Which Flannel Shirt?
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I'm not really sure how you dress up flannel, but I like the first one.
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Shirt #3 would be the easiest to "dress up" because of its comparatively small-scale pattern and muted colors. It could also be dressed down because it is, after all, a tartan flannel.
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I'd prefer #3. Also not sure about dressing up a flannel shirt.
No. 2 (red/black) is a 'lumberjack cliché"...
No. 2 (red/black) is a 'lumberjack cliché"...
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I like no 2 and actually have an LL Bean chamois shirt in that pattern (lumberjack connotation nonwithstanding), but none of these can really be dressed up. The only way you can dress up flannel is if you’re talking about flannel dress pants or a flannel blazer (solid colors on both).
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I like the second shirt as well. Sure, it is very lumberjacky, but if you're going to wear a flannel shirt, might as well go all out. I have an old Eddie Bauer shirt that looks similar.
I agree that the notion of "dressing up" a flannel shirt can cause brain strain. Nonetheless, I responded to the OP's question yesterday because I figured that he might have been wondering which shirt would go best with chinos and loafers in addition to jeans and Bean boots. I didn't dwell on the matter, though--I did the best I could with the choices the OP gave me. What he does with our collective replies is his business now.
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One and four are out for me due the mismatched shirt pockets . Always hated that look.
Yea, dressed up was probably the wrong word. I pretty much meant what you said in what would go with the most outfits.
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If the OP is asking which shirt is easiest to wear to the office with chinos or maybe nicer trousers, I voted for #3. It has the smallest scale to the pattern and the pockets blend in to the background enough. I don't care for the non-matching of the pockets on #1 and #4 and couldn't see myself wearing those to the office in just about any occasion.
FWIW, I have a couple of flannel shirts from New England Shirt Company that fit perfectly and have very nice spread collars that look great with a knit tie. IMO, flannel shirts can be dressed up and worn with a tie or sportcoat provided that the pattern and colors are nice and conservative, the collar isn't too small, and the shirt fits properly.
FWIW, I have a couple of flannel shirts from New England Shirt Company that fit perfectly and have very nice spread collars that look great with a knit tie. IMO, flannel shirts can be dressed up and worn with a tie or sportcoat provided that the pattern and colors are nice and conservative, the collar isn't too small, and the shirt fits properly.
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Back in the '70s and early '80s, when I was in high school and, then, college and when teachers and professors still dressed up, but in an academic style, a flannel shirt, knit tie and corduroy jacket (or, even, corduroy suit) was a fall and winter staple for some.
It's "dressed up" in a very "Dead Poets Society" or "Love Story" way.
But even back then, my memory is, as noted in an early post, that it would be shirt 3 or 4 as the smaller scale works better "dressed up" than the bigger checks of 1 or 2.
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