It’s (About to Get Even More) Complicated

Achieving colorimetric harmony would be an easy task . . . if one’s wardrobe were unlimited. Nevertheless, I think that, excepting my boater’s hatband, I ordinarily am able to do reduce my color dissonance to acceptable levels, even with a finite selection of vestments.

Thus, this fledgling, new challenge has emerged to keep me from equilibrium: the contrasting vest. I intend not to wear such vests with suits, but rather to wear them under my sport coats, which I wear with contrasting trousers. This new variable substantially complicates matters, however. It’s like going into all-range mode on Star Fox 64. Indeed, with such an outfit, it would be difficult to achieve harmony between sport coat, trousers, tie, and vest.

For example, on an ordinary day, I might wear a grey herringbone sportcoat with a green tie and navy pants. What color vest could I wear? I think a dark charcoal vest is really the only option, and I still don’t even know if that would look good. This juggling act is one that I, nevertheless, intend to solve, even if it requires that I have 4 vests, even if I wind up wearing vests with really ridiculous patterns. After all, the Victorian Era vests were characterized by how crazy they were. Anyway, I am on the verge of getting my 1907 Elgin pocket watch fixed, and I’d like to be able to get some use out of it without also having to install watch pockets on all of my trousers. Ergo, I will wear vests.

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