LOOKBOOK | Checkmate

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A plaid, or checkered shirt is always fun to wear. It hardly ever needs any styling because it already is your outfit's statement piece (although of course you can always insist on styling it). Oftentimes I simply pair one with the right pants and I'm good to go.

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This shirt's pattern here has a prominent light blue accent. That it crisscrosses with black and varying shades of gray already gives you a hint on what color of pants to wear. I picked gray and went with black for my leather. A no brainer!

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A plaid shirt, of course, also makes for the perfect shirt when wearing a plain suit. But I was too lazy for that.

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Oh, look, it's still Christmas!

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Shirt (F&F); pants (Topman); shoes (Call It Spring).

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