I have a clear affinity for go-to-hell clothing. The world of men is a very serious one and sometimes your clothing should reflect that you’re not always as serious as your environment. However, the idea of wearing loud, in-your-face colors and patterns is disconcerting for a lot of men.
Thankfully loud clothing is more of a spectrum than a binary. Smaller patterns like those on the socks above are a perfect way to strike a balance between work and play.
If you want to give the world a more subtle damnation go with more muted colors, on smaller articles of clothing, and in smaller patterns. It’s a far cry from the patch madras pants you’ll see on Hampton’s men this summer.
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5 comments on “A Subtle Damnation”
Yes, well, Bill Murray can do that outfit because he’s more or less made of Go To Hell, heavily seasoned with a reputation for Teh Funni. Me, I’ll stick to socks that amuse.
True. Murray can wear whatever the crap he wants. The rest of us should probably tone it down at times.
If you replace those wingtips with a pair of cordovan penny loafers, and the socks with a similar color scheme but red Superman logos instead of dots, then you’d have what I wore to work today. Conservative gray suit, white shirt, red tie… and Superman socks. The surprising thing is how few people notice.
That is entirely awesome. I’m going to get some Superman socks. Or maybe with little Batman logos.
I like the combo here.
However, the only time I’ve seen the go-to-hell colors pulled off, and not come off as try-hard-hipster-ironic… is Big Money.
I don’t have that kind of money, but I see it playing gigs to the MA coast/Cape/vineyard/Newport set occasionally.
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