6 Types of Suits Everyone Need

In our previous 2 blogs, we covered the what are men’s formal suits and tips & tricks to keep in mind while wearing one. With our last blog in this series of men’s suits, we will talk about types of suits every guy needs in his wardrobe from essentials to daily wear and even special occasion wear.

While these are based upon color, another major thing you need to keep in mind is the fabric. In winters, something like woolen would be much more suitable, which can also be layered under a heavy coat for even cold days. In Summers, something like a seersucker or linen suit would be a much better safer bet for body heat circulation and comfort. Another thing to keep in mind is the structure which you can understand from our first blog and more about the fitting & accessories from our second. This one we will talk about the color according to occasion and usage.

Here are 6 types of Suits every guy need in his Wardrobe:

1. Navy Blue Suit

Navy Blue suit has been a staple around the world in most of the professions. While there is a misconception of Black being versatile but it’s usage in Hotel Management & Tourism industry for the workers & servers and private bodyguards & bouncers’ industry have canceled out its usage as a daily wear piece for the office or a date. Navy blue suit is also versatile with most of the colors making it easier to match different types of shirts as well as can be worn easily over a turtleneck or a t-shirt. If you’re looking for a formal or daily wear purpose, we will prefer two-button suits made with either cotton for warmer climate cities and woolen for colder cities.

Secondly, in terms of structure, you could opt for either a simple American style suit or a much more formal double-breasted British style structure. A textured fabric, like a hopsack, Birdseye, or even a light flannel, enables you to wear the jacket and trousers as suit separates with the rest of your wardrobe. (This does not, however, work with generic shiny worsted wool, so don’t try it. Ever.) For pairing, you can have a go-to combination in the form of a white or sky blue or light pink shirt with a red or blue tie and brown & Brown colored leather belt, leather oxford or derby shoes, and leather strap watch.

2. Plain Grey Suit

Just like Navy Blue, Charcoal Black is a staple and the backup reinforcement and for some main cavalry. While if you’re bored with the monotony of the Navy Blue around you (unless it’s a dress code) or if your Navy-Blue suit is out for dry cleaners, instead of buying two of them, get a grey suit instead. As a general rule, charcoal skews formal and wintry, while light grey is more casual and summer oriented. A mid-grey will give you the most scope for day-in, day-out, year-round wear. Ideally, you want to choose a shade – and fabric – with mileage, such that you can wear the trousers with your navy jacket and vice versa.

Until the foundations of your suit wardrobe are in place, avoid patterns like a plague of ravenous cashmere-chomping moths. Nobody will notice that you wore the same navy or grey suit for two or three days out of the week. Whereas nobody will miss you repeating a Prince of Wales check. While for the structure as well as pairing & combination, you can go for the same as Navy Blue to keep a symmetry or use American Two Pieces with Navy Blue and British Double Breasted with Gray to keep them a bit different.

Also! Do get inspired by Cillian Murphy from Peaky Blinders if you wish for this specific color, but avoid pocket watch and a newsboy cap because it’s not 1919, but if you want, you can keep it for maybe a unique vintage touch or for an adult Halloween party.

3. Dark Double-Breasted Suit

Now, if for some reason you are sticking to something like a simple two-button or three-button suits as your first 2 essentials because you bought them off the rack or didn’t had the weather for a ‘DB’ or maybe a bit afraid, then your next suit will be a dark double-breasted suit. Now, hear me out on why. Double-breasted type of suit will be your dark horse: specifically, an almost-black grey, or navy that’s close to midnight blue, maybe even in a fabric with a bit of a sheen, like mohair, and with peak lapels.

The reason? A dark ‘DB’ is versatile enough to enter your everyday rotation. But with the shape, sheen and sharp lapels, it’s also got a bit of swagger about it for those times you need to wear a suit but don’t want to look like you came straight from the office – e.g. cocktail attire invitations and weddings. Just make sure the cut is trim and not too long in the jacket. For pairing, just like the other two, it does follow a formal look but can be worn with a turtle neck or a simple t-shirt, if the V is deep enough while avoid wearing a vest underneath it. It can also be layered down under an overcoat for tough winter days.

4. The Dinner Suit

Certainly, the most unusual and underused piece of an item which is used for as the name suggests dinners, or maybe black-tie event and even maybe that one day when you’ll wear it to the Oscars or some other award show. You need a proper, classy, and dapper-looking suit instead of a rented ill-fitting suit which might save you some money but imagine wearing the suit to that one event you waited wore by 100 of other sweaty guys. Instead, get one made for yourself (bespoke if you’ve regular events like this), which will run in the long run especially at an older age when these events will be common.

The dinner suit is considered to be a Tuxedo. Now, what differentiates a tuxedo is the fabric, color, and build. While black would be your best bet here because it won’t look like a simple two-button suit but rather with a maybe velvet material or shiny lapel will set you apart. Just imagine wearing a black tuxedo with a crispy white shirt, silver cuff links, a black bow tie, and black shiny cummerbund finished off with a classic black watch and black oxfords at a bar ordering a martini with the special words shaken, not stirred, if you’re single, you’ll attract the ladies attention and even if you’re not single, eyes will be on you. You can take it to the next level with a double-breasted version.

5. The Summer Suit

While we have covered our basics with the suits, next are the lighter tones linen or seersucker or hopsack suits made especially for summers & beach parties. While it’s quite common something like linen shorts with a floral shirt is a safe idea but safe isn’t fun. While shorts aren’t also perfect for the city, or not that warm city where you’ll need a summer-inspired suit. Our preferred go-to colors would be sky blue, light grey, earthy and pastel tones as well as plain white would be perfect. Our preferred choice of material is linen for the summer for that perfect summer vibes paired with a floral or plain linen shirt or a simple t-shirt and completed with some moccasins (please, boat shoes needs to go).

It’s also wise to pay attention to construction. Slightly relaxed-cut, unstructured jackets not only remove the sweat-inducing insulation of padding and linings, but they also speak more to the Riviera spirit of summer

6. The Check Suit

Once you’re all done with the plain suits, its time for some funk. While most of the design will come and go from Tartan to Houndstooth, but check suit is kind of a classic, thanks to Prince of Wales, so go to your nearest Raymond store and get your check suit or maybe not. Check is a personal preference while not set in a certain color either. I own a blue check suit while my dad owns a brown check suit while my friend prefers black checks. Now, the size of the checks matters as well. Some would prefer wider checks while some would prefer narrow, some would prefer bigger ones and someone would prefer smaller ones. So, it’s your personal preference in this one. Again, it can be paired with solid formal shirts as well as Turtleneck and plain t-shirts.

Now, that you’re all done with Men’s formal suits. Just wear them and go out looking like David Gandhy. Dress to Impress got a whole lot better, and job interviewers won’t cut you in the dressing points. Your next date will be an absolute delight because, from all the denim jacket and casual t-shirts guy, you’ll be a dapper-looking Barney Stinson and John Hamm. Just like Barney Stinson says, you can’t enough suits, so after this journey, go all out and buy more of your own choice.