Ten rules for being well-dressed: to follow, or to flout?

[Nick Armstrong]

Friday afternoon froth.

This piece discusses the (alleged) ten rules in question: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24019737

For ease of reference, the 'rules' are as follows:


1. Don't do denim with denim

2. Men shouldn't wear white socks

3. Legs or cleavage - never both

4. Vertical stripes are slimming

5. The tip of a tie should always cover the last button of a shirt but never go below your belt

6. Never mix patterns

7. Straight men should only pierce their left ear

8. Shoes and bags/shoes and belts should always match

9. Blue and green should never be seen

10. Never mix gold and silver jewellery


For what it's worth, of the ones that are relevant to me, I follow 2, 5 and 6

[edashtav]

Looking at 8. , do I deduce that you're a lover of braces, cali.?

[MrGongGong]

What's a tie ?

[Nick Armstrong]

Looking at 8. , do I deduce that you're a lover of braces, cali.?

I can be seen in a fairly lurid set in the audience on a certain Tennstedt Mahler DVD

But no - not for 20 years or more...

[Beef Oven!]

Friday afternoon froth.

This piece discusses the (alleged) ten rules in question: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24019737

For ease of reference, the 'rules' are as follows:


1. Don't do denim with denim

2. Men shouldn't wear white socks

3. Legs or cleavage - never both

4. Vertical stripes are slimming

5. The tip of a tie should always cover the last button of a shirt but never go below your belt

6. Never mix patterns

7. Straight men should only pierce their left ear

8. Shoes and bags/shoes and belts should always match

9. Blue and green should never be seen

10. Never mix gold and silver jewellery


For what it's worth, of the ones that are relevant to me, I follow 2, 5 and 6

2, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

What if you have both ears pierced?

you swings both ways daaaahhhling .....

[Stillhomewardbound]

... And does that also apply to nipple piercing??!! I merely ask

Can I add:


5b. The tie-knot is best not over-tightened (unless your the POW) and should be firm up to the collar with the top button never visible.

5c. Trousers should never bunch on the shoe. Possibly breaking a little on the shoe, no more. A bespoke tailor would always taper the end of the trouser leg so it would hang right for the front and the back of the shoe.

6. Oh god, yes. To see say a tartan patterned tie with a striped shirt. What are they thinking.

8b. Never brown in town

8c. ... and never brown shoes with a suit. Possitively makes me shiver. Nor, grey shows with a grey suit.

[vinteuil]

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5c. Trousers should never bunch on the shoe. Possibly breaking a little on the shoe, no more. A bespoke tailor would always taper the end of the trouser leg so it would hang right for the front and the back of the shoe.



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... as Arnold Bennett's tailor said : "Trousers should shiver on the shoe but not break... "

[Stillhomewardbound]

Bless you for that, Vinteuil. That's a great quote which eptiomises the requirement very nicely.

[Flosshilde]

2. Men shouldn't wear white socks

If its good enough for Gene Kelly it's good enough for me

[french frank]

I follow 2, 5 and 6

10. Never mix gold and silver jewellery

I follow 10.

[jean]

And there I was thinking that the female members of this forum had better things to do!

[Anna]

Most of those refer to men, but my answers are:
1. I never wear denim
3. I believe less is more
4. I only possess horizontal stripes so I don't know
6. Nonsense
8. Ditto
9. I am wearing a striped teal and RAF blue top
10. Agreed, (but I only ever wear silver on the rare occasions I wear jewellery)

[eighthobstruction]

11. Don't use your trouser turn ups as an ash tray.....

[eighthobstruction]

And can we please have some opinions on leather trousers....