Other than light tan / khaki, I have trouble figuring out what I’m the brown family works well with a navy blazer / white shirt. So I normally stick to just gray trousers. But what to expand that. I picked up these trousers which the company calls “mid brown” and distinct from “medium brown” which they also offer. Thoughts on this color for year round wear (fabric weight aside as I live in a warm weather climate).
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Brown Trousers w Navy Blazer
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Other than light tan / khaki, I have trouble figuring out what I’m the brown family works well with a navy blazer / white shirt. So I normally stick to just gray trousers. But what to expand that. I picked up these trousers which the company calls “mid brown” and distinct from “medium brown” which they also offer. Thoughts on this color for year round wear (fabric weight aside as I live in a warm weather climate).
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Thanks. I just kinda felt like anything lighter color than that seems a bit too informal for a white (non Oxford) shirt in a business setting. Hoped that if mid grey is great with a blazer then mid brown would do the same? Most of the good articles I read said stick to mid grays and shades of tan but it doesn’t seem that good trouser makers call any of there woolen browns “tan” so I wasn’t sure.
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It's a nice color. Kind of a darker British Khaki. All kinds of grey from light to mid will work. Olive would work nicely, too. If you want to experiment with patterns, glen plaid and hounstooth might be nice in some woolens. However, since you're in a warmer climate you might to avoid the perpetual autumn look. ;-)
While that wouldn't be to my taste, if it works for you, it works for you. At this stage of life, a blue blazer is my main dress-up jacket. I only wear a blazer with khaki or British tan twill pants. If I had a sailboat and was a member of an eastern shore yacht club or member of a country club in the right region, white, yellow, reds, GTH would be an option. While gray is a traditional pairing, people wearing those with blue blazers look like security guards at museums and corporate lobbies. I don't do it.
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Those trousers work nicely with a navy blazer, especially a flannel one. But no worries at all unless your blazer is linen or seersucker (yes, there are sold navy seersucker blazers).
The navy blazer is the king of sport coats precisely because it is so remarkably versatile, being both (i) the most formal of sport jackets when worn with dark gray dress trousers, a white dress shirt, and a necktie and (ii) the emblem of casual when worn with khakis and a golf shirt.
The navy blazer is the king of sport coats precisely because it is so remarkably versatile, being both (i) the most formal of sport jackets when worn with dark gray dress trousers, a white dress shirt, and a necktie and (ii) the emblem of casual when worn with khakis and a golf shirt.
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@superpacker, those trousers scream tweed jacket, not a blue blazer. Like I said above, if you like it, you like it and that's all that matters but if want opinions, my honest one is it doesn't come close to working with any sort of navy blue blazer.
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No, I meant certain patterns (glen plaid, houndstooth, herringbone), notably in trousers, seem to signal fall-winter attire, though, I'm sure some people can pull it off. I have a mid grey suit in houndstooth that's all season, and it seems to work in warmer weather, too (so there are exeptions). I tend to associate patterned trousers with heavier woolen fabrics.
I think your color choice will work very well with a navy blazer and it would look fine in a business setting.
I'd also recommend, as I did earlier, a pair of wool olive trousers. So you've got tan, dark tan/light brown, mid-grey, olive - that's 4 right there. And all of these will also go with light blue dress shirts. In the fall/winter, even if it's warmish - if you find a lighter woolen fabric with a glen plaid or herringone pattern.
I think the color and texture are fine with a navy blazer, but since the question is posed on the Trad board, I would note that there are several subtly different types of Trad. I am of the version often described as Traditional Natural Shoulder Ivy League or TNSIL, probably the most hidebound and canonically oriented sort of Trad. It would be quite unusual for a TNSIL to put these together. They tend to stay in the grey flannels, grey worsteds, and occasional khakis lane when wearing blazers. That has no bearing at all on whether the pairing looks good. Just because we TNSILs are narrow minded in our own mode of dress does not mean we do not appreciate other looks!
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This.
I'm very narrow minded with going outside the traditional, east coast ivy league style of dress from the 50's and 60's. But that's why I said to the guy, if it works for him, it works for him. Our opinions are based on what we would do, not what he should do.
I imagine you and I grew up in a world where literally everyone we encountered, other than Mrs. Wigg in the refectory, dressed exactly that way. There were not even girls to bring in a different look.
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Personally speaking, I think these would look great with a navy blazer.
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