What Color Suit Should You Buy FIRST [0:00:00]
Gentlemen, I’m Antonio Centeno.
I’m the founder of Real Men Real Style.
Today, I’m going to be answering the question what color suit should a man go with when
he’s just starting off when he’s building his wardrobe when he’s looking for his go-to
suit.
Should you go with navy?
Should you go with blue?
Should you go with gray?
Should you go with black?
Well, to answer this question, let’s first eliminate the suit that I do not recommend
and that’s going to be black.
So, the reason I don’t recommend black suits is the color is too formal.
This is for black tie, this is for white tie, this is not for suits.
Suits are not formal.
Believe it or not, suits are actually, you know, this is something you can wear in a
bit – you would want to wear in a business environment, but not with a black color, it’s
too hard of a contrast.
It’s going to be more difficult to match it with items.
It’s just going to overpower a lot of different complexions out there.
I don’t recommend this for a first suit.
Now, let’s say that you’ve – Antonio, I’ve already got a great fitted black suit,
you just ruined my day.
Okay.
So, if it fits you well, if it’s already working in your wardrobe, if you’ve got
black or very dark-colored hair, you have a darker complexion, it could work for you.
But, if you have lighter-colored hair, you want to be careful because it’s just going
to overpower the look and I think you would be better served if you use one of the other
three colors we’ll be talking about here.
Now, for most men, I think that a navy suit is where it’s at.
You need to start here, it’s just going to work – it’s going to work great for
all the shirts in your wardrobe.
It can be dressed up, it can be dressed down.
It is universally accepted as the go-to business suit.
Again, we’re looking for a solid color something that’s going to be well-fitted.
You don’t want to go crazy on the pockets.
Look at the suit I’m actually wearing right here.
You don’t want to go for peak lapels, you want to go for notch lapels.
You don’t want to go for a stripe and it’s going to be memorable.
This is great maybe if you’re an established lawyer in a law firm in New York City and
you’ve really put in your dues and you can dress a little bit more – have a little
more fun.
But, this is going to be for the starting executive or for the guy that’s in charge
of the company.
And you can dress it up you can dress it down like you could wear a pocket square right
in here, you can actually maybe bring in a boutonnière, you could bring in, you know,
cuff links with your shirt.
There are so many different things you could make sure the fit is immaculate, have fun
with your shoes.
Just because it seems like it’s a simple non-really flashy type of suit doesn’t mean
that you can’t actually really take it to the next and that’s what I love about a
great looking classic suit.
Now, these other two colors here, this one is going to be closer to a blue, it’s not
a true blue.
Now, if you see a true blue, you’re going to know it because it is just blue, it’s
like wow.
And those look great, but they’re not going to be your formal go-to suits.
In the case that you want to go maybe you like this color you like something that’s
a little bit lighter than that navy blue, then you could go with something like this.
This actually is a blazer from Bluffworks.
Great travel blazer by the way.
I love this company.
And, again, another travel blazer by Buffworks, but this right here is a medium gray.
So, charcoal gray is what I would recommend for many of you guys out there, it’s going
to be darker than this gray.
It’s almost black, but it’s not and you can clearly tell the difference, but medium
gray is as light as I would go.
And in fact, some people will argue this is something that, yeah, it would – it would
be a borderline almost becoming too casual.
But, I like this especially if you’ve got lighter – let’s say you’ve got graying
hair, you’ve got lighter – a lighter complexion, a slightly lighter-colored suit is going to
do well because it’s not going to overpower you.
Let’s say you’re a ginger, you got red hair, then maybe you could go even for a little
bit lighter of a blue, but this suit right here this suit right here is going to look
great for a lighter complected man than this suit right here which, again, if you’ve
got darker hair, you’ve got darker skin, these types of suits are just going to work
really well especially when you got the contrasting white shirt with them.
So, for most of you guys, the navy, try to avoid the black and for those of you that
are lighter complected, have a very low contrast, maybe you want to go for something like this
right in here and charcoal gray which is not featured, very similar to this one.
I would say maybe if you’re really young and you look really young, then you would
maybe want to avoid the navy maybe go with a charcoal gray because navy can make you
and blue in general can make you look a little bit younger.
So, hopefully this helps, guys, gives you a little bit of footing.
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I’ll see you in the next video.
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