what to wear with a navy blazer matching navyblazers with shirts shoes trousers & accessories [0:00:00] hi! i'm antonio centeno. i'm the founder ofreal men real style. today, we're going to be talking about what to wear with a navyblazer. now, i'm going to link over to an articleat a tailored suit that goes into more detail
what color shoes go with a beige dress, about what to wear with a navy blazer, butin this video, i want to talk about first off what is a blazer and then i'm going togive you ideas when it comes to shirts, when it comes to trousers, when it comes to shoes,and then i'll talk about a few other things that you could wear with a navy blazer.
but before i get into this, gentlemen, i'mgoing to ask you to subscribe to my youtube channel. that way, these videos come rightto you. you don’t miss any of my ghost videos. in addition, if you like this, if you findit useful, i'd appreciate the like. if you've got something to add, go to the comments downbelow here at youtube. i love hearing from you guys. i love seeing what you can add invalue to what we're talking about here. i love the group conversation and i love youbeing a part of my community. okay, so what to wear with a navy blazer.let's first start off with what is a navy blazer. there are three things to know abouta navy blazer. one, it's not a suit. a suit is a jacket and trouser made from the samematerial that follows certain style regulations.
now, the difference between that and a blazeris that the blazer does not have the matching trousers, but many other things like thatare going to be very similar to a suit, which is why there's a lot of confusion betweensuit jackets and blazer jackets. now, blazer jackets also have a nautical feelto them and this nautical feel has evolved over the years, but usually what we're goingto see are specialty buttons and we're also going to see that it keeps a very formal idea.the idea with the blazer -- and depending on what story you want to believe, whetherit came off the hms blazer and they dressed up for the queen whenever she was coming aboardthat ship or other places that we would see them, the big thing that blazers are usednowadays is associated with clubs.
we'll see regatta blazers with rowing clubs.we'll see blazers associated with certain universities, certain clubs, certain typesof men's groups. and because of that, the blazer is going to be a bit more formal thanthe sports jacket. both the blazer and the sports jacket broke off with the suit. theblazer retained a little bit more formality. the sports jacket went more down towards thesport and as such is a little bit less formal than a blazer. now, the fabrics that we're normally goingto see in a blazer are going to be the vast majority of the time navy. we're going tosee worsted wools. we're going to see hopsack, but almost all of those are going to be navy.you will see sometimes red, bottle green.
you're also going to see a few others, theregattas, which i've talked about, which are going to be brightly colored, but we're goingto talk about navy. when i refer to matching here, i'm most definitely talking about navy. when it comes to a red blazer, that rightthere, you don’t have to worry about matching. well, just don’t wear shorts with it, butthe point is if you're wearing a green blazer or you've just won the masters, in that case,whatever you happen to be wearing, it doesn’t even matter if those things fit, it seemslike. let's talk first about shirts. the numberone, the easiest thing to pull off with a navy blazer is going to be a dress shirt,a simple, light-colored dress shirt. now,
why do i say light-colored? because you don’twant to go dark-colored, you don’t want to go with some complex pattern. the reasonbeing is all of a sudden, those become less formal shirts and they start to not reallymesh well with the formality of the blazer. now, blazers can also be worn with polos.i know i just said that blazers should be more formal, but they do have a bit of a sportingnature. this is where if you're wearing -- and these aren't just any polos. this isn't somethingyou pick up at old navy. i'm talking of a higher end polo which is going to be madefrom a higher end cotton, usually a pima cotton that's going to be very smooth to the touch.it's usually going to be sold in at least the hundred dollar range, so we're talkingnicer polos that are going to be able to retain
their shape. the key here is going to be the color. theystill have the color style. you can wear a short-sleeved polo, yes, with a navy blazer,assuming it's very hot outside, or a longer sleeve. occasionally then you'll start tosee these mixed with knits because you can wear a very lightweight, dark-colored, orin some cases, light-colored sweater with a blazer as well. this is a bit harder topull off and i think you need to be an advanced dresser and know what you're doing especiallywhen mixing it with the trousers, but that is possible when trying to match something. but the easiest thing for the vast majorityof you guys is to stick with a classic dress
shirt, white, light blue, or you can bringin a very small, repeating pattern, but those two colors are going to be very safe especiallywith a navy blazer. now, let's go to trousers. jeans, yes, youcan wear jeans with a navy blazer, but be very careful. i've got an entire separatevideo and article on this. i'll link over to it, but guys, understand that you reallyare getting close and that's difficult to pull off, so i would reserve that for menthat really know what they're doing. for most guys, it's just going to be simpleto mix it with a pair of odd trousers. by that, i mean any pair of dress slacks, anypair that does not look like you're trying to match with the navy blazer, so you wantto have a bit of contrast here, not too much
contrast, although -- i take that back. [0:05:06] you can wear it and i have seen some men wearred trousers with a navy blazer and they're able to pull that off, but the key is youdon’t want to have anything that is too closely matched which looks like you're tryingto put together a suit. gray flannels are a great option and graycomes in many shades of it, so you can go from light gray to medium gray to charcoalgray. all of those in my opinion look good with a navy blazer. you can also look at moleskin.there are a few other types of trousers, khakis, chinos. those are going to be a little bitmore casual, but you can still pull them off
especially if you're going with somethingthat is well-fitted and you wear the right types of shoes, which is a great transitionin the shoes. let's go ahead and let's talk about shoes.derbies, bloochers, basically an informal dress shoe. now, many of you guys may considerthis to be a little bit more formal of a dress shoe, but the key here is to focus in on thosetrousers. if you're wearing gray flannels, a pair of brown derbies is going to be perfect.that's one of my favorite looks like there, but you can also bring in slip-ins. you canbring in the double monk, the single monk. any type of monk strap is going to work wellwith a navy blazer and a nice pair of odd trousers.
you can also start to bring in chelsea boots.now, most chelsea boots you're going to see out there are going to be in black and youwant to be careful with black shoes and a navy blazer unless you are wearing gray trousers.then the transition is fine. also, let's look at driving shoes, moccasins.you may consider those. those are going to be fine perhaps if you're wearing jeans, perhapsif you're wearing a pair of chinos or khakis. then you can maybe pull that off, but understandthat's a very casual look, although the boat shoe look does work whenever you are in anautical setting. again, that's where the navy blazer is i think best served. ties, pocket squares, all those other accessories,watches, those naturally go with a navy blazer.
you can wear navy blazer without a necktie,but if it's a double-breasted navy blazer, don’t do that. always have a necktie. ifit's an informal, very casual event, then you can go with a very crisp, nice, white,light-colored dress shirt and you don’t have to wear a necktie with it. i rarely ever mention this, buts ascots, thisis when you can actually pull off an ascot, that look. go check out my friend, raphaelschneider, over at the gentleman's gazette. he knows how to pull off an ascot, but thisis a situation in which you could -- if you choose not to wear a necktie, you could actuallywear that nice ascot there. i would recommend maybe looking at somethingthat's a little -- where you could have a
little bit more fun. this is when you canwear a club tie at a club event, and pocket squares. it naturally works. you can be alittle bit more casual with the pocket square, although a simple, white presidential foldis always going to be welcome.
all right, guys, that's it. let me know whatyou think. if you want to read more, go over to a tailored suit. check out the article"what to wear with a navy blazer". i go into more detail there. take care. bye-bye. [0:08:12] end of audio
