Style recommendations for the office
I am looking for ideas and advice for office wear as a somewhat big/overweight guy. Trying to find a simple and easy to maintain style, as I have enough things going on as it is.
Currently I mostly wear polos, some days I wear button downs. Mostly a jeans guy, but I am open for ideas.
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Olive and tan or khaki pants
White and blue OCBDs
Maroon and navy polos (don't wear navy polos with jeans)
Black selvedge straight fit jeans
White sneakers
CDB Beeswax (yes I still think it looks good)
Couple of plaid shirts, they look great on us overweight guys. Costco has some good stuff
Our overlord Derek has a great thread on this (saying this as a larger guy myself)
https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1615828613731078146?t=Avvk_qMr4gWwB-EOC-PhFA&s=19
derek guy (@dieworkwear)
DRESSING FOR LARGER MALE FIGURES 🧵
Want to do a quick thread on how to dress if you're a larger guy. There's not a lot of info or inspiration online about this, and I feel this leads people to think that they don't have options or can't dress well bc of their body type.
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I think one of the main takeaways for me is to look for more straight/regular fits and go for a higher waist
And for overall advice, check out the basic bastard guide
Building A Basic Wardrobe v7.0
Version 7 of the classic MFA post
Slim fit can look good sometimes
It can, but overall I think straight fits make for a more balanced silhouette especially for bigger guys
A less slim shirt would look better on you
I notice as a trend that big guys often don’t tuck in their shirts. Well that is also a larger trend, but I think it helps because it takes attention away from the midsection
True, but if you have a higher waist it looks better to tuck in than with lower waist trousers.
I don’t even remember the last time I wore high waist pants 😅 I think I need to go take a look at the options
They are (coming) back in style so you can find them more easily than before. I recently got some from Gant
There might be some good advice in this recent thread as well: https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1141762965155102721
If it seems a bit daunting to go for a high rise (I would get that) you could also go for a mid or low rise but straight legs. And then don't tuck