Shirts,Ties, Squares suggestions to wear w/ navy pinstripes

[floh]

Gents,

i bought myself a made-to-measure suit for christmas, because dressed man look extremely sharp in my opinion. As i am a student and wont really need a suit on a daily basis nor a full wardrobe so i would like to expand it later with the time passing by.

Navy is my favrite color and i love pinstripes so i got a 3 button navy pinstripe and tried to keep it what most would consider a classic looking, at least i hope so.

I saved my money to get it made out of loro piana 130S pure wool fabric which i liked most in color and feel.

So what i look for, are suggestions from you what combinations you would think would match this suit and where to get them. Im looking into buying additional shirts, ties and pocket squares to make the suit more versatile.

Colors i would like to use for ties and maybe squares (but dont have an idea if it will cause eye-cancer or not): Blue Red, Plum, Royal Blue, Purple, Pine and Rose Pink.

For shirts i would prefer lighter colors: Rose Pink, Icy Pink, Icy Violet, Icy Blue, Medium Blue, Icy Grey and Mint.

And i am looking for contrasts between light and dark colors.

Yeah that mind sound crazy, but at least that are the colors my color consultat told me

So far i have difficulties with the diffrent styles and mixing colors (and patterns?).

I appreciate any help!

Thanks for looking.

BTW: A color example of the fabric. Looks a bit to light on the picture i think.

 

[mensimageconsultant]

It's a little strange that your color consultant chose colors that presumably work for your complexion and didn't say how to combine them.

You have the right idea about contrast. To narrow it down further, the tie almost certainly should be a few shades darker than the shirt (if we're talking solids). Unfortunately, "icy" sounds, er, dicey. If the adjective instead were "light," then those in blue, gray, and pink ought to work with plum, purple, or royal blue. Medium blue as a shirt color is hard to wear with a tie. Wearing two large items from the green family probably won't work. Probably it's best to not mix the green and red families in the shirt/tie combination. Only one can be the highlight, Heidi Klum might say. With most of the color combinations, a white background to the pocket square likely would allow safe use of any one color from the first batch as small dots on it, for example. Never exactly match the tie and pocket square.

 

[floh]

Thanks, i already thought i wrote the wrong language

The consultant gave me a list with what colors to choose for what kind of clothes(for example: jackets, trouser and shirts) but not how to combine them unless to make contrasts.

Judging only by your website, i guess you know well what you are talking about and though your help is much appreciated!

With "icy" i originally meant much lighter. To echo what you have said:

-solid color ties should be a tad bit darker than the shirt.
-plum, purple, or royal blue will normally match blue, gray, and pink shirts. Are you still referring to solid color ties?
-i will forget about combinations of medium blue shirts and any ties.
-i will leave mixes of green and red for the time i am older and have a better feeling for style.

- I have ordered a white pocket sqaure from Kent Wang.

Again, i am very grateful about your reply!

 

[mensimageconsultant]

plum, purple, or royal blue will normally match blue, gray, and pink shirts. Are you still referring to solid color ties?

Yes. However, for the record, any color in the first set as the tie's background color is likely to work, too. Unless, for example, it's a purple tie with medium or wide pink stripes and a pink shirt - which probably will make the tie and shirt blend together too much.

Glad to be of help.

 

[Gus]

Check out this link. At the bottom of the page is a very interesting combination of blue patterns mixed with a pinstripe suit. http://www.alanflussercustom.com/index2.html

 

[floh]

Thx again!

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

Check out this link. At the bottom of the page is a very interesting combination of blue patterns mixed with a pinstripe suit. http://www.alanflussercustom.com/index2.html

I love that combo, i will get my self a similar shirt!