Mens Button Down Collar Rules - Button-Down Dress Shirt Collars & When To Wear - Style Tips

About this video

Centeno explains the formal rules governing button-down collar shirts and when they’re appropriate to wear. He argues that button-down collars are casual and should not be paired with suits, but work well with blazers, sports jackets, or worn alone. He also emphasizes that correcting others’ style choices should be done gently, if at all, as respect and making people feel good matters more than strict adherence to rules.

Key takeaways

• Centeno argues button-down collars are casual and should not be worn with formal suits, as they mix formality levels
• Centeno recommends button-down collars work best with blazers, sports jackets, odd trousers, or denim, and can be paired with casual ties
• Centeno advises against publicly correcting others’ style choices, emphasizing that how you make people feel matters more than enforcing rules

Episode details: published February 4, 2012 · 220K views · 4:39 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Antonio Centeno’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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