WSJ article on Italian style

[The Knize]

Today's Wall Street Journal has an article "A Beginner's Guide to Italian Men's Style." Others can add their own opinions, but it sounds like it was written by some American department store rep to me.

I would take zero of the advice offered. I do not want to bother to analyze and list what seems off to me about the article. I was in Italy a year ago and I would say that the men in, say, Rome, were well-dressed overall and in some cases very stylish. However, they sure as heck were not wearing mixed suit tops and bottoms, or Church brand double monk strapped shoes with white jeans.

Maybe I am wrong somehow, but I think the WSJ ought to be ashamed for putting out such commercial drivel.

 

[OldBondStreet]

This is the article - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323740804578600161067576062.html

I've been to Italy 3 times and have many Italian friends and most of it sounded about right to me, though the average Italian, while much more put together than the average American, does not look like this on a daily basis. I find Rome in particular to be a far more casual city than I imagined before traveling there. Naples and Florence (I have not been to Milan) seem to be a bit more style conscious, particularly as Neapolitan tailoring is so legendary.

 

[beginish]

Who needs the WSJ when we have Marco?

 

[Niles]

Who needs the WSJ when we have Marco?

A big +1 to that.

 

[MrMurphy]

Having spent three years in Italy full time, including random trips to Rome, Tuscany, Naples, etc....


I'm still laughing......

They need to write an article about the other side of Italian men's fashion "old man fashion" where white short shorts, a pink polo, dark blue socks pulled up to calf length and loafers is entirely acceptable if not preferred summer wear...

I could visit any major store in northern Italy and see half a dozen guys age 50-70 dressed this way in summertime. Usually with minor variations in color or footwear, within 100m of my position at any given time.