![]() That is, if your overcoat is a big herringbone tweed with lots of mottled color (heavy pattern), wear a more restrained sports jacket and a solid-color shirt so that you have less and less pattern toward your core. You can go in either direction with this one, but try to make the relative strength of your patterns a steady grade. Eastwood has a simple dress shirt (no pattern/texture) but progressively adds more texture in his outer layers. On the left, the inner layer goes from a plaid shirt (heavy pattern) to a smooth blazer (no pattern). Decent shoes and a good watch is already more effort than the majority of men put into their clothing think how striking you’ll look once you start adding body pieces as well.Įxamples of scaling patterns while layering. If you have anything else in the outfit, you’re already ahead of the game. Everyone is really tired of looking at guys in generic collared shirts and jeans or slacks. A good wicking underlayer with thicker, more absorbent layers on top moves sweat outward and keeps rain or other outside wetness from penetrating. Less obvious, but often even more important to our comfort, smart layering can help manage sweat and moisture as well. In a sense, smart layering enables you to look great in a wide range of temperatures without heading home to change. When you start to cool off, you slip the top layer back on and still look put together. If you’re wearing multiple layers - all of them stylish - and you get hot, you can take one off and still look sharp. Please note that layering for heat retention is not the focus of this article however, if you want to read a classic AOM article where we cover layering for cold weather, click here. ![]() The obvious function of layering is heat-retention. It lends itself naturally to fall and spring - when changing temperatures make it convenient to have pieces you can take on or off throughout the day - but with the right wardrobe pieces and the right materials you can have a layered look all year round if you want. In general, layering is a four-season look. ![]() Layering is nothing more than mastering the combining of your clothing so that it functions properly (protects you, allows you to move, and is comfortable) and is aesthetically pleasing to the human eye. Maybe a jacket if he’s dressing up (a second layer), and perhaps a coat or a scarf if it’s cold (a third layer). ![]() Your average guy on the street typically has one visible layer: shirt and trousers. The goal of this article is to help fix that. Are you bewildered by talk of “layering” in menswear? ![]()
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