Back in business again. Past week was the first one at work after my summer vacation and I started it by wearing an attire featuring a checked sport coat with blue suit trousers, grenadine tie and a classic white pocket square. In other words, quite a simple business attire.
The checked sport coat with blue suit trousers
I have earlier written about how wear suit trousers with sport coats. If you haven't read that, you can check it out as a prologue.
But I have always been more of a "suit person" than a guy who wears a lot of sport coats with odd trousers. This applies especially for work. And even though I tend to order most of my suits so that I could easily wear them as separates, most of time I wear them only as a full suit.
This one however is one of the combinations I quite often choose to wear for work occasions. Especially for those days, when I want to wear something that is formal and dressed-up but and I could also wear the full suit look. In fact, the outfit here is almost as formal as going with a suit.
What did I wear
The jacket I wear is an unlined wool sport coat by Caruso. The shoulder structure is quite soft but features a very light padding. The base color of the jacket is somewhere between oatmeal and sand. This makes it more suitable for spring, summer and early fall season. In addition the jacket features a subtle brown and light blue overcheck and patch pockets. Therefore it is a little bit more casual than any plain sport coats or suit jackets. And perfect to combine especially with different shades of blue or brown. The trousers are from an mtm-suit by Herrainpukimo.
The shirt in question is the DLA white lightweight oxford shirt. Another option to wear here would be a plain light blue shirt for example. But personally I don't like to wear patterned shirts with patterned sport coats or suits. There just too much going on then, especially if you wear a tie or / and a pocket square.
The tie and pocket square are also from our own DLA collection. The navy blue grenadine tie as well as the white linen pocket square are probably my most often worn accessories. Mostly because they are suitable for almost any occasion. And appropriate to wear almost with any attire.
And yes, the tie seemed to be a little bit too long in the pics. Need to be more careful with that when wearing trousers with such a high waist as the pair in this case.
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