Summer Double Breasted Suit: Poll

I want a linen DB suit for summer. What color do you think looks best? I'd like to be able to wear the jacket by itself probably with off-white linen or cotton pants. The W. Bill book has lots of colors, but I was thinking of either mid-blue (it's like a faded navy), tobacco brown or khaki. But, their khakis all look kinda lackluster, too gray-eige for me. And I don't want something too mustard-yellow. Bone color would be nice too, but I already have a cotton suit in that. I also thought of a darker brownish gray like the last image, but I think it's in another book. Scabal I think and it might have other silk blend or something in it. Blue suit is not linen fwiw. Just a reference for DB style (sans ticket pocket). Any other cloth I should consider for a summer suit?

Originally Posted by Parker

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I want a linen DB suit for summer. What color do you think looks best? I'd like to be able to wear the jacket by itself probably with off-white linen or cotton pants. The W. Bill book has lots of colors, but I was thinking of either mid-blue (it's like a faded navy), tobacco brown or khaki. But, their khakis all look kinda lackluster, too gray-eige for me. And I don't want something too mustard-yellow. Bone color would be nice too, but I already have a cotton suit in that. I also thought of a darker brownish gray like the last image, but I think it's in another book. Scabal I think and it might have other silk blend or something in it. Blue suit is not linen fwiw. Just a reference for DB style (sans ticket pocket). Any other cloth I should consider for a summer suit?

I think the fact that you want to wear the jacket with off-white pants makes choice #3 less optimal.

So I'd go with choice #1. I think all other things being equal, suits look better in blue than brown. Save the brown for next summer...

tobacco or go home.

I was thinking of a double-breasted suit in Solaro for summer if I could get that cloth.
I think that it would be a killer outfit.

Too hot; don't do it.

If I were to do it, would get light, light gray.

Originally Posted by Manton

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Too hot; don't do it.

If I were to do it, would get light, light gray.

This advice needs to be tempered by the fact that you are a hot weather lightweight.

Originally Posted by whnay.

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tobacco or go home.

+ 3 patches.

Even for San Francisco, where it's rarely above 70 all summer?

The other option was light gray Fresco or Cripspaire, but then I thought the jacket alone would look weird.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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This advice needs to be tempered by the fact that you are a hot weather lightweight.

Linen as a suiting wears less cool that cotton or tropical wool at least on me. Shirting is another matter.

So DB linen would just not be wearable in a really hot environment.

I voted for the lightest color. Had there been an even lighter color (cream?), I'd have voted for that.

edit: I wear my SB khaki linen-silk suit jacket as an odd jacket during the summer. I like to wear it with white linen-blend jeans as an odd jacket. The jacket is fully lined.

--Andre

This one breaks up nicely; I wear the coat with cream gab or white cotton trousers or white jeans and the trousers with an off-white linen SB sport coat.

A nice brown-grey/beige. You wouldn't mind lighter jackets in summer.

Seersucker!!!!

Ok, I picked the tobacco, because I think that is a great color and I wish I could find something like that. I would also volunteer a lighter than the faded navy, but not quite a sky/baby blue.

Mike

I'd opt for a lighter, more saturated shade of blue.

Blue DRINKS up the sun. I love my blue linen but in the summer time it's an evening suit, period.