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Originally Posted by Sliver
Okay, I understand. Is it just the glimpse of the white undershirt underneath that's bothersome, or is it the outline, or is it both? Are there acceptable ways to wear an undershirt? Like maybe to colour match the undershirt to the dress shirt? Or how about like a v-neck undershirt so you can't see the undershirt, but you'd still see the outline of the sleeves under the dress shirt?
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IMO, seeing both color and shape is worse than just shape or color. IMO seeing color is more distracting than seeing a faint outline of an undershirt. I think to me, it is no different seeing a deep shape and outline of underwear through tight pants. It's just weird IMO.
I think it was Pepsi who said earlier in the thread to consider light grey and try to match the undershirt color tones to your body color vs matching the shirt color.
The absolute worst look IMO is a white short sleeved dress shirt with a full on thick white cotton undershirt visible underneath, then dress pants. It reminds me of the basic attire of many servers in Asia and with their humidity, you basically see right through everything. For this reason, I absolutely do not like the white dress shirt look on dress pants without a vest or blazer. Any other color or pattern is fine. Not everyone would agree with me, but that look IMO just screams server to me which if I'm trying to look business appropriate and well kept, just doesn't feel right to me.