What's a better colour for a tweed sportcoat?
I am considering having a bespoke tweed sportcoat made by a local tailor. I am buying the fabric myself, but am deciding between navy and charcoal.
I also plan to get a sport coat in flannel in whichever colour I don't choose for the tweed.
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I'd probably not get a sport coat that's charcoal, that's a pretty tough color to wear as an odd jacket
Black and white herringbone tweed would certainly work as a sportcoat
What makes it tough for an odd jacket?
It's just a very formal color. Obviously the tweed would make it much more casual but it seems like a bit of a risk to me?
dark brown tweed is pretty great
I have a medium-dark brown herringbone and a black & white houndstooth tweed sportcoat. They both work really well.
[Editing as I just saw you're asking about tweed]. If you're getting a tweed, I would do brown, as that will be easier to wear. If you do blue, I would get something with a grey cast, as that will be easier to pair with grey trousers.
If you want to do a grey tweed, Fox Bros has some grey glen plaids that I think work well for a sport coat. Order swatches before ordering cut lengths.
1. What is a cast?
2. Wouldn't a grey jacket be harder to pair with grey trousers because it could look like a mismatched suit?
3. I was actually intending to order fabric from Magee for tweed but use Fox Bros for flannel.
1. Cast — a tint, or hue. He’s saying to get something more blue-grey than, say, a royal blue or blue-green
2. Depends on the grey, but a tweed jacket with more visual interest reads better than one without. Glen checks are fairly common with colder weather sportcoats, and would contrast enough with plain grey trousers so as to not look off.
3. Dollars to donuts Magee has some sort of check or herringbone tweed. A brown (or even green!) donegal would do well for a sport coat as well. They also run blues here and there, so that’s certainly a possibility too.
some magee tweeds have a very small scale pattern, such as the herringbones. would buy a swatch before you get a cut length to see how you like it.
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I've been told never to wear blue jackets with blue trousers because of that.
Could a blue-grey work well with navy trousers or would there still mot be enough contrast?
I feel like this is one of those age-old debates that always erupt into passionate arguments. There used to be crazy debates on StyleForum about whether you could wear blue trousers. IMO, blue trousers work best with light-colored sport coats in the summer months, like cream. But they have limited use, and it would be hard to wear them in the winter because of the prevalence of dark-colored coats.
IMO, if you keep to basic colors like brown, blue, and olive for sport coats, occasionally a bit of grey, and then do grey and tan for trousers, you can 1) justify spending more on each item because you can have a smaller wardrobe, and 2) spend less time thinking about how to dress in the morning, as those colors are easy to mix and match
I've never heard one shouldn't wear blue trousers, just not with blue sport coats.