Shirts - blue. Knitwear - navy, dark green, maroon, off-white, heather. Cords - green, navy, tan, off-white. Outerwear - stone, 'grubby olive', natural, some variation on these. Shoes - almost always brown: tan to cola.
Is this 'getting old Ivy'? I saw some wild colours at John Smedley, that I just couldn't wear. Turquoise. Purple. Conservatism?
As I understand it, some of the stock in that Smedley shop is stuff that isn't selling well - hence the prevalence of wild colours.