How to Wear a Light Gray Suit, Turning it Into a Three Season Outfit
The Perfect Spring and Summer Suit! But don't miss out on how to wear it in the Fall and Winter!
I've found many guys come to us for a light gray suit around May-July thinking they only have a few months to wear it. The truth is you can stretch a light gray suit to the shoulder seasons of Spring and Fall as well, it just takes understanding what to wear with it.
You can utilize essential pieces you should have in your wardrobe to extend how long you can wear you suit throughout the year.
Below we have broken it up by season, starting with the most popular. Spring & Summer, followed by the Fall/Autumn & Winter.
Spring
Once the weather turns from the cold winters, it is time to bring out that light gray suit. Bold greens; mid pinks, purples, yellow and even orange are perfect colors to wear for this season. Whether that is in your shirt, tie or pocket square.
*Keep in mind that your tie should always be darker than your shirt.
Outfit Ideas with a Light Grey Suit:
Dress Shirt: Light green
Tie: Teal
Pocket Square: White and Black Check
The light grey is a timeless, neutral piece that allows the colors of your outfit to pop. Adding a simple neutral color pocket square keeps this look classy but stylish.
Summer
If you own a light gray suit, and you are reading this post, chances are that you are already rocking your light gray in the summer. The perfect colors to wear in the summer are pastels and they pop off of your gray suit. You should already have a few of these pastel shirts and cycle through them with your other essential suits like navy, charcoal, true blue and mid-grey windowpane.
A white dress shirt with any of these colored ties will always be a stylish look. If you want to knock your look out of the park, add a pastel color to your suit pattern. Pink pinstripes, mint green windowpane or purple glen check.
Outfit Ideas with a Light Grey Suit:
Dress Shirt: Light pink
Tie: Charcoal pattern
Pocket Square: Pink herringbone
Choosing a light grey solid suit fabric over a patterned suit fabric gives you the ability to have fun with the shirt, tie and pocket square. The grey again is neutral allowing bolder statements in the rest of the garments.
Fall/Autumn
This is where most guys put the light gray back into the closet until the next Spring. Unzip that garment bag and grab your best black, orange or rich color accessories like green, maroon or brown. A white or light blue shirt is an easy pairing with a light gray suit in the Fall and brown or maroon go perfectly with them.
A white, light blue or even pink pocket square will pair perfectly to top it all off.
Outfit Ideas with a Light Grey Suit:
Dress Shirt: White
Tie: Rich green or navy
Pocket Square: Rich green, navy or maroon
Winter
Winter is where you will have to be very intentional with your light grey suit. It might be a bit controversial wearing it, but here is a piece of advice that is equally as controversial, break up your suits. Wear the light grey jacket with navy or black dress pants. You are investing in your suits so to get the most mileage out of them wear them separately.
To rock this look in the winter, go with darker colors like black, navy, maroon or deep green. You could also rock a cool color combo look with a grey suit, light blue dress shirt and charcoal tie.
Outfit Ideas with a Light Grey Suit:
Dress Shirt: Black
Tie: None
Dress Pants: Navy
Pocket Square: Navy
The light grey is a timeless, neutral piece that allows the colors of your outfit to pop. Adding a simple neutral color pocket square keeps this look classy but stylish.
Conclusion
Adding a light gray suit in the summer works, but do not put it away when the Fall and Winter comes. When our clients come to us looking for a new suit we always ask what suits, dress shirts, ties and pocket squares they already have. The decision we make from there are based on using what is in their wardrobe. This keeps them from buying shirts or accessories they already have, or don't need.
This is also what our outfit package is all about. Building your wardrobe with the essential pieces. Check it out here and let us know if you need our free wardrobe checklist to keep you from buying useless products that do not go with anything in your wardrobe.
If you don't own a light gray suit, grab our custom fit, Super 120 light grey suit at a discount!
Derek Burbidge
Owner/Founder of Cardero Clothing
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