Men often forget to think beyond the pair of pants or shirt they were sent to shop for. "We have so many T-shirts that are really nice for $25." "It's kind of a struggle to see guys wearing $100-plus jeans and then just wearing whatever for a shirt," Albrecht says. Wilson also recommends pairing contrasting colors - either light to dark or complementary colors - when pairing ties and dress shirts.
"But if you do a small pattern and then a big pattern, it contrasts itself nicely." "If you were to go with a big polka dot and a big plaid, that can almost look kind of clownish," he says. It takes - to a certain degree - an eye a little bit, but in today's day and age most things have been done already so it's more just expressing yourself."ĪJ Wilson, a manager at Halberstadt's ND, says there's a trick to pairing patterns. "Most people think if it's a pattern tie, they have to do a solid shirt or if it's a pattern shirt, they have to do a solid tie," he says. "That helps a little bit so you don't look like one big blob of the same color."ĭahl says matching shirts and ties is often the hardest task for men. "I try to tell them, if you're wearing dark on top, do lighter on the bottom," she says. Albrecht has noticed this about her customers and tries to guide them in creating outfits where colors don't clash. You could have the nicest shirt, the nicest suit ever, but if it doesn't fit correctly, it doesn't really matter."ĭahl says most men choose bigger sizes for comfort, which is normal, but different styles toe the line of comfort while still looking good.Īccording to the National Eye Institute, approximately 8 percent of men with Northern European ancestry suffer with red-green color blindness. "Most guys oversize themselves by at least one or two (sizes) in everything - their shoes, jeans, shirts, jackets. "I think the biggest thing is oversizing," he says. One of Albrecht's pet peeves is "not having jeans that fit quite right and then they're wearing a belt that's super tight with these baggy jeans and a dress shirt," she says.Īlex Dahl, store manager at Halberstadt's ND, says he notices fit is a common issue among men he helps.