White Shirt? Colored Shirt?

[TCMfan25]

The eternal question that will slowly drive men to madness.

I am a devout whit shirt wearer, so I can leave the boldness to my Bow Tie, or wear a more conservative tie and carry the theme through the whole outfit.

what about you?

Do you swear by colored shirts?

Or do you swear by white shirts?

Or do you cross the boundries?

 

[Yeps]

Always white. I used to have a couple pale blue shirts too, but they are worn out, and I am not replacing them. I have a nice deep red shirt, and a nice royal blue shirt, but I don't wear either one.

 

[MikePotts]

Sometimes, and those times are very few, certain accessories can appear a little 'sudden' against a white shirt. I am prepared to give other colours a chance.

 

[avedwards]

White shirt 80% of the time, white with grey or blue pinstripes 10% of the time, colours (beige, pale blue, black, red) the other 10% of the time.

 

[Wambleyburger]

Primarily white about 80% to 90% of the time. Although I do have several solid colored as well as striped shirts. Those I generally wear without a jacket, though.

 

[carldelo]

I have only one white shirt - I seem to only wear it with my tan suit. Mostly my shirts are striped, but I've been adding solid colors in the last year or two. I like the exercise of matching a tie to a striped shirt and jacket, there's a lot more to take into consideration.

 

[Undertow]

I'm probably 50/50, depending on the suit, depending on the circumstances.

 

[Nick D]

Mostly white right now, but with the odd solid and striped shirt. I'd like to add more of each, as well as some checked shirts to go with the tweeds.

 

[sproily]

Very rarely white. I dislike the white shirt other than in formal wear.

 

[Feraud]

Maybe a third of my shirts are white. The rest have color and pattern.

 

[Shangas]

I wear both white & coloured. Depends on my mood.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

I really LOVE stripes. Most of my shirts have light and thin stripes.

I only have two or three white shirts. I wear them with suits that have a strong pattern or with beige and tan/colors that need a contrast.

 

[Tomasso]

I really LOVE stripes. .

Me too!

 

[Tomasso]

 

[Widebrim]

For YEARS I basically only wore white. Then, a couple of seasons ago, I began to sometimes wear colored, and I haven't looked back since...Having said that, I believe there are times when a white shirt is the only way to go, depending on color of suit/sport coat and necktie.

 

[TCMfan25]

I am a white/cream purist!

White with Black or Gray suits, Cream with Brown or Tan suits, and then a corresponding tie.

 

[Feraud]

With such variety available I could not restrict myself to white..

Images from M. Chevalier's various catalog postings seen here-
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...STICKY-Catalog-scans-and-other-useful-threads.

 

[TCMfan25]

I could do stripes.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

With such variety available I could not restrict myself to white..

Yes I saved all this pictures and I am drooling over them since then. The first 5 shirts in the first picture are my favourite.

 

[Flipped Lid]

I'm primarily a white and pale blue guy because I have a twenty-inch neck. A 17-33 shirt fits me nearly perfect through the shoulders and body, which means I need a lot of tailoring done to my shirts because I have to buy a size 20-34 in the big and tall section. My shirts have to be versatile and able to be worn with a variety of suits and sport coats. I've been looking into having some custom shirts made with a local tailor as well as with Brooks Brothers and Hemrajani. When I do, I'll almost certainly get a few striped shirts. There's a real art to matching a striped shirt with a patterned tie (I generally eschew solid color ties because I find them boring.), but when a proper match is made, I think it's a very sharp look.