Look of the Day: Wedding Edition

Greetings Gentle Readers,

On one of our favorite blogs/websites, there's a "Week in Style" article posted every week that chronicles what some of the best dressed celebrity and fashion industry men wore that week. Often times, there are red-carpet events and the gentleman in question will be photographed with an often stunning lady. The author at this point usually concedes that while no one is looking at the man, he still looks stylish and dashing. For this chronicle, we'll gladly concede that no one is looking at the young man pictured, and all eyes, (rightfully so) are on the stunning young lady.

That being said, this entry, we'll be talking about the white dinner jacket, and how the Sartorially Savvy gentleman uses it as an integral piece of his well-rounded wardrobe. A white dinner jacket/white blazer/white suit jacket adds an instant level of polish, panache, class, and sophistication to any look.

Here, we paired the white dinner jacket with a subtle pinstriped navy slack, pale yellow shirt, navy tie, and silk yellow handkerchief, our belt and shoes were brown. All of these are complementary color combinations, that are timeless, trend, and season-proof. And although the occasion was a late summer wedding, this would have worked well in the autumn, and spring as well.

The trick to pulling off a white dinner jacket it, is to let it be the subtle focus of your ensemble. The look works without the jacket because of the complementary colors, but the jacket adds that final touch of polish and class and becomes a bit of a focal point, without detracting from the over all aesthetic. White is as powerful a neutral as black, navy, and red, and sometimes, even more so, because, like red, or other bright basics, it's often unexpected. People often neglect white because they feel it's too hard to pull off, or out of season. As seamlessly as the look works here, the white jacket would go with a red shirt and dark grey slacks, or a pink shirt and khaki slacks. And in those combinations it performs the same way; to be the final, perfect, polishing touch on an ensemble.

The white jacket adds an air of sophistication and says expensive, but you can get one at a number of reasonably priced retailers, including Banana Republic, H&M, and Express, especially around the holiday season. So gents, the lesson here is this: Use the white jacket wisely, it can elevate your look from "nice" to, "Who is that?!?" because trust... quite a few quite attractive young ladies, including the one pictured, commented on the ensemble... If your white jacket helps you pull your future wife, we'll expect our invitation to the nuptials... Just don't be surprised if we show up in our white dinner jacket... Until next time...

Stylishly yours,
Sartorially Savvy

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