Does anyone else here tire of this pattern of new threads:

I have a question.  While asking that question, I'm going to denigrate Ask Andy.  What do you think about my question?  Make sure your answer isn't like what they would suggest at Ask Andy. 

Just ask your question.  If everyone is so much better at FNB, you won't get any lurid Ask Andy-like suggestions.


To the question:  I wear mostly stripes with seersucker, and I often keep the colors on the dark side.  I find it's a nice contrast to the light seersucker and a white shirt (which I wear almost exclusively).  I have a BB#1 in maroon with gold and navy stripes that I think looks good. Also Argyle & Sutherland, and navy and maroon based emblematics. 

TB

I like a medium to dark tie with a seersucker suit. It can be a print but not a light color or "summer" fabric such as linen or that puckered silk meant to look like a seersucker tie. However, a raw or shantung silk in those stripes J. Press makes is OK, the Indian madder ones, as long as, you guessed it, they are dark.

I would think school ties or club ties are especially traditional with this look, including heraldics and emblematics.

Why a dark tie? To avoid looking like you sell icecream and to make the outfit more like a summer version of what a serious man would wear as a summer alternative rather than one who has thrown all caution to the winds.

Even a bowtie is OK, as long as it's dark. Light bowties go better with darker summer weight suits.

I actually find that shirts are toughest to select with seersucker aside from a handful of obvious ones. I think probably solid colors are best, blue, white, pink, yellow, peach. Button downs with button cuffs are a natural choice but as long as the shirt has some texture like twill, summer pinpoint, pinpoint or full blown oxford cloth  even a spread collar and double cuffs is passable (not with the heaviest oxford cloth); again a spread collar and french cuffs prevents the look from being too flouncy.Oddly a chambray shirt can work. I saw someone with a grey and white seersucker last summer wearing a  salmon pink chambray shirt with white collar and cuffs and it looked suprisingly good.

I think with the grey and white version black shoes are alright. Brown shoes in any shade from darkest brown to chestnut, and in suede from darkest brown to white bucks; black and white spectators are a perfect choice for this suit.