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Variables and choices... Lighter tan boots (which will darken over time) 3 leather belts of different colour leather, texture, buckle metal and buckle style (Tender, Honest Thomas, IH); 1 basic canvas belt Applied to Jeans, chinos, army pants Let's not go there with wallet chains or types of denim or rough out belts With jeans - all work but I personally prefer lighter tan With chinos - Tender by virtue of the buckle, though a less thick belt would be a worthy consideration With army green - the canvas beater And they thought that splitting the atom was complicated!!! And I bet I have missed a good few criteria in my analysis!!!

Good question mate! I think it looks better to keep the colour of belt and shoes/boots the same. However, I was reading around and, for casual wear, there is a view that there's more flexibility. I'd say this is only flexibility within shades of brown though as brown/black belt/shoes or vice versa doesn't look quite right imo. I think for casual, the leather type can also vary and look good as a contrast e.g. leather belt with rough out shoes. Contradicting my preference above, I've been wearing a darker tan belt with lighter boondockers (see recent WAYWT post). I think it's possible to get away with it but I'm not sure it's the best so I'm mulling over belt options myself. Apart from our kind of obsessives, I'm not sure anyone out there notices with casual wear!! It boils down to what you think it looks like. Why not post a pic? See what the sufu group have to say.

Good day to all... maiden voyage of new MF Sportsman hbt chinos... Stetson MF ELMC Tender MF Viberg

All the MF chatter got me looking around again (I don't need much persuasion - see all the above) and I ended up with a pair of Sportsman khaki hbt chinos :). I was a happy chap when they glided through customs with no charge. Result. Gave them a wash at 30 then 40 to get the shrinkage out and then hemmed them as they come unfinished. It felt a bit weird being out in the wild cuff-less today but very happy with them and the usual quirky little MF features - the hbt is really nice and especially like the cinch on these...

Spot on @Aries!! I hope the sight of your fine tux manged to calm the little fella down.

Enjoyed your updates @Cucoo and @mandel9000... the tree lined path and beach look spot on... perfect for your heatwave.

^ the all time record UK high of 38.5 (set 15 years ago in 2003) has even been under threat lol...

^ the all time record UK high of 38.5 (set 15 years ago in 2003) has even been under threat lol...

Haha @volvo240thebest true... though bizarrely this 'heatwave' has been going on for ages!!! I'm concerned there will be no good weather left in the tank when it gets to holiday time this year... or next.

British heatwave shocker... resulting in non-denim WAYWT shocker... thankfully, neither will last... Lock and Co Rayban Sunspxel Post Visvim + Bandy legs

^ nice colour... are tux pics on the way @Aries??

^ well done junior!

British sunshine... Diefenthal ELMC IH Roy Pras fresh out the box

I tried for the tux too mate but it was a bit of a fiasco after I got a pair of the buckle back in size 33 that came up smaller than I expected so they had to go back with all the usual overheads... I gave up the quest after that! Worth double checking the actual sizing as the thighs were super tight on the pair I got even when raw... good luck with completing the outfit as I think the jeans look great at all stages of evo.

Excellent work Volvo!