User: suitntied

quite so, we should be dressed formally to please the women in our lives

that sounds excellent. very good dress code. my own is much the same, i too wear custom shirts with very high collars and french cuffs with suits and ties at all times. i wear a point collar with a collar bar fixed neatly under the knot of my tight necktie. my shirts are very heavily starched as well.

well, if he's working an office type job, you could start there, by suggesting he begin upgrading his wardrobe. My fiance started there with me. You may want to start out with starched dress shirts regardless, as they are a good first step. Perhaps buy him one or two, and have him take you to a nicer restaraunt where he could (or may have to) wear them. A place with a jacket and tie dress code would be even better. Once you've got him dressed up, if he wants to change try to talk him into wearing it for a while for you. You might want to dress up yourself, he may want to improve his attire to complement you better. Gradual probably works better than a total transformation all at once...I found myself first changing from button downs and polos to starched dress shirts, from khakis to slacks, then ties. Suits, suspenders, collar bar, and cuff links came after that.

Good luck! If you want to chat further about this, I'll check back and try to help, I'm sure other gentlemen will want to offer their advice as well.

Hello,

interesting conversation. i also prefer all white shirts, but the few i have in other colors are generally the white collar/cuff with different color body. They are a nice, if formal, change. They all have french cuffs and cuff links. I will probably have a 3 piece suit or two made soon. How does a waistcoat work with braces? I'll probably be finding out this fall.

For lounging, that for me means taking off my suit jacket. My cuff links, collar bar, tie and collar all remain perfect. My fiance loves collar bars, and wearing them ensures my collar remains buttoned and my tie tight at all times.

A collar bar is a metal band that fixes to the collar on either side under the knot of one's tie...it holds the tie knot high and keeps it neatly in place. I'm in cuff links just about every day (I still have some regular button cuff shirts, but I don't get to wear them often). She's phasing out all but cuff link shirts, all my newer custom made shirts have higher collars and french cuffs. I usually wear white shirts, though I do have a few in light colors (light blue, grey, etc.). I also wear, at her gentle prodding, a few white collar/cuff shirts with striped body. Those seem so very formal to me, and I'm not that comfortable wearing them, but I do if she asks me to.

There sure are occassions where I'm uncomfortable. Our office has an unspoken casual friday, and I'm probably the most formal guy in the building on Friday...though Saturdays dressed up can be very tough too. I did find the transition difficult, though after these months I'm much more used to it. But, I don't think there is any going back to casual for me in the works. I'm more of the opinion that there should be stricter dress codes for everyone these days.