The One Suit We'll Never Stop Recommending (2024)

Another Great Weather-Agnostic Option: Stòffa (Read more here)

The Best Navy Blue Suit for Titans of Industry

Few menswear designers command quite the same level of adulation as Ford when it comes to suits, and most of the reasons for this are on display here. If it’s good enough for Daniel Craig (who wore the O’Connor onscreen in No Time to Die and Spectre) it’s surely good enough for the rest of us. The jacket’s padded and lightly roped shoulders pay homage to the great tailors of Savile Row, while slimmer lapels and Ford’s signature slender waist lend it a tighter, more modern silhouette. The Super 130s fabric bears an oh-so-subtle glen check, which makes it both versatile and unusual, and the mouliné (which is made by twisting a single white cotton thread around the wool yarn) adds a delicate pop of texture. In a word: powerful.

Another Great C-Suite Option: Zegna (Read more here)

The Best Navy Blue Suit for Summer

Seersucker, with its dandyish blue and white stripes and signature puckered texture, has been a go-to fabric for summer since the 1800s. As famously breathable as this cotton cloth is, though, it can come off a bit costumey (or worse yet: Colonel Sanders-y), especially when worn as a full suit. Snyder’s unstructured take gets the job done in a much subtler style with an Italian-made fabric in deep navy tone-on-tone. It’s shockingly comfortable, delightfully lightweight and just crinkly enough to stand out without making you look like you’re on your way to the Kentucky Derby.

Another Great Summer Option: Ralph Lauren (Read more here)

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Another Great Office Option: Saman Amel Herringbone Wool Suit

Some suits lean more old-school, some lean more avant-garde, and some mask delightfully avant-garde details in old-school form. Stockholm’s Saman Amel sets this three-roll-two firmly in the latter category, with its combination of wide, notch lapels and a slightly shrunken fit. Despite its right-now energy, details like welted pockets and a deadly serious navy-on-navy Italian herringbone wool fabric give it plenty of staying power.

Double-breasted suits are a world unto themselves, with half a dozen different button stances ranging from the minimalist 2x1 to the rakish 6x1. (For the mercifully uninitiated, the first number refers to the total number of buttons on the jacket; the second designates the number of buttonholes). The Armoury’s number of choice, a 6x2 with peak lapels made from Italian-milled wool, strikes the right balance between power suit seriousness and yacht club jauntiness.

This suit’s classic cut (notch lapels, double vents, lightly padded and roped shoulders) aside, the real star here is the tasteful, tonal striped fabric. Zegna is a fabric mill first and foremost, and 15Milmil15 represents the absolute best it has to offer, from the high-quality wool used to spin the ultrafine yarn to the painstakingly woven cloth. As the name indicates, the fibers used in this cloth measure just .015 of a millimeter, which translates to something that’s ethereally light and incredibly luxurious.

A double-breasted suit is something of an advanced sartorial move, and one made of linen (which is famously prone to rumpling) is doubly so. In the right hands, however, a linen DB is a powerful way to see yourself through the summer months in unmatched comfort and style. Soft shoulders, high armholes, and a slim fit give Ralph Lauren’s a distinctively breezy southern Italian look, and the dark navy hue helps to turn down the volume on those inevitable creases and wrinkles.

The best suits are the ones you’re inclined to get the most use out of, and everything about this single-button jacket and pleated trousers makes them worthy of heavy rotation in your wardrobe, both individually and together. Made at Stòffa’s workshop in Southern Italy, the jacket’s shirt-style construction, boxy fit, and lightweight tropical wool fabric help it look just as good with jeans and dainty slip-ons as it does in full suit mode.

Another Great Indie Option: Anglo-Italian High-Twist Wool Suit

Anglo-Italian is a brand for suiting purists. No fashion, no gimmicks, no markdowns, just great suits in classic fits made with top-quality workmanship. Crafted from high-twist (read: wrinkle-resistant) Scottish wool, this navy joint boasts high-end details like hand-stitched lapels and buttonholes that offer a taste of the bespoke life for a (relatively) reasonable off-the-rack price.

There’s a good reason J.Crew has been a go-to destination for several generations of guys looking for their first real suit. Their nexus of style, quality, and price is hard to beat, and their sizing covers a broader range of bodies than most other brands. With wider lapels and a roomier fit than the brand’s era-defining Ludlow, the Crosby offers a slightly more traditional—and, not a little paradoxically, 2024—look, especially in Italian chalk stripe wool.

Another Great Slim-But-Not-Skinny Option: Boglioli Slim-Fit Suit

If you’re looking to add some Mediterranean nonchalance to your wardrobe, look no further than Boglioli, a family-owned brand that’s been defining modern Italian style since the ‘70s. With soft shoulders, high armholes and a slim, body-hugging fit, the Milano is your ticket to la dolce vita, with or without the Vespa.