Buying mens suits can also break from the basics if you choose to be different and dare to stand out from the usual. Here are some suits I would definitely recommend for a refreshing touch: Windowpane Suits
The windowpane suits are an obviously understated in mens fashion. It gives an extremely stylish and dressy effect that differentiates greatly from the usual stripe suits.
Instead of a squarish windowpane, you can settle for a rectangular formation that provides an elongating effect for a men’s body as well. Windowpane suits also allow harmonious combinations with more patterns than the usual plaid suits.
Windowpanes are very suitable for spring time. Instead of going for a pronounced thick windowpane pattern, you can try one a charcoal gray fabric with subtle violet chalk windowpane rectangular in shape. Or alternatively a light gray suit with pastel blue windowpane rectangular pattern.
Brown Suits A color avoided by many men and deemed as not worth a timepiece suit. However, I beg to differ as this color gives an earthly tone and also a down-to-earth feel. It deviates from the predictable “safe” colors like gray and navy where we should have become overdosed with by now.
Brown suits can be easily matched with earth tones from yellow to gold to tan colors. Depending on the tone of your brown, combination with maroon, cream, or even navy blue is also possible.
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What confidence when a man steps into the room dressed confidently right down to his shoes! Color coordinating your suit or men's outfit, with dress shoes does not have to be a mind-boggling process. Not when you have options of basic shoe colors to choose from.
Every man's wardrobe should include these basic dress shoe colors along with a selection outside the basic color dress shoe for those "special occasions". Let's start with the basics of a shoe color wardrobe, as this is the foundation, giving you freedom, choice and class in wearing a good looking shoe every time, with every clothing choice selection.
The most common, basic and classic men's shoe color is black or cordovan a soft fine grained colored leather. That looks good with most suits. The next basic men's dress shoe color is brown. A warmer toned shoe that looks good with tan or brown slacks, even khakis.
Another basic color men's dress shoe is chestnut, a richer shade of brown that resembles a deep wood grain tone. This very classy men's dress shoe looks great with tweed, silk or woven fabrics, in all earth tone colors. White is another classic, though less common, basic men's dress shoe color.
Men's quality, white, Italian leather dress shoes can really set off a nice suit! It's like a statement shoe. It can pull an all white suit with any color of dress shirt together seamlessly for you. It's also a great looking "accent" shoe, too. A black and white coordinated suit looks great. The above outlined shoes are your basics, they are foundational, as well as highly functional, when it comes to what color dress shoes all men should have.
Now let's look at a few of the more "uncommon" color men's dress shoes. These shoes are for those special occasions or when you want to step outside the lines just a bit. Burgundy is an excellent shoe color choice. Burgundy can coordinate with black, brown and even tan as long as you have a burgundy-toned belt, shirt or tie.
Oxblood is another men's dress shoe color choice. It is a more moderate shade of reddish brown that looks good with earth tone suits as well as black suits. Taupe is a brownish gray and does go well with earth-toned suits, giving you yet another uncommon dress shoe color choice.
Now if you really want to knock some socks off, consider purchasing a pair of Italian leather dress shoes in black and white! They look great with a black and white coordinated suit. There are other men's dress shoe color options. These are usually special order items and worth the price for a good pair of quality designed Italian leather dress shoes. All men should have a choice of color and quality in the shoes they wear. Color gives men more options, quality means they will last!
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When looking at men’s formal wear you need to follow some simple basic guidelines
to get an instant classic look which projects a sense of style.
Getting the right look with men’s formal wear is not difficult, if you follow the image guidelines below.
Your suit
In men’s formal wear let’s start with choosing a formal suit.
1. Style
Changes, but you can't go wrong with a single-breasted, solid color suit in black, grey or navy blue and always remember a single-breasted suit will make you look slimmer and sleeker in appearance.
In men’s formal wear a stylish suit can conjure up a number of images, all of them positive.
A suit can make you look powerful, mature, conservative, or sexy. Remember, most women love men in suits!
2. Fabrics and Patterns
Wool is always a safe option when buying a suit. It looks good and wears well.
Worsted wools are lightweight for spring and summer. Gabardine wools are heavier for winter. Wool Crepes are lightweight with softer finishes. Flannel wools are heaviest. Patterns for interview suits are limited to solids, stripes (pinstripe, chalk stripe, beaded-stripe, multistripe), Glen plaids, and checks (hounds-tooth, windowpane, and herringbone).
Picking The Right Shirt
Generally men with narrow faces can choose collars that are wider, to help broaden their faces; conversely, men with wider faces should choose collars that are narrower, to help lengthen their faces.
Ties
Suits come in basic styles and colors, but ties let you show your individuality within a formal look.
If you want to make a bold statement wear a patterned tie with a patterned shirt, make sure that the color schemes are the same and that the patterns go in the same direction.
Finally, don’t forget the Length: It should hit the top of your belt buckle and the deal width of ties is between 3 and 4 inches.
Men’s Formal Wear Combining Tie’s Shirts & Suits
When choosing a jacket-shirt-and-tie trio, match its level of color contrast to your personal colouring.
Your colouring consists of your complexion and hair color.
If you're coloring is high-contrast i.e. dark hair and light skin, or vice versa--your jacket, tie, and shirt combo should be high contrast, too. But if your hair-hide contrast is softer and lighter i.e. you're blond or gray-haired with pale skin, or dark-skinned with dark hair--you should go for lower-contrast clothes.
Two different scales For Balance When you're combining two like patterns in the jacket-shirt-tie triangle, they should be of different gauges.
If your suit has pinstripes 3/4 inch apart, your tie should have significantly broader or thinner bands. If your suit is a striped one (with lines more than an inch apart), your shirt's stripes should be narrower and closer together.
If you wear two different designs within the lapel triangle--say, a checked shirt and a striped tie, or a striped suit and repeating-medallion tie--they should be different scales in size If your shirt has a narrow stripe, your tie needs a wider stripe i.e. pair large with small.
De Emphasize
Choose clothes that de-emphasize your extremes.
If you're short, look for strong vertical elements: pinstriped suits, two-button jackets. If you're very thin, choose a jacket with wider shoulders. If you have a heavier build then Wear darker colors and go monotone from top to bottom.
Watches
The first thing to look for in a man's watch is a large face, as these designs are generally accepted by everyone as looking stylish.
Get a nice belt
Don't forget your belt you want quality, a good quality belt doesn’t have to be expensive and is money well spent.
Your belt color should be coordinated with your footwear - black with black, brown with brown.
Shoes
Black is the traditional safe color for work but Brown or ox blood colors can also look stylish.
You can also use a variety of styles including loafers, wingtips, round-toe, or the trendier pointy-tipped shoe.
Shoes are no place to economize on quality. For men, shoes are the final detail and are one of the areas all women notice.
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