- This video is all about the color brown.
We've got a brown suit, brown jacket, brown shirt,
brown tie, brown shoes, brown boots.
And I'm going to put them together
into five brown monochromatic outfits
from business to casual, right after this.
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So this first look,
I kinda consider a summer to fall transition look,
and that is 100% because of the jacket
and specifically the fabric.
It's linen, but it's a heavier linen
so that, coupled with the fact that it is a darker color,
I think makes it totally work in this situation.
Whenever I put together monochromatic outfits,
one of my favorite strategies
is to think about using different shades
of that particular color.
So we've got the dark brown of the jacket,
the lighter khaki in the pants, and then in the middle,
we've got the shoes, the belt and the watch strap.
I also threw in some pattern with the gingham shirt
to break up the solids and provide a focal point
for the outfit.
I really consider a brown suit to be my alternate navy suit.
Both suits are extremely versatile and both suits allow you
to pair lots of different colors with them,
which, admittedly, we don't really care about here
because we're dealing with a monochromatic look.
Now the point I'm going to keep making is that
when you're dealing with just one color,
you've always got to do something to create some contrast.
Since we've got a solid suit and a solid shirt,
I went with a striped tie.
It gives it a really classic business feel
and because of the dark brown color of the suit,
I would say that this outfit would also work really well
for some type of dressier evening event.
The piece of clothing I wanted more than anything
when I was a grad student was a brown tweed blazer.
I never got around to getting one back then,
but it was the very first thing I had made for me
at Michael Andrew's Bespoke about seven years ago.
I like how it's sporty and refined at the same time
and has a bit of a professorial vibe,
especially with the suede elbow patches that I have here.
And as you can see,
this jacket is what I want to call attention to
with this outfit.
The darker brown turtleneck
also feels kind of professorial to me in this setting.
Tassel loafers give a relaxed feel
and then finished off with the Vacheron Traditionnelle.
Different take on the suit here.
This time I'm swapping out the shirt and tie
for a turtleneck, which I always feel is a great way
to give a suit a bit of elegance and casual sophistication.
This kind of look is something that I absolutely love
this time of year, especially for an evening event.
Since the suit is darker,
I went with a lighter tan turtleneck to, again,
create that contrast and give the look a bit of depth.
You'll notice that I'm not wearing a pocket square.
I wanted to keep it as minimal and chic as possible.
Now I like to wear glasses sometimes for evening events.
These are by Persol.
JLC Reverso on the wrist,
super elegant and then finished off
with a pair of double monks
with the gold buckle pulling in the watch metal.
Okay, I am cheating a little bit here with this look,
those are black jeans,
but I just love how they pair with this jacket.
It's a suede trucker jacket,
will be available in our Michael Andrews collection,
which, I will add, is not far off from launching.
I paired that with the same turtleneck from look three.
More contrast down below with the Chelsea boots
and then a really cool pair of sunglasses,
which are by MOSCOT.
I love how when you dress monochromatically,
it can really work from casual like this
all the way to business.
And it's something that's really easy to do
with navy as well.
I did five all navy looks in a previous video,
which is right over there.
So click there and learn
how to make a big statement with less.