mfad•3y ago

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.

Aitana Bonmati•8/20/23, 12:40 PM

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

bl0rp•8/20/23, 12:42 PM

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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bl0rp•8/20/23, 12:44 PM

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

bl0rp•8/20/23, 12:44 PM

https://malefashionadvice.substack.com/p/building-a-basic-wardrobe-v70

Building A Basic Wardrobe v7.0

Version 7 of the classic MFA post

Bbl0rp I think one of the main takeaways for me is to look for more straight/regular fi...

Aitana Bonmati•8/20/23, 12:46 PM

Slim fit can look good sometimes

bl0rp•8/20/23, 12:47 PM

It can, but overall I think straight fits make for a more balanced silhouette especially for bigger guys

AAitana Bonmati Slim fit can look good sometimes

Bigelow•8/20/23, 1:13 PM

A less slim shirt would look better on you

mieiteOP•8/20/23, 2:15 PM

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

bl0rp•8/20/23, 2:35 PM

True, but if you have a higher waist it looks better to tuck in than with lower waist trousers.

mieiteOP•8/20/23, 4:19 PM

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

bl0rp•8/20/23, 4:25 PM

They are (coming) back in style so you can find them more easily than before. I recently got some from Gant

bl0rp•8/20/23, 4:27 PM

There might be some good advice in this recent thread as well: questions-and-advicebeginner advice

bl0rp•8/20/23, 4:30 PM

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

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