Linen suit - preferred color and looking for pics

[theyare]

Thinking of picking up a linen suit for the upcoming spring/summer (if it ever arrives). Having a hard time deciding between light khaki color vs. a medium/ dark khaki.
I doubt either will be appropriate for my work environment so it would be worn in a more casual event / party atmosphere.

Anyone have preferences?

Where's the best place to see pics of these done right?

 

[gwolf]

light khaki or whichever is closer to cream for me. 2nd choice would be mustard.

 

[jtatknox]

You may also want to consider tropical wool or a linen blend. Advantage of tropical wool is that it won't be as wrinkly.

 

[ApplesHK]

How about a wool/mohair suit? Travels well with less wrinkling ans looks way better than linen.

 

[gwolf]

linen rocks IMO! love the wrinkles! cotton is another choice but it's not that much less wrinkle free.

 

[Chico2007]

Brooks Bros. has a few nice looking summer suits.

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/IWCatS...Section_Id=419

 

[theyare]

I am trying to decided between the colors of the "irish linen plaid" suit vs. something a bit darker.

Particularly on this page, the irish linen plaid pops out as light

 

[theyare]

More pics pls! hard to find stuff in the WAYWRN.

 

[ndw]

From today. Sorry for the bad pics, but the full shot was blurry. Will try and update after work. Heavy green linen. New this spring and still a little stiff. I am interested to see how it wears in.

Also, have a tan/grey cotton/linen blend I will try and photo. I like the blended fabrics because they hold their shape a little, but still wrinkle in an appealing way. The other day I saw a gray linen blend - in between charcoal and dove grey that was awesome.

 

[Parker]

A few pics. Linen is nice. Embrace the wrinkles. But don't get a 3-piece. Looks weird in linen.

 

[TRINI]

K - did you decide on the tobacco linen?

 

[Parker]

I'm waiting for a few more swatches since I didn't have time to look at everything last week. But, it will be some shade of tan/brown/natural. I've come to think linen just looks a little better in natural colors.

 

[ndw]

Originally Posted by Parker

These two are awesome (but for the extreme tightness on the first and the vest on the second).

Tobacco linen sounds very intriguing. Anything like this?

Here are a few more examples -

(all from thesartorialist)

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by Parker

I'm waiting for a few more swatches since I didn't have time to look at everything last week. But, it will be some shade of tan/brown/natural. I've come to think linen just looks a little better in natural colors.

Please keep me posted.

I want one more piece for the summer and while I'm still considering Solaro, I'm open to other options in that colour range.

 

[ALFAMALE]

Tobacco brown has to be the best color for linen.