Fashion Jack: PROPER PAIRINGS
Q. When should I put on socks with sandals? -Alan, Rubidoux
A. Before you put on the sandals. Wearing...
Fashion Jack: BIBS & SHRUNKEN SHIRTS
Q. We’re going out for crab legs this weekend at a seafood restaurant. But I hate wearing those big plastic bibs they...
Fashion Jack: Retiring an old shirt
Q. When should a favorite shirt be retired?
— Herman, Perris
A. Even your favorite shirt must be retired sometime. Here’s how to tell if...
Fashion Jack: Tattoos & Flipflops …
By Jack Clark
Fashion Advisor
Q. My boyfriend has the names of his old girlfriends tattooed on his arm. Now he says he wants to add...
Fashion Jack: POCKETS & BANGS
Q. Every wash day I have to spend time emptying my husband’s pants pockets. He keeps stuffing his left hip pocket with...
Fashion Jack: Tucked shirts & lost keys
By Jack Clark
Fashion Advisor
Q. My husband always tucks his shirt into his pants ... even Hawaiian and African shirts. I think this looks goofy....
Fashion Jack: September 15, 2016
Q. Is Scottish poetry fashionable?
-Kenzie, Rancho Mirage
A. Yes. I recommend verse by Hamish MacDhughaill. He is Scotland’s greatest, living, one-armed poet.
Q. Recently, I...
Fashion Jack Revisited:
SHIRT BUTTONING & LAUNDRY SOCKS
Q. Sometimes I get my shirt buttons in the wrong buttonholes, so I end...
Fashion Jack: Shoe laces & eye-catching hair …
Q. What is the best knot to use on shoe laces?
–Darwood, West Covina
A. Depends on what you’re using the shoe laces for. My...
Fashion Jack: FORMAL ATTIRE
Q. Do you wear a cummerbund with the pleats facing up or down? –Woodrow, Aguanga
A. No, I don’t....