Shirts: we suggest to have them made for you in order to have no problem with the length of the sleeves and the girth of the neck. About collar, we suggest bottown down for business meetings, French collar for a formal occasion. About colour of shirt, we suggest white for formal occasion, light blue for everyday uses.
A white shirt for all occasions: the white shirt is the basic item for a man wardrobe. Coupled to a pair of jeans is good for a casual party, under a suit it is good for a very formal occasion.
Fabrics: only 100% natural fabrics. Wool is the best option for all season, in winter cashmere is a good choice, while for a summer informal suit, cotton or linen is ok.
The right formal look: every man needs a nice and high quality suit, for work or an elegant dining. Always good is a single breasted, 2 or 3 bottons, dark grey or navy blue colour suit. Double breasted is too hard to wear and it is better to choose it only for very formal occasions.
Ties: suit is better in basic styles and colours, but men can show their individuality thanks to the choice of the colour of the ties. Lenght and wide follow strong rules, the tie must touch the top of your belt, and the ideal width is 10cm (4 inches)
Watches & jewelry: a watch is the first and unique piece of jewelery a man can wear. At least 2 models, a sport watch for everyday uses and an elegant one for special occasions.
Leather belt: always a classic style, mind that the leather belt color must be coordinated with shoes colour, black / black, brown / brown
Shoes: black is the safer colour for work but Italians like wear also brown colour for daily meetings. It is a less formal choice, but it allows you to use brown from time to time. We suggest brown leather shoes for work and black for the evenings. When buy shoes, pay attention on design, quality and comfort. Mind that all women will notice your shoes.
Dressing casually: casually is very practical, you can wear comfortable pieces showing your personal style. Thought casual means informal clothes, there are more rules you must follow than formal suit. Feel comfortable wearing a cotton T-shirt or a botton down cotton shirt, a wool sweater or a leather jacket if weather is no warm enough such as fall evening. Combine some color, black, dark navy, and gray are safe colours for a suit, but for informal occasions, try to wear different colours.
Jeans go with everything: blue jeans are universal appreciated and always trendy. Everyone can wear jeans, from a young student to a married woman. Just make sure Jeans fit correctly. Blue jeans are good in about all occasions, a very flexible look from casual to elegant dining, if mixed with a navy 2 botton jacket or a cashmere sweater. You can choose different colours of blue jeans, from light blue to navy, if you wear a light blue jeans, wear a navy or red sweaters, if you wear a navy blue jeans, wear a light clour for shirt or sweater in order to balance colours of your look.
Jumpers: always in cashmere, cashmere come from goats that live in Tibet, and it is a very soft kind of wool. Wearing cashmere means you know what you wear and you aren't just a fashion victim. Start with classic colours: navy, blue, red, then add other colours to your wardrobe. |