Men's monochrome v womens' colourful office wear

[AppleJuice]

Why is men's office wear so monochrome? Bar maybe a blue or brown here and there (or lovely tweed), it's naught but a sea of black and various shades of grey (Eighties all the way through to graphite). Rather bloody boring.


Jacket linings, shirts, ties or cufflinks (maybe socks) seem to be the only splashes of colour.

Whereas women wear colourful items like this:


Is there an unwritten rule concerning this?

[ReaperCushions]

Give this a go and let us know how you get on:

[J4CKO]

OP, are you the Cat from Red Dwarf ?


Take your point tho

[Newc]

Totally agree. And I was particularly struck by it the other day, as I was wandering round near one of my big client's offices and it was this:



But I had been to the theatre the previous night to see a restoration play which was full of:





and I felt that the city streets would be much improved with a bit of bright green embroidered silk. Swap out the breeches for a pair of modern trousers and the outfit is no more complex than a suit.

Go back to your wardrobes and prepare for foppery.

[Ayahuasca]

AppleJuice said:

Two sacks of st and one decently cut suit.

[Digger]

That’s from a Next catalogue AICM£7.50 (inflation)

[Cold]

[glazbagun]

Could it be something like monochrome being seen as serious which is linked to authority/power. Wheras colour is seen as creative, whimsical and non-conformist?

Similar to how cars are now a bunch of Premium Greys and few are designed to be "pretty" so much as bold- even the Micra looks aggressive these days.

And a bright red Civic Type R which would have fit right in with the whale tails of yesteryear and been complimented on it's outrageousness now looks a bit immature to "society" compared to a german diesel.

Edited by glazbagun on Friday 20th April 06:51

[Robbo 27]

Worked with a bloke who was 1.9 m and 200 pounds, he insisted on wearing pale pink hot pants during the summer.

Monochorme is fine.

[grumbledoak]

glazbagun said:

Could it be something like monochrome being seen as serious which is liked to authority/power.

All the talking heads you see on TV are middle aged men in dark suits with deep voices. All the politicians too; it's a cultivated image.

[crofty1984]

Ayahuasca said:

AppleJuice said:

Two sacks of st and one decently cut suit.

Showing my ignorance, but which one is which? And what makes two bad and one good? They look like sits to me.

[wolfracesonic]

crofty1984 said:

howing my ignorance, but which one is which? And what makes two bad and one good? They look like sits to me.

I'd say the jackets of the chaps in the middle and on the right are a little long and the guy in the middle bought his trousers unfinished and didn't bother to get them sorted. As for the chap on the left, stand up straight man!!!!! My work trousers have built in knee pads with a single break where they touch my rigger boots, so you must understand I am some sort of sartorial guru

[Big GT]

[glazbagun]

Middle guy has good cuffs though.

[stuartmmcfc]

The bloke in the middle looks like my twin.

[PositronicRay]

stuartmmcfc said:

The bloke in the middle looks like my twin.

Custard.

[stuartmmcfc]

PositronicRay said:

stuartmmcfc said:

The bloke in the middle looks like my twin.

Custard.

I didn’t say identical

[AppleJuice]

J4CKO said:

OP, are you the Cat from Red Dwarf ?


Take your point tho

Sadly I'm not (never seen an episode)...

[NoisyGriff]

stuartmmcfc said:

PositronicRay said:

stuartmmcfc said:

The bloke in the middle looks like my twin.

Custard.

I didn’t say identical

So the bloke in the middle looks about the same age as you?

[stuartmmcfc]

From a distance.
On a dark night.