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#1 2008-01-06 10:26:48
- Taylor McIntyre
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Blue/Gray ???
Some people wear Blue suits.
Some people wear Grey suits.
But who is best?
Isn't it time that this was settled here on the fori?
#2 2008-01-06 11:10:09
- Coolidge
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
FNB is the best. 
Regardless, my favorite is Blue-Grey!
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#3 2008-01-06 12:26:43
- Fogey
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
Grey if single-breasted, and Blue if double. At least on my frame.
#4 2008-01-06 14:02:19
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
Grey might offer more versatility in that, depending on the fabric, you might be able to break up the grey suit and wear a blue blazer with the trousers. You also have a bit more versatility with shoes---Brown shoes, both suede and smooth leather, can be worn with both a grey and a blue suit, but you need to be more careful to wear the right brown shoes with a blue suit.
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#5 2008-01-06 16:16:40
- Coolidge
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
And it could be argued that blue is better for evening occasions when a suit is required.
#6 2008-01-06 17:36:18
- eg
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
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#7 2008-01-06 20:57:02
- The_Shooman
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
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#8 2008-01-06 21:48:46
- captainpreppy
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
I have suits in both blue and gray. I strongly favor the blue, but then my gray suits are the cheapest, least well made suits I own. However, I rarely wear suits.
Among my odd jackets I have two blue blazers, a lightweight wool sport coat in navy with an overplaid and a blue herringbone tweed. I hope to get one more blue blazer in the near future. I do not own a gray jacket and have no plans to get one. I guess I am definitely a "blue" person, which comes perhaps by heredity. My great-grandfather served in the Army of the Potomac and lost his arm in the Battle of the Wildnerness. My father was an officer in the Dutch navy.
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#9 2008-01-07 00:52:45
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
There's certainly room for both and I really like Cooley's daytime/evening divide. Like Shooey says Navy has a little more formality to my eye too somehow.
I'm a Grey suit man on the rare occasions I get suited up these days mainly for the reasons that Marc states - I find that you can do more with a Grey suit. I find that for me more goes with it in terms of bringing in other colours.
I also like the spectrum of Greys including the Grey/Blue borderline (which always makes me think of Breakfast At Tiffanys and THAT suit).
A tip of the hat to Eg who got the Civil War ref. - It's nice to be among such thinking company.
D.
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#11 2008-01-07 06:51:13
- mike
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
I only have one suit and it is gray. I would like to get a navy one, and a seersucker one for summer. At age 23 I don't have that much occasion to wear suits often.
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#20 2008-01-07 11:32:52
- jesmond
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
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#23 2008-01-08 01:18:39
- Horace
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Re: Blue/Gray ???
Blue wool for me. Though I think if I could have but one Seersucker, it would be grey or that color that Coolidge thought was blue.
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