What about suspenders? It would give you an outlet to express yourself in color and design while maintaining the professorial look. It would also open a whole new avenue for gift giving to you. Soon you'd have a great collection of suspenders to choose from for the mood of the day.
There are some examples of suspender looks with and without ties and bowties here:
http://varsityvests.com/suspenders.aspx
And some vest looks with and without ties and bowties here:
http://varsityvests.com/browseproducts/Index2.html
@chai2,
Small world.....Mrs. Chum is rather preoccupied with the fleur-de-lis pattern. It resides throughout the Chum household from the doorbell plate to clothing patterns!
@Butrflynet,
Yeah that might be rather cool!
@Rockhead,
Agree......good shoes are important!
@Chumly,
I wish those other 2 tie tacks had showed.
One was a tiny little brain, the other was the pi symbol
HAve you ever considered having your colors done? Yeah, it was a big trend in the 1980s, but certain colors really do suit certain complexions. With your ethnic background, it sounds like you could be a winter, which means your skin has a blue undertone and you would look best in vivid, cool colors.
Men aren't limited to white shirts or ready-for-television blue anymore.
My ex-husband is a redhead (he's an autumn) and I convinced him to wear rust colored shirts. Women drooled over him when he did. My kids had a teacher at a Montessori elementary school whose trademark was a pink shirt. The guy was so masculine that no one questioned them. Besides, he was a blonde with a blue undertone to his skin, so the result was striking.
You don't have to wear patterned shirts, but vivid colors can look great. Both my sons are winters and they look terrific in purple, red and royal blue. Maybe a dark colored shirt is just what you need.
