Pulling the white suit look

[le roi]

Originally Posted by Currency Pair Crocodile

Admittedly, it's the toughest suit to pull. Few men pull it so well. Vincent Cassel is one. The dude also has the body for it. Not muscular, not weak looking, but absolutely cut. I'm guessing it's only achieved by natural activities like real life rowing, running and games. Football players as Thierry Henri or Zidane, they have little muscle mass but clean-cut athletes. Again, achieved by incessant running.

This is the crocodile's newest sartorial target. Already have the body for it. But need to find the suit. Express has one, but it's up in the 38s and 40s. May have to wait for their next set of new suits.

But this is one tough suit to pull. Can wear it to church. I wore a white suit to my first holy communion once upon a time.

Who here wears a white suit? It's not very common.


COTTON PHOTOGRAPHER SUIT JACKET at Express

as an "anglo" -- my take has always been that white suits can look good, but only for dark-skinned guys. Or maybe olive-skinned, or something. That's the big reason why western men don't wear white suits.. nothing worse than a fat pasty white guy in a sweaty white suit.

However, I say go for it. It helps to be smaller, and darker-skinned, so I think you could pull it off fine. White linen looks good as long as you don't get something baggy and ridiculous.

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

Originally Posted by le roi

as an "anglo" -- my take has always been that white suits can look good, but only for dark-skinned guys. Or maybe olive-skinned, or something. That's the big reason why western men don't wear white suits.. nothing worse than a fat pasty white guy in a sweaty white suit.

However, I say go for it. It helps to be smaller, and darker-skinned, so I think you could pull it off fine. White linen looks good as long as you don't get something baggy and ridiculous.

Are you making a reference to my ugly dudes comment? I was kidding, obviously. I still have a man crush on Russell Crowe.

I was probing. I may not get the white suit. Why spend money when it's not so regular in sartorial circles. But there are folks who pull it well. I'll keep the shaded white suit. It has dark brown pinstripes and it looks great when mixed with corduroy black/brown/khaki pants.

[le roi]

Originally Posted by Currency Pair Crocodile

Are you making a reference to my ugly dudes comment?

no, not at all. i didn't even catch that.

i'm just saying i have a complexion that wouldn't go well with a white suit. few white guys do. if i was dark skinned i would definitely have one, probably for more formal occasions.