EDIT/WARNING: THOSE LOOKING FOR JEANS AND POLOS TURN BACK, FOR I HAVE BEEN BRANDED A SIREN AND THOUST'S PRECIOUS MOMENTS SHALL BE DASHED UPON THE ROCKS, GAZING ONLY ON SPORT COATS, TIES, AND FINE FOOTWEAR.

Someone asked for a business casual inspiration album a few days ago on here. I've been collecting photos for a while on some of my favorite blogs and dumped some on Imgur to share.

Now, business casual is one of the most expansive hotly contested types of dress in menswear, and thus its most poorly defined. I have two (major) rules when it comes to business casual: no suits and no jeans. "But CandiedKeynes," you may cry, "you can wear jeans in business casual settings!" I disagree, and my employer disagrees, but to keep those Americana-obsessed philistines amongst us appeased, I've included a few shots with their beloved denim. I even threw in a few polos too for good measure. If that doesn't do it for you: tough. Harden the fuck up, or go round up your own set of pictures of men wearing belts and polos -- such a task would drive me insane.

For the rest of us, I hope you can use this album to get some new ideas for color and pattern combinations to help bring some pizzazz to the daily tedium of donning one's armor for the relentless metaphysical brutality that is corporate 9-5. (Or 6, or 7, or 8, ya poor bastards.)

Finally, I would be remiss were I not to cite all the photos in the album. I encourage anyone interested in these photos to explore these blogs to their fullest. They are:

-The Armoury

-Voxsartoria

-P Johnson Tailors

-Dieworkwear!

-Drake's of London

-The Most Exerent Brog

I have also snagged some pics from Styleforum members Cleghorn, ONBD, RDiaz, and emiristol.

I hope you enjoy.

Here is the album

Edit: To the haters, business casual is a marketing scheme cleverly thought up by Dockers in the 90s to sell more chinos. Think on that when picking which polo to wear tomorrow!

Edit2: To the haters of sport coats, let's all use our imaginations and think about what these fits would look like when the jacket is hanging off the back of your desk chair.

I hope this doesn’t come across as lazy, but that’s not my intention.

I have many t-shirts, though I’ve stopped wearing some due to weight gain. I only have one pair of skinny jeans, and I’m unsure how to mix and match my clothes effectively.

I’m hoping to find a visual example of basic outfit combinations for men that I can use as a starting point, like a cheat sheet. I know many people here enjoy putting outfits together, but I personally find it difficult and often talk myself out of it.

I want to buy more pants, but I think it would be easier to see examples of what types of pants or shorts work well with different shirts and colors.

I know there are a ton of sources for outfit inspiration, but I'm more looking for bare-bones, basic outfit combinations. It's like if someone made a combination guide for only clothes from H&M or ASOS. Does something like that exist?

EDIT: I just came across the website Lookastic. It might be what im looking for, but im still open to other suggestions.