By T W Coombs
In 2017 we had Millennial pink, you remember that, a sudden
burst of bright pink shades on t-shirts, shorts, shirts and I even saw then a
pair of trainer not being worn by a twelve year old girl. Come on guys, some pink items are not right
on anyone above early twenties.
Thankfully this craze has passed is by and we are thankfully
heading to a more 2014 style, the pastels.
Those colours with a subtle hue of colour, from blues through to the
aforementioned pink, but a nice pink this time around.
In the past the pastel colours kept themselves mostly to
chinos but the colours have spread out to other garments and the main selection
for summer. The reason for this as 2018
is a tale of two spectrum's. The loud
side with the Hawaiian shirt and patterned garments from beach wear to street
wear all having flowers and other patterns adorning every inch, and then to go
with these are the subtle light coloured garments. We don’t want to over do the patterns, we are
not all models on a double page Gucci advert in one of the many leading men's
magazines. Keep it down a bit by mixing
the two.
Another great reason for the pastel being in is Wedding
season has kicked off, starting with the Royal wedding today (it was as day of writing anyway) and going right through until October. I have my first one coming next week and for
the evening I am wearing blue, but not the standard navy blue three piece I
adorn for many a wedding but I am going with the pictured (above) Light Blue Melange
Linen blended suit in a tailored fit from Next Menswear. The material keep you
cooler during those summer days where you must keep your jacket on and then
refuse to take it of due to the need of a fresh shirt which you don’t have due
to the heat of standing around for photos.
This suit is on point for this summer and can be worn
without the jacket to just have a relaxed feel to your outfit during a holiday
or a alfresco drink. Match with some
suede blue derby or some grey espadrilles and keep that summer look going.
