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The Olive Senator
For: Daytime wedding / church / a lunch where you want to be the best-dressed man
Olive is the colour I recommend most often to men who think they only suit navy. Cut without padding, it flatters a heavy chest more honestly than any suit will.
- Colour
- Olive
- Cloth
- Matte high-twist wool, half-lined, deep side vents
- Cut
- Tunic to mid-seat
- Detail
- Clean placket, patch chest pocket
Indicative UK market range: £400–£800
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — This is the cut for you — no padding, deep vents, armholes cut high and clean.
- Tall and lean — Lengthen the tunic and widen the trouser hem to add weight low down.
- Compact — Keep the tunic at mid-seat and take the trouser to no break at all.
- Fuller figure — Straight body, no waist suppression, and side vents you can actually move in.
What to do next
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.