French cuffs: jacket required?

[Panda-san]

Like the title says, I wanted to see what everyone thought about this. Is it acceptable to wear a French cuff shirt casually without a jacket?

[djrajio]

Like the title says, I wanted to see what everyone thought about this. Is it acceptable to wear a French cuff shirt casually without a jacket?

Only with a tie IMO. With the shirt un-buttoned, a french cuff shirt looks odd IMO. But there are no hard, fast rules.

[aubrgene]

French cuff shirts are on the formal side. I would definitely wear a jacket with it. If you're going to do it, do it right!

[cristeza]

It depends on the shirt. I think a shirt like the one below looks good without a tie. The button collar and slim fit body help keep it looking clean.

[captain5640]

I think french cuffs should be reserved for wearing with jackets. They just don't look right to me without a jacket. I actually had this conversation today at work because a coworker was wearing a shirt with french cuffs and no jacket and I mentioned it to another co worker that I didn't think it looked good. She kinda looked at me like why do you care... needless to say I didn't mention SuFu to her.

[djrajio]

It depends on the shirt. I think a shirt like the one below looks good without a tie. The button collar and slim fit body help keep it looking clean.

Wow. That looks like complete shit.

[Tiranis]

As a general rule it's a no-no, but then again there's always an exception to a rule... depending on the person, choice of shirt, etc. it might actually look good.

[MiniW]

are you asking b/c you just bought a french cuff shirt on final sale?

[dumadiscount]

traditionalists say no. only with a jacket and tie.

dumadiscount say yes. here in australia everyone does it sans jacket or tie, although australians are backwards anyways. there are much bigger fashion crimes than wearing a french cuff shirt without a jacket. so i say fuck it. only the snootiest of snootwads would pull you up on this.

[Panda-san]

are you asking b/c you just bought a french cuff shirt on final sale?

Actually, I was shopping for new cuff links earlier, and I found some really nice ones at Emporio Armani. They weren't as "dressy" as a lot of the ones I'd been looking at, and it got me thinking about how casual you could go with French cuffs.

I don't do it personally, but I see a lot of people now wearing jackets with tee shirts and jeans, and I thought, why not French cuffs with no jacket?

[CactusArmy]

In Australia, anything goes. You can get away with anything except looking good, unfortunately.

[Superstar]

I think it would work, with a tie...

Young people in Denmark arent as dressy as most others, therefor we almost never wear jackets, only the shirts and a tie...

but a french cuffed shirt without ANYTHING would look very strange to me, would look like somebody is trying to be cool, but failed miserably.

[lestat]

French Cuffs is a dressed up look... so it should be worn with a suit and Tie..

[kunk75]

agreed. i've tried it without the jacket and it looks like something is missing.

[xcoldricex]

Only with a tie IMO. With the shirt un-buttoned, a french cuff shirt looks odd IMO. But there are no hard, fast rules.

Wow. That looks like complete shit.

cosign ^^^^

[shoreman1782]

Does the shirt in the pic have a button-down collar? I know Thom Browne does some oxford shirts with button-down collars and french cuffs, but I think they look awkward/trying too hard. French cuffs go better with a firmer collar with at least a little spread.

If you really like the cufflinks, you could just remove the button on your barrel cuffs and poke a hole through, like Costanza.

[RockTheVote]

I would say go with a jacket.. it's just more right..

[Fuuma]

I only wear french cuffs with jackets but tie is optional. Frankly I almost never wear a tie without a jacket, unless I'm wearing some sort of sweater and I'm going for a university professor look or something. Sometimes I'm guilty of doing the shirt+thin leather tie+leather jacket but this has nothing to do with french cuffs....

[triniboy27]

I wear french cuffs daily with ties but no jacket.

[implicit]

i believe that a jacket should be necessary, but i'm sure some people can pull it off without one. a tie, however, is definitely required.

[ruzz]

i am wearing a french cuff shirt without a jacket right now. someone shoot me!

[triniboy27]

IMO, unless you have the "rolled-up sleeves, having fun after office" look, a tie sans jacket is just wrong.

Not trying to flame or anything but do you guys work in an office environment?

Even if I did wear a suit to work (which I don't), I wouldn't sit around all day wearing the jacket - I'd take it off and hang it up. Now there's an argument for me putting on the jacket every time I leave my desk to go somewhere but most times, if I'm leaving the office, I already have my coat on so it doesn't matter if I'm wearing a jacket or not.

Long story short - a jacket is not required.

[azad]

where do yall get your french cuffs? i bought a few shirts from ben sherman, paul smith, and french connection ca. 6 yrs ago, but i havent found any decent shirts since...

[Ahlvahroe]

exception to the rule? http://www.fabfour.co.jp/netshop/babe/showcase/BM012.html#

i personally think this is horrible but i still kinda want one.

[nairb49]

If you're wearing it say, out on the town, I definitely vote for with jacket. If you're in an office environment you should be wearing a tie.

IMO, french cuffs without tie and jacket is like a tuxedo jacket with khakis or something like that. I've seen too many "bros" who wear untucked shirts with french cuffs and popped collar with loud stripes and untastefully distressed bootlegs at clubs with a "dress code".

[hilite]

I'm gonna go against the majority and say that a jacket is NOT required. French cuffs can look good with or without a jacket. It really depends on the rest of your outfit.