Time to play help the color challenged again

Black.

 

You're throwing the fashion questions out for the NON-sportswriters, correct?

 

I love olive trousers. I have a pair in gabardine, in chinos and in cords.

I think they look best with a white shirt and a navy sweater or blazer. They also look good with a pale blue shirt.

For shoes, I like burgundy or what Allen-Edmonds calls merlot. But black or brown work just fine, too. In fact with the cords I'll sometimes wear dirty bucks (darker, like Bass').

Really, they go fine with anything. Some people wear with a pink shirt.

There's a great book by Alan Flusser called "Dressing the Man" that goes into what colors compliment your skin tone best.

Here's probably more than you want to know. It's more than I want to know:

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/Clothes%20Articles/Color%20Coordination.htm

 

Stick with other earth tones.

Khakis, browns... you can also go with white.

Yes, I just said earth tones.

 

What can brown do for you?

I don't know -- tan or brown shirt with olive pants. Kind of a forest ranger look. I'd probably want to stay away from anything that says "uniform." A lot of people see olive and think army fatigues. I like olive but would pair it with something less drab. Even yellow is kind of a blend-in. But camel color on a sweater or camel-hair sportcoat works because soldiers and rangers don't wear them for work. Just not on a shirt, I think.

 

I used to have a pair of olive pants, and I always wore a black or white shirt with them. But my advice on fashion should probably best be ignored.

 

I usually end up wearing an olive shirt with olive pants.

 

I have several pairs of olive pants, too. Light earth tones -- light brown, beige, etc. -- work really well, as does white, with the right tie.

 

Olive is considered a neutral ... which means you can wear pretty much any colour you like with it. I might stay away from other neutrals, because then you're just boring.

 

Like I said, black. It's a bit militaristic but daring.