Dress Shirts for Wedding
August 28, 2009
Dress Shirts for Wedding
Dress shirts connote a man not afraid to be him self, or to subtly display his success in the world. On the high street, however, there is often only a choice between tacky, mass produced dress shirts and ones that would require you to re-mortgage your house. Luckily, the internet has a wide range of specialist designers, for all price ranges – from the historic Savile Row Company to new and innovative dress shirt designers.
Comfortable cotton is the most popular fabric used, though you will also find fine garments made with silk and man-made materials. The fabric is important when choosing a dress shirt.
Furthermore, high quality fabric benefits both the look and the feel of a shirt. Poor quality fabric is often treated with chemicals, and can cause skin irritation. To avoid this, look for 100% cotton. A split yoke fabric is a sign of quality, as it allows the fabric to fall across the shoulders without puckering or creases.
Other dress shirt fabrics include Oxford Broadcloth, which is famous for its durability and prestige; Seersucker, which is cool in summer and designed to have a crumpled, lightweight feel; and Silk Linen, a compound fabric that combines smooth durability with breath-ability.
If you do buy online remember that when you have made your choice and the garment arrives that the colors may look different and not suit you, so make sure that the website has a good returns policy.
You should know your measurements before buying any clothing online. Lay it out flat and measure from a centre of the collar to the shoulder, then from the shoulder line to the cuff. Then you are ready to buy the perfect dress shirt.
If you can afford it you should consider having shirts customized to your requirements. Some people prefer fitted dress shirts, others a loose design. Buying a customized dress shirt also gives you power over sleeve length, collar shape and lets you match the best fabric with the best shape.
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Wedding Diamond Ring for Men
August 21, 2009
Diamond Wedding for Men
Although often not considered to be as important as the diamonds in the bride’s engagement and wedding rings, the groom’s diamonds should also be purchased with care. The man should take the same “4 Cs” into consideration: carat weight, clarity, color, and cut.
Diamond wedding rings are no longer just for women. Many grooms today choose to purchase a man’s diamond wedding ring to match the bride’s. Still others enjoy the social status that comes with wearing a diamond wedding band. Purchasing a diamond wedding ring means that the groom must consider not only the material and design of the ring, but also the quality of the diamonds.
A carat is exactly 200 milligrams, but very few men’s bands will sport a diamond of this size. While the clarity of a diamond is often considered the least important of the 4 Cs, it is still a key consideration in your diamond purchase. The clarity of a diamond measures the number and extent of the flaws in the diamond. For the most part, a more valuable diamond will have fewer flaws.
It is extremely rare that you will find a completely flawless diamond; only a couple hundred “FL” diamonds are produced a year. It ranks diamonds as Flawless (FL), Internally Flawless (IF), Very Slightly Included (VVS), Very Slightly Included (VS), Slightly Included (SI), and Included (I). (Note: “inclusions” are slight specks, cracks, or other flaws in a diamond).
The cut of a diamond is possibly the most confusing of the “4 Cs,” since it can refer to the cutting style, the shape of the stone (round, square, heart-shaped, etc), its proportions, or the workmanship and the diamond-cutting process. The brilliant round cut is the most common cut for diamond engagement rings and wedding bands.
The color of the stone, referring to how yellow the stone is, can also be graded on a GIA scale. An ideal diamond is completely colorless, being ranked as a D. The average color for engagement diamonds in the United States is G to H.
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