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Hi everyone, Sean McKee here. In this video I’m going to show you Rules for mixing and matching patterned suits, shirts and ties. In the video I will match a pin striped suit, striped and checked shirts and patterned ties. Just some guidance to help you understand which combinations are appropriate to wear together.
First we will choose a suit model from the software. Let’s choose a single breasted two button suit with a notch lapel.
For the suit pattern let’s choose a blue pin stripe form the Dormeuil fabric line. As you can see in the video the fabric is a wide pin stripe with the pin stripes about a quarter inch apart.
For the shirt we will choose a very close stripe shirt. As you can see in the video the stripes are opposite in the width apart from each stripe. The rule is, alternate the size of the patterns when mixing them together. As you can see the look is very professional and appropriate.
Now, if we choose a tie we can go with a simple wide striped tie that is much wider than the striped shirt, even wider than the pin striped suit, although the tie doesn’t need to be as wide as we are looking at here, just wider than the shirt, most importantly.
We can also choose a micro neat tie as you see in the video. The micro neat tie is a very tight patterned tie that is not too busy. We can also choose a solid tie and as you see in the video it looks very professional.
We can also look at checked patterned shirts to go with the pin stripe suit. Let’s look a t a blue tattersal tight check shirt. As you can see it’s looks very nice.
We can also choose a wider check shirt and it gives us another nice look. All the ties go with the check shirts as well.
So now you know the rules for mixing and matching patterned suits, shirts and ties. Remember to always alternate the size of the patterns and you should be okay.
