5 Un-boring Shirt-and-Tie Combinations To Try Right Now

Your standby blue suit gets a lot of wear—like four out of five days a week kind of wear. And we're not at all mad about that, because blue suiting goes with everything and looks good on any man, hence why it's every politician's standard-issue kit. But if you want to be more stylish than the D.C. set and still get away with wearing your blue suit nonstop, you're gonna need to expand—and upgrade—your shirt-and-tie game. So, forget plain white shirts and solid-color ties. This summer, the expert way to go is with micro-patterned dress shirts and neckties in tonal blues. The varied tones of blue add depth to your tailoring while the small scale prints up the style ante. One thing to remember: pair light shirts with dark ties and vice versa. Too much of the same is never a good thing.