All you need to know should you decide to wear a Jacket with a T-Shirt: Should You Wear a Jacket Without a Tie?
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In the warmer months of the year, it's only natural to try to cut down on the number of layers you'll be wearing each day. After all, with fewer garments on your body, you'll generally stay cooler. Even so, different situations call for different dress codes.
That brings us to the topic at hand today then, in an effort to beat the summer heat while still looking stylish, can one effectively pair a t-shirt with a jacket or even with a full suit?
Our answer in a nutshell is that we wouldn't exactly recommend it. There are a host of other more stylish options out there and we'll get to those more toward the end of the video.
Still, if you are really dying to pair these two garments together, there are ways to do it that are better than others.
Finally, there are simply a great number of more stylish alternatives at your disposal than pairing a t-shirt and a jacket together. Again, we'll get to those in a moment.
But first, if you simply must pair a t-shirt and a jacket together, here's the advice we have on making it look passable.
First, it's best to choose a crew neck t-shirt over a v-neck. The crew neck is a little bit more modest and will tamp down some of those 80s vibes. In terms of fit, the t-shirt shouldn't be too baggy or too tight.
In terms of jacket styles, it's best to go with a summer weight odd sport coat or blazer rather than a suit jacket.
And on that note, go with odd trousers as well; cotton chinos or slacks in a neutral color and preferably without a pattern will casualize and ground the outfit at the same time. Wearing a t-shirt under a matching suit jacket and trousers is a one-way ticket to 80sVille.
An additional style tip for wearing a t-shirt under a jacket, make sure that the t-shirt is tucked in; if it's untucked, things are just going to look that much more discordant in terms of formality and they really won't work.
STYLISH ALTERNATIVES:
Firstly, just wearing a standard dress shirt with an open collar under your jacket should still keep you cooler than if you were wearing a tie and it will look better as the dress shirt and jacket are closer in terms of overall formality.
Next, if you would prefer to wear a shirt without long sleeves, go for a polo. Short sleeved dress shirts under jackets or even on their own can look a bit dorky so they're best avoided. Not only should a polo worn under a jacket keep you cooler but also because it's well within the realm of smart casual and therefore, closer to something like a summer weight sport coat or blazer, you can feel free to experiment to a greater degree with the colors or subtle patterns of your polo so long as they harmonize with those of your jacket. Just make sure that everything is working in harmony and of course, be sure also that your polo is tucked in.
As a bonus tip here, long sleeved polos in darker jewel tones can work well under jackets in the cooler months of the year as well. Whether short-sleeved or long-sleeved, there is one potential pitfall of pairing a polo with a jacket and that's the polo shirt's more unstructured collar. In order to make sure things are looking good, give a check every once in a while just to see that things aren't bunched up underneath your jacket's collar. If you do this, wearing a polo with a jacket should be a look that you can pull off well and it will come off casually overall.
Finally, if you really are against wearing a shirt with a collar, a happy middle ground between a standard t-shirt and a polo would be the Henley shirt. It isn't quite as easy to pair with a jacket as a polo would be but it's slightly easier than a standard t-shirt. Follow the guidelines we gave for pairing t-shirts and jackets together with your Henleys and you should end up looking good.
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