On the Fourth Day of Christmas CeJae Wore...

A green blazer, a red gingham shirt, and a Dress Stuart tartan bow tie...

A green blazer is a hard price of clothing to pull off. There are really only three occasions where you can wear one, Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, and when you win the Master's. Even on these three times, it is still s tricky move.  It really takes some confidence or just a devil-may-care attitude. 

Because the jacket is over the top, the rest of the outfit is a bit more simple.  Remember you can mix and match patterns as long as the sizes are different. In this case the gingham is very small but the bow tie tartan is bigger.

Once again, I really love Dress Stuart Tartan. I find it very classy looking. Also don't forget that winter whites are a thing; there here to stay and they're awesome!

On the 3rd Day of Christmas CeJae wore...

Tartan pants, a navy blue blazer, and a red and white striped tie. 

Still easing into the season, I decided to go with light weight tartan pants. The rest of the outfit matched the colors in the pants, a yellow shirt, blue blazer, red striped bow tie, and a gingham pocket square. 

While not " beat you over the head with a Candy cane " Christmas, these pants still get the spirit of the season across.  Don't worry, starting tomorrow things will get turned up even more!

One last tip,  navy blazers and light brown shoes go with practically every outfit!

Merry Christmas and thanks for reading.

  

On the Second Day of Christmas CeJae Wore...

A Red Tartan Corbin Sport Coat and Red and Green striped socks...

It's December 2nd and I'm slowly moving into even more festive attire.  This coat is part of a suit that may make an appearance as we get closer to Christmas.  I found it on EBay as two separate pieces for under $80.   Corbin is a very nice older brand that offered a wide assortment of tartans and plaids.  Because it's still early, I broke the suit up and paired it with simple navy pants and a navy blue knit tie. 

To add a little more flair I added these green and red socks. Paired with black kilted tassle loafers. This outfit is just s precursor of what's to come...

On the First Day of Christmas, CeJae Vtipilson wore..

...A Dress Stuart Tartan Shirt and an Embroidered Santa Claus Tie! 

It may be the first day of December but it's 70 degrees today.  In light of this warmer than usual weather, I left heavy wool tartan pants and jackets in the closet and instead went for a never-fail khaki suit with a Christmas shirt and tie. 

No pattern screams Christmas as much as Stuart Tartan, the red Royal Stuart is the best known but Dress Stuart that I'm wearing here is equally as festive but a little more subtle.  Because it's subtler, I felt that I had to put on a Christmas tie so that noone felt I was slacking on the holiday spirit. 

This tie is made by cape cod  and is embroidered not printed, it's little things like this that make a big difference in my opinion.  If you can't tell in the picture, the tie features Santa behind a ship's wheel. Remember, it's the holiday season, so don't take yourself too seriously!

Thanks for reading and be sure to check me out tomorrow for Day 2 of my 25 Days of Christmas Outfits.   I'm also reviewing 25 Christmas beers on my other blog, The Gastrological Gentleman.

Almost Election Day

It's almost my favorite day of the year, election day. In honor of our most sacred right I have donned my most patriotic and republican clothes.  

I found this republican elephant watch on eBay. I will be wearing it's matching watch tomorrow.

This awesome republican tie with CNU colors on eBay for less than $10.  Fun fact:  I used to be obsessed with republican ties I have done sold off most of them and now only own two. The two classiest ones.

Finally, my vote or die socks. I found these at Target for $3.99.   They really have fallen off in terms of menswear, believe it or not they actually used to sell some pretty decent suits for cheap, but they do have some neat well priced socks every now and again.

Please get out and vote tomorrow. I don't care who you vote for, just VOTE!

Halloween

Halloween, All Hollow's Eve, or The Devil's Day,  not matter what you call it, it's a time for pumpkins, scares, and the color orange.

Because I don't wear the color black, I have a hard time dressing festive for Halloween.  I have to stick with orange, which is fine because it's my 2nd favorite color. 

Here I'm just hanging out with the ghouls.  I'm wearing a pair of Tommy Hilfiger pants that I got on eBay for under $25. The Brooks Brothers shirt was stolen from my brother which I  know he found at the Goodwill.  The jacket is from the Goodwill as well and the pumpkin tie by alynn was purchased from eBay for around $10. 

It's so easy to look tacky during the holidays. The trick is not trying to hard and keeping things simple.  While there are a million novelty ties, but less than 1% of them look good and not corny.   A good rule of thumb is a small repeating pattern that is stitched not printed on.  This pumpkin tie fits the bill perfectly.   

Also, never be afraid of colorful pants.  You can wear them just like any other pants but they show that your don't take life to seriously and know how to dress.

Remember,  dress festively not tackily this season!

Chilly Weather Stylin'

As fall progresses, dressing for the weather gets a bit trickier. The mornings are often very chilly but the days are typically a comfortable 75. This makes things a little tricky.  You're going to want to wear something to keep you warm in the morning but you don't want to lug around a heavy coat all day.  As you will undoubtedly see in my blog soon, you can always go with a light coat over your suit or you can step outside the box and throw on a vest over our even under your jacket.
Other men's magazines and blogs have shown this being done before but now's my turn.  As I've mentioned before, you can never go  wrong with a khaki suit no matter what season it is, you just have to make sure that the rest of the outfit matches the season you're in. In this case, orange and burnt orange round out the dot and make it look quite festive.

The suit is from JC Penny's and was purchased on sale for less than $100. The orange gingham dress shirt was procured at the Goodwill. The brown houndstooth bow tie was made for me by a friend. The shoes are by Mark McNairy  and were found on what for less than half of retail price and the orange gingham socks, which garner a fair share of attention, were $3 from uniqulo.com. 

Overall, nothing in the outfit is too loud and the colors all fall into the autumn palate with just enough umph to make a subtle statement.

Just remember dress for the weather but also wear what makes you happy.