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I have a hell of a time matching a few light-toned summer jackets I have with pants--they're sort of in a light tan and light olive range that is just too close to khaki. Navy pants pose problems with shirt and tie selection (any suggestions?)

So, I'm considering a pair of dark brown chinos. Seems like they might also work with the seersucker jacket.

Trad? Heresy? Gauche?

What say you?
 
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Somewhat impulsively I purchased a pair of the denim trousers available this spring from Press. I bought it to go with a tan plaid jacket that I bought last summer. I honestly don't know if it is going to work out or not, but I should know by july anyway. Other options could be some seersucker trousers or even gray wool tropicals.
 
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I've always defaulted to lightweight worsted wool trousers in a light gray to medium gray, depending on the occasion. I know that the thread title refers to chinos, but if you plan on wearing a tie, you might try the worsteds.
 
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One item for your consideration is the color that Bills calls something like British Tan.

It is a bit darker than true khaki and goes with most of the things that you mention. I agree with you on the navy, never could make that work. It always seemed like that event called for grey woolen.

The other advantage of the Bills British Tan, is it is the same color as the origional British uniforms that they designed by putting something like berry juice on their whites to keep from standing out in the desert, and making them easy targets.

Slip into some of those trousers, and you can immediately fantasize that you are serving with Kitchner in Kartoum, or Chinese Gordon in India.



Carpe Diem
 
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In addition to what Intrepid suggested, Bills also offers camel and nubuck colors for their chamois cloth trousers. At 6.1 oz, they are a bit heavier than poplin and much lighter than the twills. I own a pair in camel as well as a pair of the poplins and twills, both in british khaki, and each serves a purpose. Variations on a theme, I guess. Good luck.
 
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I don't know the fabric or cut of the jacket, but if you are going for a summer look how about white? If white is too much then I think it's grey wool.

Perhaps it's a different mindset than you may have had.

I think of jackets for chinos as tweedy stuff and the blue blazer and not much else.
 
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quote:I think of jackets for chinos as tweedy stuff and the blue blazer and not much else.
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I'm really trying to find a moss-green jacket to wear with light tan chinos and a light blue shirt. I think it's a colour that will look good on and be lovely for spring and summer. I had the perfect one in Harris tweed but cut it down a few years ago for a kilt jacket. It's a great kilt jacket, but I wish it was unaltered now [V]
 
Discussion starter · #10 ·
Thanks for the input, guys.

I do have a pair of Bills in British tan--love them--but the colors of the jackets still don't quite work with them.

I think tropical weight wool gray trousers is the way to go.

I'm still not sure what I think of the dark brown chinos...they seem okay to me one minute, suspect the next. I'll have to keep mulling it over.
 
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You might want to think of the colors in a sort of "upside down" way. You would wear the tan slacks with what color of jacket? So, how about a color for the slacks with the tan jackets? Pale yellow, pink, light blue, just add color at the bottom.
 
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