Looks Like A Good Man
The Quiet City Look
For: Rehearsal dinner / after-party / the day after the wedding
Nobody plans the second night, and everybody needs it. Separates in one tone, good shoes, no embellishment. This is the look that makes the whole weekend feel considered.
- Colour
- Tobacco and stone
- Cloth
- Brushed wool jacket, high-twist trouser, knitted shirt
- Cut
- Jacket to the top of the seat
- Detail
- Knitted shirt worn open, no tie
Indicative UK market range: £300–£600
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — Unstructured jacket, no padding, and keep both pieces in one tonal family.
- Tall and lean — Longer jacket and a trouser with a turn-up to add weight at the hem.
- Compact — Short jacket, high rise, one tone — proportion matters more than cloth here.
- Fuller figure — Open jacket, straight trouser, and a knitted shirt rather than a tucked poplin.
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