There’s still nothing more classic, versatile and cool than a solid navy suit. Pair with a white shirt, black tie, white pocket square and black shoes and you’ll always look contemporary. Photo @mensfashionpost #menswear #dieproper #customsuits
Tech Raincoat by Commonwealth Proper. Weatherproof, stretch & durability wrapped up in one. Photo credit @ericashleigh #menswear #outerwear
Congrats to client and friend @keenzai with his biz @doctorondemand for being featured on @cnbc Mad Money rocking Commonwealth Proper (on TV in background, black shirt). Great guy doing great things, and looking great doing them.
And hey, Jim Cramer (foreground with long tie), keep that tie length to your waist line, not your knees. #madmoney #tielength #menswear
There’s finally been a chill in the air and we’re seeing autumnal colors on the street.
Here at CMMP we think that’s great – as long as your shirt doesn’t match Mom’s pumpkin pie or Grannie’s cranberry compote. That’s too much color – your shirt should never attract more attention than your face.
For fall – and winter – we believe in subtle colors, tone-on-tone checks and, the oxford cloth stripe pictured above.
It’s a classic, updated. Instead of ho-hum blue, our mill cut it up with subtle ruddy, port wine stripes. You get color without looking like a punch bowl.
Oxford cloth achieved classic status for a host of reasons: it’s durable, wrinkle-resistant, comfortable in every season and perfectly balanced between coffeehouse casual and corporate correct.
You can style it many ways. In this case, we’re traditionalists and prefer a button-down collar, regular cuffs and a pocket – yes a pocket.
An excellent value at $225. Ready to order? Have a question? Email us at service@commonwealthproper.com or call on 267.319.1741
We’re here to make you look sharp, trim and proper. #oxfordclothbuttondown #ocbd #madeinusa #dieproper #menswear #customshirts
One client’s fall shirt upgrade order. #properfall #madeinusa #dieproper
It’s all in the details. The new accessory display at our Rittenhouse Showroom. #ties #menswear #cufflinks #pocketsquares
We are honored to be working with one the top players in the @nfl – @chiefs nose tackle @poemans_dream in making some fresh clothing for him this season. Pictured with @vonschroeder of Commonwealth Proper. #kansascitychiefs #menswear #nfl
Feeling fall accessories at Commonwealth Proper. #properfall #menswear
| PROPER ADVICE |
The Mullet of Menswear
Ah, the Mullet. The much maligned hairstyle ridiculed for its looks as well as its indecisiveness of “business in the front, yet party in the back.” The mullet of menswear has to be: wearing a suit yet having a backpack slung on your shoulder, or worse yet, both shoulders.
Professional in front, elementary school in the back.
Shoulder straps & suits don’t go together.
It ruins the crispness of the shoulder and at the same time gives the impression that you’ve got a trapper keeper and brown bag lunch that mom packed inside.
Opt instead for a briefcase. Please.
If you are traveling, it’s no excuse either – get a rolling suitcase or rolling carry-on.
CMMP’s founder @vonschroeder is traveling to a client in Kansas City and reports the Menswear Mullet is everywhere – death by 1,000 cuts indeed. #menswearmullet #properadvice
Trunk Show today in Kansas City at Hotel Sorella. Contact service@commonwealthproper.com for appointments. #kansascity #trunkshow #customsuits #customshirts #madeinusa