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.
Beside this one
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