Casual laundry wash
greg Casual laundry wash
The pieces
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Cream beige striped long-sleeve shirt
The cream beige striped shirt lightens the charcoal-and-black base, while the open collar loosens the tailored read of the wide-leg suiting trousers.
The dark grey wide-leg trousers carry the look’s volume, giving the relaxed shirt a sharper tailored counterpoint even with the waist partly obscured.
The black penny loafers sharpen the hemline of the wide trousers, and the visible white socks create the retro break between dark fabric and polished leather-like finish.
The look, explained
The look works in a narrow register: relaxed tailoring kept clean by a restrained cream, charcoal, black, and white palette. The open collar takes the starch out of the button-front shirt, while the broad straight trousers hold most of the volume and keep the silhouette from reading too polite. The white socks create a deliberate interruption between dark trouser and black loafer, a small retro menswear move that is more pointed than casual.
References: Classic menswear shirting, relaxed tailoring, retro loafer-and-sock styling.