Grey Shirts

[davidhuh]

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

[Rob O]

By coincidence Simon Crompton has just blogged on this very topic:

http://www.permanentstyle.co.uk/2015/05 ... ml#respond

[Melcombe]

By coincidence Simon Crompton has just blogged on this very topic:

http://www.permanentstyle.co.uk/2015/05 ... ml#respond

The grey shirt / tie / suit combination looks remarkably good (and against a grey background too).

I suspect it helps to have a slender frame.

[couch]

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.