Soboye — looks worth considering

For: Evening owambe / milestone birthday / late dinner

Burgundy is the colour to reach for when black would be predictable and rust too warm. The long body over a tapered trouser is the most flattering evening shape I know.

Indicative UK market range: £320–£650

Broad builds should keep the armhole deep and the body straight.

For: Premium party / milestone birthday / late supper

The most modern thing on this page. Volume in the trouser, restraint everywhere else — it works because nothing else is competing for attention.

Indicative UK market range: £400–£700

Broad or muscular builds get the most from this: the trouser volume balances the upper body.

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.

Indicative UK market range: £450–£800

Full-figured builds should avoid a fully open shirt front here — a half-placket keeps the eye vertical.

For: Garden wedding / summer reception / a party that starts in daylight

Cream tailoring is a nerve test and it passes every time. Kept unlined, with a shirt worn open, it looks generous rather than formal — which is what a garden asks for.

Indicative UK market range: £550–£1,000

Broad builds should keep it entirely unstructured and leave the jacket open.

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.

Indicative UK market range: £220–£480

Full-figured builds should keep the shirt untucked and the trouser straight.

For: The white wedding or the church service, as the groom or close family

Ivory on ivory, with the embroidery worked in the same tone as the cloth. It is the hardest colour to wear well and the most convincing when the cut is right.

Broad frames need soft cloth and a narrow worked panel, or ivory widens the chest.

For: Black tie — an awards dinner, a gala, a winter wedding after seven

Midnight blue reads blacker than black under chandeliers, and a silk-faced peak lapel is the one detail worth paying for. This is the correct answer to a black-tie invitation.

Indicative UK market range: £1,400–£2,800

Broad frames want the peak lapel wide and the shoulder left unpadded.

For: The reception, the garden drinks, or the day-after brunch

A camp-collar shirt and a wide linen trouser in the same oat tone. It photographs as a considered outfit rather than separates, and it survives four hours of a marquee.

Indicative UK market range: £320–£700

Compact frames should tuck the shirt and raise the trouser rise.