Real men wear lavender!

This fall I’d like to see some of my favorite men wearing something

other than blue. Oh yeah I know you all look good in that Delta uniform

blue shirt, but please I beg of you, change up this season to Lavender.

Purple, is the color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication.

I’ve noticed the lavender/purple/lilac trend among talk show hosts and their guests, haven’t you.

A lavender shirt with a contrasting darker shade tie is all the rage.

Recently,

Bill Maher was rocking a lilac shirt and dark purple tie with a medium dark grey

suit.  Charlie Rose, Jon Stewart and even the President have been

punching it up with purple tones. Keith Olberman has to be the master

of using lavenders and purples. His coloring is particularly suited to a shade of lilac with a charcoal gray pin strip suit. In general men

with a little silver in their hair will do well with lavender or purple.

Note

how the President is doing his lavender tie, with a white shirt and a

dark suit. This is the best way to wear this color. Dark

colors will highlight the lavender shade. Under no circumstance should

you wear this color with the dreaded khaki, well unless you want to

look like easter basket.

Check

out Ah’nold, he’s boldy putting the purple out there! Again, note the

color combination, purple, gray and white. But I think he’s dying his

hair-cause wow, that doesn’t look natural.

This combination is from Brooks Brothers and it’s a great look for fall.

More resources below the flip.

I will give a prize to the first DFI reader I see in a lavender something!

French cuff shirt from Overstock here.  Armani mens shirt at Saks here. Nordstrom’s has a lovely selection. If you are not up for investing in a shirt, check out some ties. More here, and here.

Nothing like a hint of color in your sock region, ok maybe a bit much.. but I think Ed has the sock hook up for us, perhaps he’ll kindly leave it in the comments.

Not a shirt and tie guy, what about these Vans?