Is it wrong to wear a navy blazer with a silver-buckled...

Harvard'10 Summa · 2022-11-22

Is it appropriate to wear a silver belt buckle with a navy blazer that has brass buttons?

rl1856

I wear a silver engraved clinch buckle with dark suits, trousers, and my NBB (with engraved brass buttons) when pairing with grey trousers. I wear a brass engraved clinch buckle with khakis, my summer weight tan suit, and my NBB when wearing khakis or summer trousers.

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Peak and Pine

· #22 · 6 mo ago

rl1856 said:
I wear a silver engraved clinch buckle with dark suits, trousers, and my NBB (with engraved brass buttons) when pairing with grey trousers. I wear a brass engraved clinch buckle with khakis, my summer weight tan suit, and my NBB when wearing khakis or summer trousers.

What is all this engraved stuff of yours engraved with?

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127.72 MHz

· #23 · 6 mo ago

Peak and Pine said:
What is all this engraved stuff of yours engraved with?

Family or military crest,....Perhaps one's initial's?

In 1980 a lowly sailor could have Philippine artisans craft you a uniform belt buckle with your initials and ship engraved?

I have U.S. made muted silver buttons with Oregon's state seal on them. (I'm not a fancy enough gent to have my family's crest or initial's on my blazer buttons.)

To each their own though.

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Peak and Pine

· #24 · 6 mo ago (Edited)

127.72 MHz said:
To each their own though.

Certainly.
Back when I drank I considered having buttons engraved with my initials in case I forgot who I was.

I too have buttons engraved with the state crest. Maine, in my case. Beow, a rendering of the state seal: a farmer, a seaman, a pine tree and a moose and the Latin phrase Dirigo, for I Lead. Below that are the engraved buttons. I have never attached them to anything, yet.

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Hayek

· #25 · 5 mo ago

Vecchio Vespa said:
If you mean one of those sterling buckles you use with a strap, I wouldn't, but it isn't because of a clashing metals issue. It is because I find those belts sort of "business dressy," the sort of thing you wear into the board room with a subtly chalk striped navy suit, well polished black cap toes, a broadcloth shirt with a spread collar and French cuffs, a sophisticated tie such as an Hermes, and a thin gold watch like a Piaget or a Breguet. I like blazers with blue or pink OCBDs, surcingle belts, and bright repp stripes. I find blazers very comfy and casual while, ironically, remaining dressy enough to meet grandmother for lunch In some snooty tea room. I am much more bothered by mixing levels of formality than I am mixing metals. My plain gold wedding ring, never removed in 47 years, will just have to clash with platinum studs.

I think mixing and matching different levels of formality can be a good look. For example wearing everything you described to a business meeting could risk looking a bit too cartoonish, like you want to be the "chairman of the board" out of central casting. I often wear a Hermes tie with a 3-button sack suit and OCBD, or a french cuff shirt with blazer and no tie. When done right it can look "casually elegant" without being either too casual or too elegant.

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· #26 · 4 mo ago

Would you consider two blazers. a gold button blazer and a silver button blazer for silver cufflinks, silver watch with silver buckle of course, silver belt buckle , silver wedding band , stainless steel pants zipper etc etc.