Do you own/wear a brown suit?

[stilmacher]

If yes, when and for what?

 

[Tomasso]

 

[DocHolliday]

Yes, a few. One is a tweed three-piece, for rare recreational wear; one is a charcoal brown pinstripe two-piece, suitable for most suit events; and one is a tan three-piece, which is just for being awesome.

 

[chobochobo]

Yes, one of my favourites is a Canali in medium brown windowpane. Good for the summer.

 

[epa]

Yes, a dark brown pinstripe SB suit. I use it for work. Yes, I do.

By the way, I thought about getting a lighter brownish or tan one with blue or grey pinstripes for summer, but the tailor I decided to try did not have the right cloth.

And I am thinking of getting some kind of brown/grey/blue chalk-stripe suit the coming autumn. I saw something in this kind of "mixed" colours/shades in a shop-window, and I liked the look of it. It looked really nice.

Actually, I am very fond of brown shades. I am not talking about the right-out **** brown colour, but dark or bronce brown, or brown mixed with blue or grey, can look really nice, IMO.

 

[pabloj]

Tobacco chalkstripe in linen, great for summer. Color is really like an avana cigar, I love it.

 

[epa]

If this tobacco colour is the colour I am thinking of, then I believe that I saw a similar suit in a shopwindow the other day. Just lovely.
Now, are you sure it is chalk-stripe and not pin-stripe? I though that chalk-stripe patterns were more for flannel autumn/winter suits, but I may be wrong.

 

[pabloj]

It's really between the two, a wider pinstripe, very nice, and it's partially lined.

 

[epa]

Is it 100% linen, or a mix? Does it wrinkle a lot?
Where did you get that suit? I have been considering this kind of suit, but I have not found the right fabric.

 

[pabloj]

It's 100% linen and it does wrinkle, but not that much, and to me it's the beauty of linen.
Unfortunately I can't help you with cloth or a shop as I got it in Italy.

 

[stilmacher]

You see, I just received this suit and was wondering if I shouldn't best keep it since it is just me size. It is a NWT Borrelli and the fabric is a Super 120's light weight flannel. But then I am not sure about brown suits...

 

[epa]

I like it!
The colour looks a bit like my own dark brown one, but with more "subtle" stripes.
However, I (personally) do not like the way it combines with the shirt and tie; I would use a shirt with a "stronger" blue colour, or a white shirt, or, why not, a bottle green shirt, and a darker tie.
The only reason for me not to wear a brown suit is if it is not considered appropriate in your business environment.

 

[Nantucket Red]

Yes, I own a brown ropestripe suit that I wear on any given day to the office.

 

[epa]

Aren't the Japanese very conservative when it comes to suit colours?
I was in Japan on business about a year or two ago, and I believe to recall that charcoal was the predominating suit colour. And shoes were black.

 

[Ivan Kipling]

Yes. And a number of brown sportcoats. I love brown and black. My favorite ensemble from my sister's Yves Saint Laurent collection is a brown satin suit, with velveteen lapels, and black jet buttons.

Tomasso . . . I especially like the necktie and pocket square.