The single best fashion tip for any suit is to ensure it is properly tailored. No matter how much you paid for your suit, it will look more expensive if it fits conversely, nothing makes an expensive suit look worse than sloppy tailoring. Start with the jacket. The shoulders should rest on yours, not stick out past them. Your sleeves should end at your wrist bone, letting just a quarter-inch to a half-inch of shirt cuff show. Most jackets have two buttons, but taller men can pull off a three-button jacket because of their proportions.
Your suit trousers should fall just at the top of your shoe and cover your socks when you take a step in the back, they should hit the point where the heel of your shoe meets the upper.
Your dress shirt can change the look of your suit, depending on the color, collar and fabrication you choose. For a traditional look that exudes confidence (perfect for a job interview), stick with a crisp, classic point-collar dress shirt in white or soft blue. Stay away from glossy, casual fabric weaves like twill and choose a sturdy cotton broadcloth or pinpoint fabric. Solid white or pale blue are can't-go-wrong choices for color, but if your suit is solid-colored, you can bring a little life to your suit with a pinstriped shirt. Keep the stripes small and evenly spaced no variegated stripes for this traditional look.
A spread-collar dress shirt can give your suit a bit of flair. Whereas a buttondown collar is traditional and restrained, the spread collar is a little looser and a little funkier. It works with a loosely knotted tie, or skip the tie entirely and your spread collar will take you from workday to after-hours with ease. Another fun fashion tip for dress shirts is to play with color. Let the seasons be your guide, and experiment with aqua, lavender, yellow and pink (yes, pink) in the springtime. For deeper autumn hues, try plum, burgundy, French blue and hunter green.
Accessories such as pocket squares, ties and bow ties can polish off the perfect look. If you're wearing a colored shirt, keep your accessories in the same color family and aim for a richer, more saturated hue. For example, a charcoal gray suit layered over a lavender dress shirt would look great with a deep, blue based violet tie or pocket square. If you choose to wear a tie and pocket square together, they should not match exactly rather, aim for less saturated hues of the same color or keep the pocket square white. If your shirt is already a bright, saturated color, it's a better idea to match your accessories to your suit. Imagine a black wool suit with a maroon dress shirt a black silk tie would complement the look nicely.
Prints are great ways to bring a little fashion into your wardrobe. Since your accessories only take up a small amount of visual space, it's OK to experiment with funky colors and prints. Mini medallions, paisley, checks and stripes are good places to start. Make sure your dress shirt incorporates a color from the print to tie it all together. The funkier and brighter your print, the fewer accessories you should wear. If you've got an electric blue paisley tie paired with a pale blue dress shirt and navy suit, you should never add a pocket square. As for those Christmas-themed ties and cheeky prints (rubber ducks, zebra stripes), leave them in the back of your closet or donate them to Goodwill.
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