What to Wear - Thanksgiving Edition

So now that everyone is lying around in a food coma, lets talk about  a great outfit to wear at next Thanksgivings feast. It's one of those times you the year where you can dress up, a little, and not feel weird or over dressed.  First some tips, if you are planning on eating a lot don't wear super tight clothes, it may get uncomfortable; second choose fall colors, nothing too bright it's not Easter yet. Last, dress for the weather, it could be hot, chilly or down right freezing; so layer or keep it simple. We'll start head to toe for this outfit.


Go with a sweater.  Doesn't matter if it's a Cardigan or Pullover just dress for the weather if you live in Florida it's going to be hot and if you live in Canada it's probably gonna be really cold; so cotton for Florida and heavy wool for Canada. It also doesn't matter if you choose v-neck or crew neck, that's just a personal preference. I choose to go with a crew neck pullover in Navy by WeSC.  The Natan Sweater just dropped and it pretty thick, so if you live in a warmer climate this may not work for you.  It's a mostly wool sweater and the most intriguing part, it has a pocket on the left breast like my favorite t-shirts.  The sweater just arrived and I am going to try it on tomorrow.

The under shirt should be simple, white, gray or black.  The centerpiece is the sweater here.  If you wanna wear a button up plaid or flannel is great for the fall weather.  Do over think this part of the outfit, as long as the color matches or compliments the sweater; you will do just fine.  The Norman pocket tee ( Norman Tee )
is what I picked, in white, to really set off the Navy sweater.

The pants are important because everyone has to wear pants at Thanksgiving, except if you're that weird Uncle that everyone dreads seeing at the holidays.  I chose a simple, comfortable jean; the Levi's 501 collaboration with J. Crew.  I bought these jeans on an incredible sale and it's my first pair of straight leg jeans from Levi's, I have to tell you that they are so comfortable and the fit is amazing.  They are a medium wash jean with a little distressing. Again keep it comfortable, but if you wanna go with skinny's or slim that is up to you.  I wouldn't, however, go with anything loose, because it's just too hard to make loose jeans fashionable.  Give the jeans a slight roll or even 2 or 3 rolls to really show off the next piece.

To me the shoes can make or break the outfit.  Today I wore the Nike Pepper in Rustic ( Pepper ) and they really look awesome, but for this outfit I am going with another classic Nike, that many of you have probably never seen.  The Nike Mad Jibe is Nike's answer to the Sperry boat shoe craze.  It's a classic boat shoe with leather laces and it's super comfortable.  I stumbled upon this last year and instantly fell in love with the shoe.  It's light enough to wear on hot days and still rugged enough if the weather is cooperating.  It's the perfect boat shoe, no frills or bells and whistle; just simple classic Americana.  You can got with any color black, brown or a color that doesn't take away from the sweater.  Socks are optional

So what do you think home run or strike out?  There is room for variation and interpretation, have fun with the outfit make in your own and enjoy your Thanksgiving.  For all my readers who don't celebrate our holiday, there will be regular posts tomorrow. It's trash day tomorrow!!