The Great Navy Blazer Conundrum - Page 14

Re. blazer and blue tie:  Tricky but do-able.

 

Manton looks good:  http://www.styleforum.net/t/104793/the-blazersuit-part-deux/0_50

 

(1st post, third picture down:  I note he says it is a "gunmetal" tie, so I'm assuming blue / grey.)
 

 

For the daytime, I think you could swap a pale blue / white bengal or ladderstripe shirt and carry it off.

Ahhh, I do have a picture of myself with light blue and navy!

 

It's that color. Here's another picture

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I am looking for a fitted DB navy blazer 6x2, preferably with golden buttons.
The only one I found is at Brooks Brothers, but it is Madison cut, which is way too loose on me.
Can you recommend something nice OTR, or would I have to go MTM?
Thank you.

It's way too loose.
I'm fairly slim. That cut is made for a bigger gentleman.
It's beyond alterations limits.
They used to make it in my cut, however from what I see they do not carry it anymore.

Another blue on navy from Charlie's Wardrobe. I'm not sure if it works as well as the last one I cross-posted, though the  PS seems to do a lot to make it work.

 

 

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Hate the tie. The pocket square should be the tie.

My consensus () is that black neckties look 100x better than blue ones with navy and mid-to-dark blue suits. That combination takes black shoes, however (or at least that's my opinion till I've seen it pulled off with brownies). With blazers ... I don't know.

The classic cautionary example:

+1. Blue on blue is tough.

I was going to mention Paul Stuart but I noticed you're located in Toronto. Maybe check out Zegna at Harry Rosen.

I definitely do black shoes when I wear a black knit with blue shirt and navy jacket. Don't do this too much because black shoes, navy blazer, gray slacks approaches security guard territory. However, I'm beginning to realize that this isn't really an issue provided that the tailoring and fabrics (as well as the shoes and tie) are of sufficient quality.