Fashion - Why do some look good in plain colored shirts and others not?

[Atom Smasher]

I've noticed that I look much better in single or simple dual-colored shirts but somehow look much worse in shirts with "busy" prints on them. The "busy" shirt seem to take over and I disappear in them. I also don't have a healthy look in them. This has always been the case even as a teenager.

Anyone know why this is? It's ok if the answer is not that flattering. I want the truth.

 

[Burroughs]

the darker your skin the more patterns become a viable option...even french blue dress shirts on very pale people look off. If you are white typically irish, english, nordic ancestry stick to solids mainly...patterns are good for italians, greek, spanish, african, indian etc

think of the beach...tommy bahama busy shirts only look good when you have a tan underlying it.

If you are very white avoid the bright colors yellows, and greens vivid solid polos will make you look like a last minute usher in a golf tournament.