Short Sleeves or Rolled Up Long Sleeves?

[Jack Daw]

My fourth grade teacher, Mr. Barnham, wore white permanent-press, short-sleeve shirts and a solid dark tie. He had very hairy arms.

[Bugbear]

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Should I remove this picture from the gallery too?

I didn't have a long sleeve shirt with me at the time.

And yes, out here in the Phoenix area, people do wear these kind of shirts with a blazer in the summer.

[thescot]

As I age and get more and more crusty and curmudgeonly, I find that I rarely wear an oxford shirt with short sleves. I have a few, but I don't know that I ever donned one all last summer.

I, too, have come to think that gentlemen's shirts should be long sleeved whether down or rolled. Otherwise, you should have a nerd pouch and a clip-on tie. (See above.) Mine usually had a mechanical pencil, a fine tipped pen, a 6" metal scale, and other items of use on the shop floor. Add a slide rule, and well--I'll explain what a slide rule is to you younger fellows later. Think of it as a caveman's version of a calculator. (Calculators weren't yet invented when I was in college.)

The short sleeved shirts I wear are all polo styled. I don't even wear tee shirts any more, mainly because, having lost my once beautiful body, I need that fluffy look that only a loose oxford will afford. (For those of you who care, you can find my theme song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6m_Fq6dsIo

Anyway, never wear a jacket with a short-sleeve shirt. It just shouts "tacky." (I hope no one takes humbrage at this. My opninions are of little value, and they are never very important.)

[thescot]

P. S. Except for you, Ted. You look quite stunning in that photo.

I suppose short sleve shirts should be the perogative of anyone in a desert clime.

[Thunderbolt]

I am a long sleeve chap. In my neck of the woods, I like the option of rolling my sleeves up for the odd hour of sun and rolling them down when the inevitable rain arrives or when the midgies attack.

I have to agree with Jock Scot. I prefer long sleeves, it allows options.

However, since most of my style is military based, I say a SS shirt could be worn, however only without a tie.

That said, Ted Crocker and his avatar prove me wrong......

I also work in a machine shop and long sleeves and/or tie would be just begging to get wrapped up in a machine. I am, however, still a professional and try to dress accordingly. I usually have only polo shirts as an option, short sleeved, but still with a collar. And they don't cost as much to replace when I get a "lathe stripes" going up my left arm/chest. I suppose I could wear a clip-on tie, roll up the sleeves and wear a 3/4 sleeve lab coat/machinists' coat. But, again, this is Phoenix.....and you know who lives VERY close to here....


T.

[Bugbear]

That's my Scottish school boy outfit. Thanks for reminding me it is also my avatar; I might have to go back to being Bernard the mouse.

[Thunderbolt]

That's my Scottish school boy outfit. Thanks for reminding me it is also my avatar; I might have to go back to being Bernard the mouse.

Naa, keep it. You and I live in the land of inferno, we're allowed to do whatever we need to do to stay cool. Others who mock us have nothing on us. I say, come spend a summer here, their style-mind WILL change!

T.

[Cavebear58]

Fascinating. I stopped wearing ties when I was ordained and decided that, even if I wasn't wearing a dog collar, I would stop doing so. I have gravitated towards wearing mock turtles in the winter with my business suit, and open-necked shirts in the summer. Of these, half are long sleeved (usually slightly more expensive ones for City wear).

I stopped wearing a watch at the same time, on the basis I was never far from a clock or client's watch.

But, out of interest, how many of you guys who wear long sleeved shirts also wear cuff links?

Cheers, Graham.

[Bugbear]

Some of my shirts accept cufflinks. I like them, but I have heard that double cuffs, as well as, cufflinks are a No-No in a business setting unless you are the Head Mucky Muck.

I am an artist, so I could actually start out the day in overalls and end up at an art show in a business suit; not very often though. I have also worked on a wet, clay sculpture while wearing a suit; I think I was showing someone how to do something.
Thankfully my life is much more isolated now.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Long sleeve shirt with a tie, short sleeve shirt with open collar. Either way I always wear a white tee-shirt underneath.