/fa/ - Fashion

I've been thinking hard about stripes, so I wanted to experiment with something rather neutral just to see. As I think we can all agree, grey/black works with this jacket, so I brought out a shirt of mine that is grey/black but has horizontal stripes. The idea being that it doesn't get in the way of the perception of the lapels (which vertical stripes would), but would serve to make the torso 'interesting' but not so interesting as to interfere.

This is the result. This particular combination (blue jeans, grey striped shirt with high neck) I think looks really good; I can't find a flaw except that maybe someone would find it too boring or something. The shirt has some texture to it, but not enough to be distracting, the stripes are evident but not distracting...etc. In other words, I think everything looks good, and I think I understand why it looks good.

The colours work, according to the rules. The shapes seem to work (especially with stripes that can artificially change the perception of the neckline), and the texture adds visual interest but is still within the boundaries of what goes with leather as a material (i.e. hardy, slightly refined, and 'warm' looking).

So, I think this is a kind of 'stage 1' of Norm-core for this kind of jacket.

I'll be back, maybe not for a while, but I'll definitely be back, and when I return I'll be able to properly respond to everyone. My thanks to you all as always for your ideas and critiques...I'm learning a hell of a lot, and I hope that the discussions are helpful to others too (not only about this jacket, but about combinations in general).