Soboye
The Sunset Linen Look
For: Destination reception / warm-weather second look / a terrace at golden hour
A cream linen shirt and a full brown trouser is the least effortful thing in the catalogue and one of the strongest. It only works if the trouser is properly cut.
- Colour
- Cream and chocolate
- Cloth
- Irish linen shirt, high-twist wide-leg trouser
- Cut
- Shirt worn tucked
- Detail
- Open collar, sleeves rolled
Indicative UK market range: £220–£480
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — Keep the shirt full through the body and the trouser wide — balance, not tightness.
- Tall and lean — Take the trouser full and long; the volume gives you the width you lack.
- Compact — Narrow the trouser and keep both pieces in the same tone.
- Fuller figure — Untuck the shirt, straighten the trouser, and skip the belt.
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