Soboye
The Ivory Reception Look
For: Second outfit at a wedding / garden reception / destination event
The change of outfit most men skip. Ivory after a heavy first look resets the whole evening, and it is the rare occasion piece you will wear again outside the occasion.
- Colour
- Ivory
- Cloth
- Irish linen, unlined through the body
- Cut
- Jacket to the top of the seat
- Detail
- Patch pockets, open collar
Indicative UK market range: £450–£800
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — Unlined and soft-shouldered, or the linen will read like armour across the chest.
- Tall and lean — Keep the trouser full and the jacket long enough to break the vertical.
- Compact — One tone from shoulder to shoe, high rise, no turn-up.
- Fuller figure — Half-placket shirt, straight trouser, and a jacket you leave open all evening.
What to do next
01 — The introduction
If this is the shape you want, tell me the occasion and date and I will point you at the right house for it.
Tell me the occasion, the date and your budget bracket. Within 24 hours you get back: two or three houses I would actually approach and why those and not others, the alterations to insist on for your build, a realistic timeline for your date, and a short written brief you can hand to the tailor at the first fitting.
- No fee, no commission, nothing sold here.
- If nobody I trust fits your date or budget, I say so.
- Read by me, answered by me.
02 — If the date is further off