How to Pair Shirts & Ties with Blue Suits - Smart Menswear Combinations

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Ways to elevate your blue suits: https://gentl.mn/how-to-pair-shirts-ties-with-blue-suits Want to stay updated? Sign up here for free: https://gentl.mn/2nCdUy4 Want to see more videos? Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/thegentlemansgazette --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentleman's Gazette https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/ https://gentl.mn/2nGZqgz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gentlemansgazette FREE eBook: https://gentl.mn/2nCdUy4 #bluesuits #menswear #notsponsored OTHER GUIDES YOU SHOULDN'T MISS: 1. ADVANCED MEN'S SHOE COLLECTION: https://gentl.mn/2pbJbbM 2. HOUNDSTOOTH GUIDE: https://gentl.mn/2p7FF1W One area some gentlemen struggle with is selecting the right tie and shirt to wear with their blue suit. Now, you might be thinking since the blue suit is neutral, could simply wear any shirt or tie with this? The answer is no. Unfortunately, not all shirt and tie combinations are created equal. Throughout the color blue, in terms of suiting, there's a lot of different shades being made available. Now, let's go over some great options for what you could wear for shirt and tie combinations with your blue suit. The navy suit option is a very classic choice, often used for people who are going to work, to church, or for just day-to-day functions. This looks best with a variety of shirt colors so we have the crisp white shirt, you could do a pastel blue or even a pastel pink with this. The midnight navy shade of blue is very deep, very rich, it's often mistaken for black. I find that this looks quite best with a crisp white dress shirt, most of all. The midnight navy color is also something that is traditionally seen in evening wear. Now, we go over this a little bit more in our black tie guide on the Gentleman's Gazette. The medium blue shade is a little bit more understated. This can certainly be dressed up like many of the others that were mentioned with a crisp white dress shirt. You could also do a deep navy dress shirt, this will give it a little bit more of a casual look but also help elevate the overall outfit. Now, let's talk about textures. The year-round wool material found in many suits serves as a great foundation to use when mixing in different textures of shirts and ties. In fall and winter, try wearing a wool based tie against your navy suit. These are cooler ones to begin with and the tie itself being made of wool helps suggest some warmth. You could certainly choose warm colors like burgundy or mustard or even cooler tones like something in an emerald green. These will all look quite smart in the spring and summer. Try wearing silk based ties or even ties made from cotton or linen with your blue suits. Keeping the color palette colorful yet pastel will be seasonally appropriate, especially in the spring. Now, let's talk about some shirt color options. Now, if you were to ask any man today what shirt he would pick to wear with a blue suit, most likely he would say white or even a light or pastel blue. Now, he wouldn't be wrong. These are very popular choices, however, these two colors have remained the dominating force of what is purchased for many men who choose to wear a blue suit. Other options you could choose to wear with your blue suit to give a little more life to your closet, pink, even a light or pastel pink, ecru which looks more like a cream or kind of a light pastel yellow, or even a light gray. There are also many different shirt pattern options made available. This helps give a little more visual interest to your outfit. Some of these choices include a herringbone, a stripe, or even a Glenn plaid. There are also many different pattern options made available in men's suiting. It's important to remember that when choosing to wear different patterns that you change the scale. Moving on down the outfit, we move on to footwear. Footwear options are fantastic with blue suits. Because blue is neutral, as we've discussed before, you always have the option of wearing a variety of shades of brown or a classic black dress shoe. When wearing a navy or even in deep midnight navy, one great option is the black cap toe dress shoe. Chocolate, chestnut, or medium brown color shoes would look great with a classic navy or even a medium blue suit.