What say you, TWW? I always thought it was tacky. Have the tides changed?

5/1/2012 8:11:46 PM

totes tacky

5/1/2012 8:12:41 PM

It's times like this that I really miss joe17669... I could always bounce these types of ideas off of him, and vice versa.

Now, I will have to rely on TWW females, seeing how the males on TWW are a bunch of classless hacks.

5/1/2012 8:16:32 PM

You'd get shot around these parts dressing like that

5/1/2012 8:16:47 PM

Wait, what specifically are you talking about?

A removable collar?

A shirt that has buttons on the collar tips instead of stays?

Just wearing a shirt & tie in general, or wearing them alone without a jacket?

I'M SO CONFUSED

5/1/2012 8:17:49 PM

You'll still be black no matter what you wear. Just go with whatever.

5/1/2012 8:19:13 PM

i'm not a fan of it.

5/1/2012 8:19:18 PM

button down collar + tie. yeah, I'm talking about with a jacket too, if that matters to you

5/1/2012 8:19:36 PM

Wearing a dress shirt is fine.

Wearing shirt + tie + jacket is fine.

Wearing just the shirt & tie is tacky.

Any collar that buttons down is verboten.

5/1/2012 8:23:44 PM

eh

I wear just a button down collar shirt with the top button undun pretty often

5/1/2012 8:27:06 PM

That look is fine, but get some shirts without them tacky buttons, mang.

5/1/2012 8:27:51 PM

Two ties on a short sleave shirt is how I usually roll

5/1/2012 8:27:51 PM

fred that makes me wanna puke and you at the same time

5/1/2012 8:29:35 PM

^^^ sucka, please

don't act like you know what's in my wardrobe...you goddamn hipster

5/1/2012 8:29:38 PM

http://putthison.com/

5/1/2012 9:28:41 PM

here's a photo of me at the club last week

5/1/2012 9:30:41 PM

your balls are showing

5/1/2012 9:31:42 PM

I think it looks good... provided you wear a decent pattern on the shirt and tie.... IE they compliment.... if that's what you're worried about; you're probably okay.... or totally off your rocker and wearing novelty ties to serious settings...

5/1/2012 10:14:36 PM

tacky? its hardly noticeable

5/1/2012 10:27:53 PM

maybe barely noticeable to you uncouth individuals

5/1/2012 10:29:54 PM

i mean if you're some fashion model on a runway or something sure whatever, but if you show up for a business meeting and care about something like that, you're probably a shitty businessman who needs to get his priorities straight

5/1/2012 10:31:46 PM

I used to think that way. Then I stopped patching up my 3 year old jeans with those sticky denim patches.

5/1/2012 10:35:15 PM

This guy's suit only costs $5,000... no way in hell we give them the contract

5/1/2012 10:37:42 PM

are you supposed to button those things if you aren't wearing a tie?

i think it looks stupid but my old fart coworker thinks i'm wrong

5/1/2012 10:38:18 PM

1) Don't take advice from hipsters who don't know what a button down collar is.
2) When in doubt, listen to DivaBaby19

5/1/2012 10:39:15 PM

if you're not wearing a tie they stay unbuttoned

5/1/2012 10:39:22 PM

5/1/2012 10:41:22 PM

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"This guy's suit only costs $5,000... no way in hell we give them the contract"

Come on!

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 10:44 PM. Reason : i]

5/1/2012 10:43:53 PM

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"if you're not wearing a tie they stay unbuttoned"

cool. i am fashionable.

5/1/2012 10:44:40 PM

everyone knows this is the proper way to wear a button down shirt

5/1/2012 10:45:17 PM

if they have buttons, they probably don't have collar stays

5/1/2012 10:45:47 PM

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"are you supposed to button those things if you aren't wearing a tie? i think it looks stupid but my old fart coworker thinks i'm wrong"

Who cares what your coworker thinks. Most women think it looks sloppy unbuttoned.

5/1/2012 10:46:10 PM

i don't care. i do the bare minimum. dress clothes are a prison.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

5/1/2012 10:47:38 PM

^missing the point

5/1/2012 10:48:43 PM

i know DivaBaby is the resident fashion guru but she also thinks shit like this looks perfectly fine

5/1/2012 10:49:44 PM

^^
my point stands, regardless of what wimmens think.

5/1/2012 10:51:02 PM

i often end up with the button down + tie, with the neck unbuttoned and maximum sleeve rollage. its the "i've already put in a hard day's work" look..

5/1/2012 10:57:56 PM

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"if you're not wearing a tie they stay unbuttoned"

They should always be buttoned unless you are some kind of lazy bum who doesn't know how to wear a dress shirt. I usually only wear button collars if I am wearing a tie as well, more a matter of personal preference since it's fine to them without a tie. But I was taught that they should always be buttoned, with or without tie. It looks really sloppy if you have a button collar and you aren't using it.

But what do I know, I prefer cargo shorts over pink salmon nut-huggers

5/1/2012 10:59:36 PM

just to be clear, i was referring to the neck & not the collar buttons..

5/1/2012 11:03:44 PM

If you enjoy looking like a Congressman from a shitty flyover state, go for it. Personally I never wear a polo/button down collar with a suit because I think it's aesthetically abhorrent. I will wear one with a tie or bowtie with a casual jacket or blazer.

5/1/2012 11:04:21 PM

I grew up wearing button down collars cause thats what my dad wears, I realized late there was another option and I think I probably haven't bought a shirt like that in 8 years or so

5/1/2012 11:04:53 PM

unless you're wearing a tux or you're selling bean pies, i think bowties are aesthetically abhorrent

5/1/2012 11:05:25 PM

one of my goals in life is to be a congressman from a shitty kickass flyover state

5/1/2012 11:06:30 PM

You live in Charlotte. Everything about your life is aesthetically abhorrent.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 11:07 PM. Reason : iEdit]

5/1/2012 11:07:06 PM

tbh whenever i see someone with a perfectly ironed, put together outfit in a meeting, i automatically assume they're untrustworthy

5/1/2012 11:07:41 PM

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"unless you're wearing a tux or you're selling bean pies, i think bowties are aesthetically abhorrent"

This a million times this. Unless its the classic black tie tux a bow tie makes you look like a dope or a tool (often both).

5/1/2012 11:09:05 PM

^^^^^ Agreed. Bowties as a hip fashion statement are

I have 1 (maybe 2) shirts with a button collar. I stay away from them if at all possible, I think they just aren't as comfortable because you always have that high collar rubbing your neck.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 11:10 PM. Reason : ^]

5/1/2012 11:10:05 PM

yeah I live in Charlotte, the majority of us don't wear bowties

i prefer bolo ties

5/1/2012 11:11:11 PM

EMCE realistically you will never have to worry about looking like a Congressman from a shitty flyover state because they don't elect black people to office.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM. Reason : except JC Watts, but he was one of the good ones, ya know...]

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 11:14 PM. Reason : Fun fact. Did you know that according to Wikipedia, JC stood for Julius Caesar? HAHAHA.]

5/1/2012 11:12:00 PM

Every woman I have met loves when i wear a bow tie.

Also,

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"one of my goals in life is to be a congressman from a kickass flyover state"

I would vote for ssjamind

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 11:16 PM. Reason : 1]

5/1/2012 11:15:26 PM