How to Wear a Light Gray Suit - Turning it Into a Three Season Outfit

I've found many guys come to us for alight grey suit around May-July thinking they only have so long to wear it. The truth is you can stretch a light grey suit to the shoulder seasons of Spring and Fall as well, it just takes the following knowledge.

Spring

Once the weather turns from the cold winters, it is time to bring out that light grey suit. But, what colour shirt goes with a grey suit? Bold greens; mid pinks, purples, yellow and even orange are perfect colours 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.

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Summer

If you own a light grey suit, and you are reading this post, chances are that you are already rocking your light grey in the summer. The perfect colours to wear in the summer are pastels and they pop off of your grey 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.

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 colour to your suit pattern. Pink pinstripes, mint green windowpane or purple glen check. An obvious choice is a light grey suit with a blue shirt.

Fall

This is where most guys put the light grey back into the closet until the next Spring. Unzip that garment bag and grab your best black, orange or brown accessories. This is where rich colours such as maroon come in to play as well. What colour shirt goes with your grey suit in the Fall?

A white or a light grey suit with a light blue shirt is an easy pairing with a light grey suit in the Fall and brown or maroon go perfectly with them.

If you really want to add a pop, try a light grey suit with black shirt OR a light grey suit with a blue shirt, pulling a bit away from pastel to mid or dark blue. If you have a darker shirt with your suit, opt for no tie and a darker pocket square.

A white, light blue or even pink pocket square will pair perfectly to top it all off.

Conclusion

Adding a light grey suit in the summer works, but do not put it away when the Fall 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.

Many guys don't know what shirts to wear with their light grey suit. But most have a light blue, white, grey or light pastel in their closet already. All work, but we highly recommend the black shirt with the light grey suit for a stylish pop.

These questions and uncertainty on what to wear with what is 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.

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Derek Burbidge
Owner of Cardero Clothing