Classic Menswear and the American South

[MrPYG]

Classic Menswear and OCBD styles are rather easy in colder climates that facilitate layering, but what are your go to solutions to the thick, swampy heatwaves of the American South?

How do you best beat the heat while keeping the collar?

 

[Using Technology]

Seersucker is your friend! Also tropical wool weaves, mesh shirts, etc. There are ways to layer for the heat.

 

[sam67]

Classic Menswear and OCBD styles are rather easy in colder climates that facilitate layering, but what are your go to solutions to the thick, swampy heatwaves of the American South?

How do you best beat the heat while keeping the collar?

Just sweat. It's summer. (North Carolina)

 

[Bankers_Stripes]

I live in Florida and I still wear all the suits I would wear when I lived in the northeast. You just get used to it, and sweat more (though I wouldn't wear something like a flannel suit on a hot day). But all my wool suits get worn all the time in the peak summer months even.

 

[breakaway01]

for shirts -- linen or linen-cotton

for tailored jackets/trousers - I personally find cotton seersucker not the best choice for hot/humid weather compared to open-weave wool fabrics, wool/silk/linen, etc. Cotton seersucker is pretty tightly woven and doesn't breathe well, IME. Loro Piana makes a great wool/silk seersucker but it's pretty expensive and hard to find in RTW.