chain store.
However, I remain mindful of Michael's remark that the right shade of any color can work for anyone, given the right complementing garments. So I don't want to be categorical.
But I do remain to be convinced on this point. It may be a generational thing. I remember at one point in the late '90s a fashion for monochrome shirt-tie sets among the young hipsters that often included light or medium gray shirts.
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