Subtle Style Intrigue
It’s fun to incorporate pops of color and decadent detail when putting together an outfit.
This week on The Spot we’ll deep dive into some of the ways you can expand on these themes, on an understated scale! A great place to start is with the Slim Fit Dress Shirt in Maroon Guitar, available to you from Original Penguin and ready to make its way into your repertoire. Featuring a tightly knit arrangement of classical guitars on a backdrop of off-white, it’ll make people take a second look and then a closer one!
For those out there who peruse The Spot regularly, it’s fairly obvious that I lean towards encouraging fashion choices that are outside of the box.
With that in mind, you don't necessarily need to go too far out to make a slyly stylish statement! Items such as the Classic Fit Stretch Poplin Shirt in Horizontal Stripe, available to you from Nautica, are just the ticket when it comes to slightly out of the ordinary and yet extremely extraordinary. With pastel stripes running east to west on a bright white background, this shirt will go perfectly with your favorite jeans or slim-fit chinos.
Even a traditional option can be reinvented in new and modern ways.
Just because it’s been done before doesn’t mean that it’s played out! With a garment like the Classic Fit Oxford Shirt in Large Gingham, you can rest assured and with ease that your look will be easy on the eyes. Also available to you from Nautica, the top features a lovely blue and green check pattern upon the ever timeless gingham cloth. Wear with any type of grey, dark brown, or black to complete the ensemble!
We absolutely must have a floral option, or it simply wouldn’t be The Spot!
This week’s pick is the amazingly aesthetic Men’s Twain Skinny Floral Tie, available to you from the Bar III collection created for Macy’s. Designed in two variations, you can decide for yourself whether you’re a burgundy and beige or a navy and pink! Either way, you can be confident in the fact that your outfit is positively blooming along with these delicately sketched blossoms.
Having a pattern with a color scheme that stays within the same tonal range is a great way to create movement in your look without making too much noise.
Pieces such as the Men’s Stewart Skinny Paisley Tie, also from the Bar III collection created for Macy’s, draw the eye and allow for cool color coordination with your other garments. With a meticulously muddled paisley like this one, you can be both the most stylish at the office and the most understatedly iconic on a night on the town.