Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Fall Essential 2 for the Fellas!

Okay fellas...this evening we are giving you Fall Essential #2 ...button-ups! In case you missed Fall Essential #1 here is the link -----> F.E. #1- Men. Button-ups are a very important fall essential and one of the most versatile pieces of clothing one can own in general. They can be layered, dressed up, or dressed down and they come in all different prints, styles, and colors! With that being said...let's jump right into the post!


Okay look #1 comes from VintageMahogani. favorite Chris Brown. He gives us a casual look with a plaid flannel/button-up shirt. He is seen to the right in a navy/grey/red plaid flannel shirt with a plain white tee layered underneath. As far as bottoms, he has on a pair of dark denim jeans and then he threw on a pair of gray lo top chucks. Simple and very easy to achieve. 

To achieve this look, start with something like this Blue/Red/White Flannel Shirt from Urban Outfitters. Then you can go ahead and layer this plain V-Neck Tee underneath in either Charcoal or White. As far as bottoms and shoes go...try something like these Dark Denim Levis and then go with these Red Lo-Top Chucks  or Red High Top Chucks whichever you prefer.

As far as the versatility of this button up...to take it to the dressy-casual side all you would really have to change are the bottoms and shoes. For bottoms, you can do this pair of Chino Pants in Grey and do a pair of Tan Woven Sperry's



Moving right along to look number 2!....


All we can say when we look to the left at this outfit is YESSSSS!!! Lol... It's so simple and clean cut but we L-O-V-E it!! Omarion is seen to the left in a dressy-casual outfit with his button-up shirt. Now...he didn't go with plaid or a flannel button up, he did a denim button up which is one of our favorite clothing items! He paired his dark denim button-up with a pair of khaki pants belted with a dark brown belt and went with a pair of navy/mocha oxfords! 

To get a look similar to Omarion's start with this Dark Denim Button Up from Urban Outfitters and pair it with these Khaki Trousers also from Urban. Slightly tuck your shirt in and grab a dark tan or brown belt and belt those pants! For shoes...do something like these Dark Tan/Black Oxford Shoes. YOUR LOOK IS NOW COMPLETE...SIMPLE HUH?

Now if you wanted to do a casual look with a denim shirt, try this Lighter Denim Button-Up Shirt. Then layer a white v-neck tee underneath, for bottoms you can do the first pair of dark denim jeans listed in the first tip. (Two denim items does work together if you do one light and one extremely dark)...or if you wanted to..you could do something similar to this pair of colored Orange Trousers. For shoes...depending on what bottoms you did..you can do these Blue/Orange/Black Sneakers  or if you went with the orange trousers do the same shoes in the Khaki color. 

Moving on to our last Button-Up look....


Our last button-up look comes from Diddy...he's showing how to do a completely dressy outfit with a button-up. 
He just went with a plain reddish orange button up and paired white pants with it, which looks really clean-cut and crisp. For shoes, he put on a pair of...what looks like brown..it may be black. lol...loafers. SIMPLE RIGHT?

To achieve this same/similar look, we suggest you go somewhere like Express. They are one of many places that have great dress clothes for men. Start with this Modern Fit Dress Button Up from there in whatever color you prefer, but for now we'll just go with the "Radiant Rose"/ Purple color. For dress pants, you can do these Modern Fit Dress Pants in the "Cast Iron"/Dark Gray color, belt them, and just do a pair of black dress shoes. 

Now there is still versatility with a plain dressy button up as well. If you wanted to do a pair of jeans with your button up and still keep it dressy casual, do the same button up in the Bionic Blue color. Then layer this Heather Gray LAMBSWOOL Double Breasted Cardigan over it. We know it may be a little pricey but the sweater is EXTREMELY NICE! Then you can put a tie with it like this Solid Black Silk Tie . For bottoms, make sure you do a dark jean...basically black and to complete the look you can do these Light Grey Oxfords from Urban Outfitters. 

Well fellas...we hope that you've learned a little something that you didn't already know and we gave you some reasonable outfit suggestions. Feel free to leave any questions, comments, or suggestions you may have for us! Until next week....

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