WDYWT-Meet the Teacher Night (Mixing High & Low)

Today was Meet the Teacher Night so I decided to wear my Michael Andrews Bespoke suit for the occasion. Frankly I'm getting tired of my male co-workers saying something snarky whenever I dress with a shirt and tie or a suit, it's not my fault that you're self-conscious about how you look...just saying.

Nonetheless just because you're wearing an expensive suit, it doesn't mean that everything else must be super expensive too. This is the ultimate mix on high end (Bespoke Suit) and low end (shirt, pocket square, tie bar and tie, and some would argue the shoes and watch too). Just because the suit was a couple grand doesn't mean that everything else needs to be as well.

The shirt, tie, tie bar and pocket square were no more than $16 together (bought separately) and the shoes and watch were no more than $120 together.

The Outfit for Today:

The Breakdown

Suit: Bespoke Suit via Michael Andrews Bespoke ($2000+)

Shirt: American Living Purple Check JC Penney's ($9.72)

Tie: eBay No Name Brand via eBay ($1)

Tie Bar: eBay No Name Brand ($3 or $4)

Watch (not pictured): Kenneth Cole Brown Leather Band via Nordstrom Rack ($40)

Pocket Square: Pierre Cardin via Marshalls ($.50, pack of 4 for $2)

Shoes: Florsheim Lexington via Florsheim.com (Gift but were on sale for $80 at the time)

The Perfect Fitted Dress Shirt

So my wonderful and beautiful wife surprised during Xmas by taking me to Michael Andrews Bespoke to get a suit made. In the process I decided to also get a shirt from them. The suit is still about 3 months away, the shirt only about 3-4 weeks. The shirt on the first fit was perfect and I mean perfect. For someone like me; hard to fit, as I am on the larger side (currently working on getting smaller aka less fat), finding a nice shirt that fits well off the rack (OTR)is almost near impossible. I'm a size 19 neck, choices are slim.

The shirt below is a Bespoke shirt made by Michael Andrews Bespoke made to my exact measurements. Cool little hidden bonuses: the left sleeve is slightly wider and longer to accommodate my watch, spread collar with french cuff sleeves. French cuffs have a little extra thing to button up too. Under the right sleeve are my wonderful wife's initial RRA. It is a Bespoke shirt, therefor the price is higher than I usually post. Please know most of my shirts are OTR and cheap, this time I splurged.

Bespoke Blu Mini Check Shirt from Michael Andrews Bespoke

Sleeve shot, same shirt