Who said men can't wear floral designs? Let’s deconstruct it a bit for you

Admit it! A man wearing pink shirt with cufflink doesn’t raise eyebrows on streets anymore. Because the modern Indian men are progressive, as far as fashion is concerned. And why should it be so! Gone are the days when men needed to feign valour to look masculine.

Move over to 2016. You will find men attiring up in designs predominately worn by fairer sex and indigenous tribal cultures. Each fashion week, you would come across collections focusing on flora motifs shunned by mostly women.

But as global style may put it, floral motifs are working great for Indian men. “Florals are a great way to bring out the best in a man. You should wear floral in winter. May be a sweatshirt or a Henley t-shirt. The floral revolution began in men’s apparels long back in the form of Batik, Navajo or Kente. But now men are more experimental and adaptive. And we can see more such designs making it to the mainstream fashion,” blogger Sayantani Chakrabarti of Indulgence Chronicle told Business Insider.

(Image: Surbhi Pansari)

“This trend is not only firing up Indian fashion industry but also the global fashion scenario. Gone are the days, when only women were able to carry quirky prints, it’s now time for the men to revel in this trend. If the floral prints are used in the right way, it adds a lot of style quotient to the garment, believes Kolkata based designer, Surbhi Pansari.

Pansari further suggests ways to look stylish in floral motifs. Style them right with the below mentioned tips:

• Avoid big floral patterns as it might not suit all personality/body types.
• Team up floral printed pocket square in your party wear suits to give a stunning look to the ensemble
• Wear floral printed linings in the Bandhi Jackets to add a special touch to the outfit
• Floral prints should not look too messy and cluttered
• Team up floral prints in earthy shades along with hand embroidery and sequins work in sherwanis to give a regal feel to the ensemble
• Light weight resort wear shirts teamed up with printed shorts for casual outings
• Floral printed trousers teamed with plain shirts for a relaxed evening

(Image: India Times)