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| Matching tie and handkerchief |
| Wearing a fisherman's cap |
| Pulling off a pocket watch |
| Earrings on men |
| Tie bars: How high or low? |
| Walking sticks weird? |
| Holding a handbag |
| Pinkie rings—tacky or acceptable? |
Q: I say that cuff links and belt buckles should match. A colleague of mine says it doesn’t matter. If you are wearing gold or silver cuff links or colored cuff links with gold or silver trim, shouldn’t your belt buckle match in tone?
A: In a perfect world, where we have every accessory we desire and valets to polish our chrome, yes, you’d probably tend to match them. But in this age, when people fly first-class wearing NBA warm-up suits and wear cowboy boots with tuxedos, well, we’re just happy you have a shirt on. If the links are solid silver or gold, you should probably match them to the tone of your belt buckle, but if the metal is the backing for enamel or the mounting for something, then matching matters very little.
June 2001
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