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    Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Every day the same story. Get up for work, shower, and then spend far too long deliberating which tie, with which shirt, with which suit.
    I am famously crap when it comes to colour coordinating my wordrobe. A problem I'm led to believe by my female friends, is a 'Man Thing'... whatever that may be.

    Is it a chap thing or just me?
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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Nope.
    I always take a female mate shopping (and im not ashamed to admit that) so they can tell me how much of a nob I'm looking when I think dressing like a rainbow is cool.

    That and females can see around 25% more colours (or the differentiation between them at least), so that helps
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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    I don't think it is too hard with a suit. There are only so many shades for a dark coloured suit, can't really go wrong with a white shirt, and as for the tie, it comes down to personal preference as long as it doesn't have a Playboy bunny on it.

    Sometime I do take time to decide what to wear (currently picking a kilt for graduation). I don't think I have trouble telling what colour do not coordinate. But I can spend more time than optimal deciding whether a style suit me or not.

    In general, I find that you can't go too far wrong copying the mannequins.

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Try being a man AND colourblind to boot !!
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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Black goes with black, right?

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Quote Originally Posted by chuckskull View Post
    Black goes with black, right?
    Just don't get walking over any zebra crossings.
    Last edited by Agent; 13-11-2007 at 02:58 AM. Reason: +y
    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    And by trying to force me to like small pants, they've alienated me.

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    I frankly couldn't give a monkeys whether I'm colour co-ordinated or not. If it looks acceptable to me, it's good enough, and to hell with what anyone else thinks. I'm very keen on my spangly silver shirt, for example, and if I want to team it up with my white jeans then my wife's protestations generally fall on deaf ears. She only gets a say when we're going to a wedding or some other important function.

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Yes, Black, Black and more Black

    With the odd white shirt thrown in when I'm feeling bored

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    I have a small selection of shirts I wear for work with some black trousers. I don't spend ages dressing to impress, as like Rave, if I feel comfortable then that's pretty much all the bothers me Outside of work I'll be wearing jeans, a tshirt (and maybe jumper) and trainers.
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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    That and females can see around 25% more colours (or the differentiation between them at least), so that helps
    Not quite true... they just know the names for them

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rave View Post
    I'm very keen on my spangly silver shirt, for example, and if I want to team it up with my white jeans then my wife's protestations generally fall on deaf ears.
    TTIUWP, and you knows it.

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    All my work ties match all my work shirts so I don't have to think about it. I think Einstein took it to the max by having all his suits, shirts and ties the same so he never had to think about it.
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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

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    Re: Chaps, can you colour coordinate clothing?

    I think i generally dress well most of the time. I never wear a tie to work (wouldn't be right offshore, and not required in the office) so thats one headache out the window.

    I'm not a fan of bright colours, so everything else is a lot easier to match

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