How to Dress your Shirt? Stylish Casual or Dressy part 2
Written on September 21, 2008 – 12:19 am | by dodo
Shirt Cuff
Your cuff is important in creating a finished, well-groomed look. The length of your cuff is critical. Exposed wrists look just as bad as sleeves that are too loose and too long. Cuffs should be slightly longer than your jacket sleeves and should cover the wrist bone.
For the neatest look in a cuff, make sure it fits your wrist trimly. A button on the placket above the cuff is the mark of a fine shirt. This look is found on expensive ready-mades or can be ordered on tailor-made shirts. If you choose a shirt that needs cuff links, make sure the formality of this style blends with your suit and is compatible with your personality.
Whatever style of cuff you choose, make sure it is crisply pressed, especially if the fabric is cotton. You can sometimes get away without pressing if your shirt is permanent press, but a stiff, lightly starched cuff gives a more finished look.
Shirt Fabric
The best fabrics for dress and business shirts are 100 per cent cotton or cotton- polyester (wash and tumble dry) blends. A shirt of pure cotton looks great, fits, is cool, and takes colour well. However, it wrinkles — sometimes badly! — after a day at work. A permanent-press cotton-polyester blend (usually 65 per cent cotton/35 per cent polyester) may be the best choice for long wear.
In casual shirts you may choose from cottons, denims, corduroys, flannels, wools or knits. Take time to find the right colour, and select good quality that will wear well.
Forget 100 per cent synthetic fabrics for either business or casual wear. These fabrics almost always look cheap and don’t ‘breathe’. Silk shirts are strictly for evening wear or for the flashier professions where it is acceptable to dress up for work. Batiste or any see-through material is not appropriate for business, though it may be acceptable for summer wear.
Shirt Patterns
Patterns add interest to a shirt but are always less formal than a solid. The rule of thumb is that subtle patterns are suitable for business wear, and noticeable patterns are for casual or social attire. Most men are best advised to stay away from prints of any kind. Pictures, geometric designs and florals are seldom flattering.
Checks in subtle shades and small, well defined box checks can be acceptable for some professions. Checks are not a business look.
Some muted or bold checked shirts are generally suitable for leisure wear. Any bright, busy combination of colours is immediately casual.
When thin and crisp, stripes go with any style of business suit, even a pinstripe. As the stripes become wider or brighter, they are more sporty in appearance.
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