Cascading Style

Proof if proof were needed that the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" treatment is urgently needed.

If the blue T-shirt is the pale-ish blue one I got Kris, then this is actually a fabulous outfit. No treatment required

Fran, dahhling. There is nothing wrong with the T-shirt *per se*. It's the blue T-shirt *and* the brown trousers *and* the beige jacket worn together that requires treatment.

I've seen the three together and it looks great.

The thing with fashion is there are almost always reasons why certain things don't work - for example, raglin sleeves (those diagonal-ish seams you get on T-shirts) deny the natural manly shoulder-line and can make the wearer look saggy and shoulderless.

Let me explain why this particular outfit of Kris' does work:

1. Brown/beige and light blue are a fantastic summer combination - classic, like a linen suit with a pale blue shirt.
2. Darker brown trousers help to give weight to the lower half of the body, while the lighter beige jacket refreshes the top (incidentally, the trousers were from me too).
3. Jacket over T-shirt - an unbeatable smart-casual look.

If you think it doesn't work, oh friendly, neat fashion-conscious gay, I need REASONS.

I wish I hadn't read Fran's comment above this one. I had no idea there were so many factors to consider when slinging on clothes. If I've ever looked good in the past, I've fluked it.

Except for her #3.

If James, or anyone, is ever interested in a one-to-one fashion consultation, I'm available for the bargain price of being listened to.

When I first met Kris, one of this recurring outfits was an old, black T-shirt with Kermit-the-Frog platicated down the front, donned with a crusty white shirt with poppers on it.

I hope we can all agree things have improved.

If James, or anyone, is ever interested in a one-to-one fashion consultation, I'm available for the bargain price of being listened to.

When I first met Kris, one of his recurring outfits was an old, black T-shirt with Kermit-the-Frog platicated down the front, donned with a crusty white shirt with poppers on it.

I hope we can all agree things have improved.

Oh, why can't you edit comments? It should be 'plasticated', not 'platicated', and my previous comment should have had a comma after 'neat'.

I think the world is underestimating the keen eye of the straight man. I also think certain quarters are over-estimating their own chic levels.

The fashion police look lightly on such follies as a silver paisley jacket. Harmless revelrie is not their concern. They take a far less lenient view of offences such as Pinstripes With Intent, or White Collar And Cuffs In A Blue Shirt Zone. City-dwellers: you have been warned.

"If I've ever looked good in the past, I've fluked it."

James: The Queer Eye treatment is available to all. You only have to ask. Remember, you are searching for that 'just gay enough' look.

Kris & Fran: Beige and brown, well really. There's no chic factor here. It's just *so* seventies.

As for the jacket over T-Shirt - big no-no.

'Big no-no' is not a reason.

And the seventies look is funky.

She's got you there, oh neat one. You're on the ropes...

It's brown and beige. That is reason enough. Any friendly, neat and fashionable gay could tell you that it is just not done.

Any friendly, neat and fashionable gay could tell you that it is just not done.

Reason enough to ignore their advice, I'd say...