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Styles & Patterns In Men's Dress & Formal

Men's formal fashions have been redefined. It's not about boring plain shirts anymore. With ready made shirts fitting as good as the customized tailored shirts, more and more men are now opting for the ready made dress shirts. The new age dress shirts have taken formal dressing to new altitudes. The choices are so many, that you can manage to wear a new look to office almost everyday.

Men's dress shirts need not stocking, but intelligent buying and smart matching. Stuffing all the colors under the sun, in the closest is foolish. Rather, put together a formal shirts that are not hardcore neutral color dress shirts but a mix of a few basic formal wear colors like light blue, grey, white, black and subtle shades of green, yellow, pink etc.

Putting together a plain shirt with striped trousers is a good idea. A black shirt and a white shirt are a must. Apart from them some of the popular colors with men's plain shirts are off yellow, cream, blue, navy blue, light pink or lavender. They are easy options to avoid any last minute confusions. Whenever in a dilemma, just pick up a plain shirt, wear a nice tie, preferably not plain and a pair of cuff links and you are done.

Striped shirts are a good idea. But the catch with buying striped shirts is, that they may look different in the mall and different when worn. So choose intelligently. Always wear and try the striped pattern to check if it looks as good on you. The two basic types in striped shirts are lighter shades and the brighter ones. Lighter shades are usually cotton blended shirts, which are daily office wears. Linen and woven fabrics are smoother versions of shirts that look amazing in stripes. They are usually available in darker colors and make good wedding and party formal wear as well. Look good without ties and accessorized with a earth color tuxedo. You can also chose from vertical and diagonal stripes. Horizontal stripes are not that popular.

The next variant in men's formal dress shirts are the checked shirts. They are again available in a wide array of color combinations. Stay away from very typical and bright shades as they may make you feel out of place at times. Stick to tried and testing colors. Wear plain ties with them for a sophisticated look.

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Men's Features

Copyright (c) 2008 Wes Fernley

A tailored dress shirt is an important feature of formal wear. But what are the features of a man's dress shirt? What differentiates a dress shirt from any other shirt? A men's dress shirt has 6 basic features, each of which will be discussed individually in this article.

Buttons

Buttons are perhaps the most distinctive feature which makes a dress shirt a dress shirt. In order to be a dress shirt, it must open in the middle and have buttons running from the collar down to the waist. Every tailored dress shirt has at least seven buttons on the front, regardless of size. Some high end shirts will have eight buttons, but seven is the norm. Oftentimes shirts will also have buttons on the collar and cuffs, although this is not a requirement.

Collars

Another key feature of the men's dress shirt is the collar. Having a collar is a must, however collar styles do vary. Some examples of collar types are: the Windsor, which has a wide spread at the edges and is named after the Duke of Windsor, a Straight Collar which has a very narrow spread between the edges of the collar, or the Tony, a highly formal collar which covers the entire neck as well as the knot of the tie. Some collars are also buttoned to the shirt; these are called "Button-down" collars.

Cuffs

Next in line of tailored dress shirt features are the cuffs. These are the sections of the shirt which cover the wrists. There are two main styles of cuff: the barrel cuff, in which the sides of the cuff overlap and button one on top of the other, and the French cuff in which the edges of the cuff are pulled out to the side and linked together there.

Placket

The placket is a feature related to the buttons of the tailored dress shirt. It is the strip which runs down the front of a man's dress shirt where the button holes are sewn. The standard width of a placket is 1.5 inches. It is generally sewn fairly finely so as to be as unnoticeable as possible, although some different variations of plackets do exist.

Pleats

Pleats are not a universal feature of a tailored dress shirt, however most dress shirts do have them. A pleat is a part of the shirt where the fabric is folded back over itself. Generally pleats are found on the either side of the back of the shirt. For less formal wear, there is a single box pleat in the middle of the back. Pleats are also often found on the sleeves just above the cuff. Pockets

Pockets are another feature of the tailored dress shirt which is not universal. In some places formal shirts do not include pockets at all; however a single pocket on the left side of the shirt is common in many places such as the United States. Occasionally these pockets can be buttoned shut; even more rarely they come with a cover flap.

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