How I style flannel suit — Denis Turecek

As promised, I bring you three handy tips, how to wear your flannel suit in full. As separates, it have an infinite amount of possibilities and outfits. It is perhaps the most common office attire of the future.

Even though Spring is coming fast, we will witness the winter's return for the upcoming week, at least in the Czech Republic. The possibility of wearing a flannel suit thus are slowly disappearing. Although, as I mentioned before in my former post, the only time of the year when it is not appropriate is summer.

So, basically, I will divide the styling of my flannel suit into three outfits. One will be fully formal, then one for winter with thicker knitwear and one as golden way between. Of course, if I would consider wearing a jacket or trousers as separates, there could be an infinite amount of possibilities, but I wanted to focus on wearing a full suit in this post.

The first is a formal one - a crisp white shirt with french cuffs, burgundy silk tie, which according to my taste, is one of the best choices with dark grey and dark brown derby leather shoes. Tones are in balance, and it is completed with a white silk pocket square. A few notes to this - shirt sleeves are not peeking out of the jacket sleeves because of french cuffs, which are more narrow and therefore stops on the hand higher. And a wool tie would also be great as a rough flannel will complement a wool tie's structure and be less formal.

As I already mentioned before, flannel is not truly formal material, but if you are not attending the board meeting that day, I would see it as perfect winter office attire. The same goes if you're not in the office but must walk around the town; it'll undoubtedly be warmer than light fresco, which you should leave in your wardrobe for warmer days. This reminds me that many people still cannot distinguish between suit clothes - I'll put a note on a new post.

The Owners MTM Flannel suit, Turnbull & Asser white sea island quality cotton shirt with french cuffs, silk tie and brown derby leather shoes by John & Paul.

I actually believe that a flannel suit could be one of the best office attires in the future. The dress code in offices getting more and more casual (I don't mean t-shirt, but there are fewer requirements for wearing a suit), and as flannel is less formal, this could be the answer. Also, offices are now flooded with separates, and I don't know better material for wearing as separate whether you use jacket or trousers. Perhaps summer linen suit, but that is its summer counterpart.

The Owners MTM Flannel suit, Kingsman burgundy shetland wool sweater, Galard burgundy pocket square and light blue cotton shirt by John & Paul.

The second outfit is a light blue shirt complemented with my shetland wool sweater. I love wearing this structure together as it is infinitely fascinating, and I also believe that people who don't like wear suit much could be in favour of this one for its rugged look. Anyway, this is a reliable way how to look stylish without being cold. Without any kidding, if it's not freezing, this could be an alternative for the coat. And you can make it more casual by wearing boots instead of dress shoes.

The Owners MTM Flannel suit, dark green merino wool rollneck by J. Lindeberg, Belsire black suede Belgian loafers and mine grey linen pocket square.

And the last outfit is a switch for my Belgian loafers (oh god, I'm in fond of it so much) and soft merino wool rollneck in dark green. Office friendly (rollneck supplements shirt and tie) and cold morning friendly. Very stylish and work perfectly when you take off your jacket as well. Pleated high waisted trousers will create an attractive classic menswear silhouette in combination with a rollneck.

Someday I'll look into separates possibilities, but it can be basically anything. For example, when thinking about how to wear flannel trousers in your free time, they will look great with a white t-shirt and bomber over it. Or with a safari jacket as well. Don't be afraid of it.