So do I. The cloudy days of late Fall have their own beauty -- crisp air, fallen leaves, autumnal colours, the smell of woodsmoke...
As for grey cotton trousers, it is their very neutrality that makes them valuable. Consider: A mid-grey goes well with so many colours, just like grey flannels.They are terrific with a white shirt, also both light blue and pink ones. A summer suit made of dove grey poplin looks fantastic with a white/pink shirt and a brightly coloured or striped tie. More casually, shirts and ties in maroon, navy blue, even black, all go well with grey cotton trousers.
I think the critical thing is to find the right shade of grey and the right texture of weave of the cloth. Twills, in my opinion, are less effective in grey compared to poplin. Grey flannel, on the other hand, is so effective because of the thick mottled weave of fine flannel. This weave lends a richness and a substantial feel to grey flannels, and they go with almost all other colours.
And I agree with mhj above -- these trousers must be ironed in order to look good. I'm not sure exactly why, but grey cotton trousers simply don't have the sang-froid of khakis, which are great ironed or non-ironed.
So I'm a grey partisan, LOL. Here's why -- a story from the fascinating world of brain damage:
Oliver Sacks, the eminent neurologist and writer, describes an artist in one of his case studies. He talks about a painter who lost his ability to see colours --following a stroke, if I recollect correctly. Vision is not really in the eye, it is in the brain, and absent the right connections in Areas 17 and 18 in the visual cortex, one can lose vision even with the eyes being fully functional (cortical blindness). Damage to various networks and modules can result in loss of color vision, even the ability to see movement.
Anyway, this painter tells Sacks that, initially, he had a very hard time, and he was frightened -- a painter without colour vision would not be able to paint any more. Or so he thought. But he persisted and soon he began to witness the remarkable ability of the brain to adapt to circumstances. He started painting in greys, whites and blacks. He discovered an entire universe of sensory experience in the world of greys, and said to Sacks that if he were now offered the ability to see colours again, he would simply refuse! He lived in a rich world of greys that opened his artistic sensibility in new ways, and he did not want to go back to seeing the world like the rest of us.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
As for grey cotton trousers, it is their very neutrality that makes them valuable. Consider: A mid-grey goes well with so many colours, just like grey flannels.They are terrific with a white shirt, also both light blue and pink ones. A summer suit made of dove grey poplin looks fantastic with a white/pink shirt and a brightly coloured or striped tie. More casually, shirts and ties in maroon, navy blue, even black, all go well with grey cotton trousers.
I think the critical thing is to find the right shade of grey and the right texture of weave of the cloth. Twills, in my opinion, are less effective in grey compared to poplin. Grey flannel, on the other hand, is so effective because of the thick mottled weave of fine flannel. This weave lends a richness and a substantial feel to grey flannels, and they go with almost all other colours.
And I agree with mhj above -- these trousers must be ironed in order to look good. I'm not sure exactly why, but grey cotton trousers simply don't have the sang-froid of khakis, which are great ironed or non-ironed.
So I'm a grey partisan, LOL. Here's why -- a story from the fascinating world of brain damage:
Oliver Sacks, the eminent neurologist and writer, describes an artist in one of his case studies. He talks about a painter who lost his ability to see colours --following a stroke, if I recollect correctly. Vision is not really in the eye, it is in the brain, and absent the right connections in Areas 17 and 18 in the visual cortex, one can lose vision even with the eyes being fully functional (cortical blindness). Damage to various networks and modules can result in loss of color vision, even the ability to see movement.
Anyway, this painter tells Sacks that, initially, he had a very hard time, and he was frightened -- a painter without colour vision would not be able to paint any more. Or so he thought. But he persisted and soon he began to witness the remarkable ability of the brain to adapt to circumstances. He started painting in greys, whites and blacks. He discovered an entire universe of sensory experience in the world of greys, and said to Sacks that if he were now offered the ability to see colours again, he would simply refuse! He lived in a rich world of greys that opened his artistic sensibility in new ways, and he did not want to go back to seeing the world like the rest of us.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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