What kind of shoes does one wear with a lounge shirt

[Deffy]

What kind of shoes and pants go with a classic lounge shirt like this:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/1086220...ry&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=all

How do I get my maximum lounge on?

 

[rushchairman]

2 Tone Spectators

 

[rushchairman]

Equally appropriate is the "ventilated" style

 

[professorchaos]

Dunno. I don't wear lounge shirts. Perhaps no shoes at all?

 

[winstonage]

Shorts and sandals, and that's about it!

 

[Crixus]

Bowling shoes

 

[Mediumrarechicken]

Find out what Jimmy buffet wears, that's the real answer.

 

[Rudy Vey]

Bowling shoes

 

[JaggerDragger]

X2 You gotta roll with the lounge gear! Dude!

 

[whavens]

I am not sure, but I love those Spectators.

 

[The Knize]

As I understand the style, this is 1950s rockabilly stuff. So, pomps, DAs, Wayfarers or oter dark shades, black jeans, garrison belts, white socks, etc. So for shoes I would say, things like black penny loafers with dimes in the slots, high-top black Chucks, maybe black old-fashioned motorcycle boots or similar low-cut, black work boots maybe steel-toed, but not Doc Martin's, at least not in the States. As well as, for sure, spectators!

Not sandals. No shorts. Not barefoot.

Jimmy Buffet is more "camp" shirts and Hawaiian shirts, a similar style in some ways, but a different heritage, methinks.

 

[brooks_bro]

you wear shoes with a shirt like this???

 

[Austin]

That reminds me of Latin shirts. My father had a few of those in the 60's & 70's. He wore black toe shoes with them.

 

[The Knize]

That reminds me of Latin shirts. My father had a few of those in the 60's & 70's. He wore black toe shoes with them.

Guayabera shirts, I assume. As I understand it, a Guayabera shirt in many circumstances is a business dress shirt, so yes, business level black shoes, I would think. Yet another heritage! Clothes must always be put in a particular context I think.

The lounge shirt looks a lot like a bowling shirt to me. But yet another background!

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[brooks_bro]

what would charlie sheen wear?

 

[Crixus]

what would charlie sheen wear?

More specifically, Charlie Harper. Find some syndicated reruns of Two and a Half Men and see what he's sporting.

 

[The Knize]

More specifically, Charlie Harper. Find some syndicated reruns of Two and a Half Men and see what he's sporting.

Good points. Charlie Harper/Sheen clearly adapted these shirts for his style. Did the Charlie Harper style ever catch on in a general manner?

I really have no idea.

 

[rushchairman]

I am not sure, but I love those Spectators.

Yes. I think the appropriate question here is "What would Kramer wear?". I think he is the appropriate style icon. Spectators, yes.

 

[Beerhunter]

I second the Spectators. Or a very nice pair of penny loafers.

 

[Samurai-5]