What To Wear With a Vest (Waist Coat)

[The Chang]

So I recently bought the Rugby All Cotton Vest mentioned in this dappered post:

http://dappered.com/2011/09/best-affordable-blazers-sportcoats-fall-2011/


And I am not sure what to wear with it. I was thinking white button down with a tie and dark jeans but I also was wondering if I could pair up with some khakis or cords or maybe some dress pants. Or is that a no no?

[barron]

That particular vest is pretty versatile, you can pair it with everything you mentioned. If you're going with dress pants, don't try to match it too closely to whatever the color/pattern of the vest fabric is. Otherwise it'll be noticeable that you tried to match (and failed). The model looks decent because the gray he chose is an obviously different hue than the gray from the vest.