Musicians on stage wearing black clothes...

[nixdad]

OK, all you color muppets, you talked me into color. Well, you kinda talked me into it, and the TalkBass had a linked ad from a shirt company, and I ended up ordering several. I'm posting a few examples here. (Whether my band leader ever allows me to wear them on stage is another story.)
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My band went from this:

To this:

Several of my bandmates have ordered shirts from the outlets that sell through online ads like the ones listed above. Their feedback is they had to order sizes about 3 times larger than normal to get the correct fit.
I don't fit in any of those shirts, so I get mine from Robert Graham.

 

[BlueTalon]

I don't fit in any of those shirts, so I get mine from Robert Graham.

I have a couple of Robert Graham shirts. They're great, but spendy.

I'll see what the sizes of these shirts are like when I get them. If none of them fit, I'll just have to return them.

 

[Kijuer]

Ahem.

 

[Kijuer]

No ok I confess...

 

[Aceman]

Note the genre correct concert shirt
Pants with unexplainable amount of zippers, painfully tight
Cowboy boots on bottom, Cowboy hat on top
Red Leopard bandana and matching shirt
Observe the matching shaded sunglasses to the shirt
Silverburst pointy guitar

 

[socialleper]

Trend?
Johnny Cash?

 

[g-dude]

Ahem.
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I would somehow pick up a stain within 45 seconds of wearing such an outfit.

"It's breakfast? How did I get a ketchup stain? I'm not even eating ketchup!"

 

[BlueTalon]

I would somehow pick up a stain within 45 seconds of wearing such an outfit.

"It's breakfast? How did I get a ketchup stain? I'm not even eating ketchup!"

That's when you get creative. Put a whole bunch of ketchup stains on it, outline them with a sharpie, and pretend they're supposed to be there.

 

[nixdad]

I have a couple of Robert Graham shirts. They're great, but spendy.

I'll see what the sizes of these shirts are like when I get them. If none of them fit, I'll just have to return them.

Agreed.
Hopefully you'll get lucky and everything will be right on your first order. Good luck, and I hope it all works out!

 

[Sascha Erni]

In an orchestral or venue setting, opt for a dark navy suit or tux. Under stage lighting, navy appears black but black has a nasty, unnatural green sheen in some instances. Learned this from a couple of lighting directors.

Riis

This. Black wool or silk suits don't look black under most indoor lighting conditions, and it's the bane of my photojournalist day job – I know what it was supposed to look like, but I'm not allowed to colour-correct (too much) in post, while at the same time I know I'll get angry mails from politicians wearing black suits at podiums etc. why the hells I "shot me as if I were wearing a purple, or green, or a mixture of both, suit! It was black!!!! Respectable!!!!!!"

If you want to look good under artificial light, buy navy suits.

 

[g-dude]

That's when you get creative. Put a whole bunch of ketchup stains on it, outline them with a sharpie, and pretend they're supposed to be there.

So what you're saying is that I should just pretend to be my son!

 

[g-dude]

This. Black wool or silk suits don't look black under most indoor lighting conditions, and it's the bane of my photojournalist day job – I know what it was supposed to look like, but I'm not allowed to colour-correct (too much) in post, while at the same time I know I'll get angry mails from politicians wearing black suits at podiums etc. why the hells I "shot me as if I were wearing a purple, or green, or a mixture of both, suit! It was black!!!! Respectable!!!!!!"

If you want to look good under artificial light, buy navy suits.

So I was about to say that NO politician ever wears black, but then I saw your location.

In the USA, Lincoln was the last politician to wear black suits, and legend has it that Brooks Brothers stopped selling black suits and essentially retired that look after his assassination.

Black suits really don't look that great - so many of them look low quality. In contrast, a nice gray or blue, especially with some sort of patterning, can look incredibly sharp.

I've found the following rules are true about suits:

1) A good suit should fit and feel so comfortable that you can wear it from the morning, through the workday, and then continue to be worn for socializing in the evening hours. You might remove your tie at some point and/or undo your collar, but you're not rushing to change out of it due to comfort.
2) The best suits aren't necessarily flashy or super modern - that's the mark of cheap disposable fashion. They advertise their quality in subtle fashion, but the common denominator is that they are "timeless".
3) You're supposed to wear the suit, not the other way around. If you don't feel at home in a suit, it'll show and you won't look natural. Some people look like they were born in a suit: George H. W. Bush (aka - the first Bush president) and William F. Buckley both come to mind. It's wasn't about having everything perfect, WFB often had a crooked tie, but looking like the suit belongs on you.

 

[Sascha Erni]

So I was about to say that NO politician ever wears black, but then I saw your location.

In the USA, Lincoln was the last politician to wear black suits, and legend has it that Brooks Brothers stopped selling black suits and essentially retired that look after his assassination.

Oh! I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing! Here, black suits are very prevalent still. Never mind they often look like a dirty gray in daylight, and might look all sorts of weird under artificial light – they remain popular. Well, that, and what people here call "Anthrazit", i.e. very dark gray. Personally, I mostly wear sports jackets, but must admit that one of my three suits actually is … black. The two good ones aren't, though. And I never wear suits when onstage, but tend towards black jeans and t-shirts. I will need to rethink this approach once the Covid bans are lifted.

Also, good bullet list right there. Especially No.3.

 

[DaveDeVille]

... i'm a boots and jeans kinda guy and i usually wear a dark colored shirt .
never really liked being told what to wear on stage ,
but will do it if the job / bandleader requests it .

 

[g-dude]

Oh! I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing! Here, black suits are very prevalent still. Never mind they often look like a dirty gray in daylight, and might look all sorts of weird under artificial light – they remain popular. Well, that, and what people here call "Anthrazit", i.e. very dark gray. Personally, I mostly wear sports jackets, but must admit that one of my three suits actually is … black. The two good ones aren't, though. And I never wear suits when onstage, but tend towards black jeans and t-shirts. I will need to rethink this approach once the Covid bans are lifted.

Also, good bullet list right there. Especially No.3.

So when I was on internship in Germany, one of my classmates decided to bring a piece of the American South with him to deal with the lack of AC in his office in the summer: he wore seersucker to work.

I can't even imagine what they must have thought. Probably would have reacted the same if someone showed up wearing Tracht to work in the USA.

 

[Zooberwerx]

So when I was on internship in Germany, one of my classmates decided to bring a piece of the American South with him to deal with the lack of AC in his office in the summer: he wore seersucker to work.


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I can't even imagine what they must have thought. Probably would have reacted the same if someone showed up wearing Tracht to work in the USA.

In his retirement years, my father purchased and wore a similar seersucker suit...he used "Matlock" (Andy Griffith) as his fashion plate. I'm not kidding. They both lived in coastal North Carolina. Dad even wore a string bowtie to embellish the visual effect. In public, we boys tagged him "the Colonel" although he was unaware. He kept wondering why people addressed him as "Col. Unterzuber".

Riis

 

[stubborne]

Black shirt over black shirt with black jeans playing a black bass with black checkers and black inlays balanced on top of black Chucks....

 

[dave64o]

All you need to complete the ensemble is to replace the neck on your bass with one with an ebony fretboard.


Kidding aside, cool picture.

 

[TBird1958]

No ok I confess...
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The little black dress, always a classic, love wearing one onstage!

 

[stubborne]

The little black dress, always a classic, love wearing one onstage!

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I'll take your word on that... by the way, that Sanctuary video is RIPPING!