How To

Look (and Feel) Cool in Your Suits This Summer

Look (and Feel) Cool
in Your Suits This Summer

Todd Snyder Window Pane Cotton Suit

Window pane cotton jacket, $398 and pants, $198 by Todd Snyder; lightweight cotton sweater, $235 by John Smedley; Cordovan longwings, $758 by Alden

Whether your office has a more formal dress code or you're simply looking at all the upcoming weddings on your calendar, you're probably going to have to wear a suit (at least on a few occasions) throughout the warmer months. Women's fashion can often be complicated, but when the heat hits, they luck out by throwing on a breezy, flowing dress and calling it a day. If a man is going to dress for a proper occasion, it almost always requires the multiple layers of a suit.

But here's the thing. A good looking suit will never let you down. There's no need to sweat your suit if you trade in the usual wool jacket and pants for something more seasonally appropriate. That way, you're not suffocating under heavy fabric. For spring and summer, opt for lightweight layers that you can easily wear inside and out, during the day or at night. The key to looking and feeling cool is all in the fabric—from lightweight cottons and linens to modern takes on such classics as seersucker. Here are a handful of our favorites for summer 2018.

Todd Snyder Window Pane Cotton Suit

Window pane cotton jacket, $398 and pants, $198 by Todd Snyder; lightweight cotton sweater, $235 by John Smedley; Cordovan longwings, $758 by Alden

Bonobos Lightweight Cotton Suit
Bonobos Lightweight Cotton Suit

Lightweight
cotton suit,
$750 by Bonobos

Lightweight cotton suit, $750 by Bonobos

Folk Stretch Cotton Suit

Stretch cotton jacket, $360 and tapered trousers, $240 by Folk

Suitsupply Lightweight Italian Cotton Suit

Lightweight Italian cotton suit,
$688 by Suitsupply

Saturdays NYC Unstructured Linen Suit

Unstructured linen jacket, $395 and trousers, $245 by Saturdays NYC

J.Crew Ludlow Seersucker Suit

Ludlow seersucker jacket, $168
and tailored pants, $98 by J.Crew

H&M Tailored Linen Jacket

Tailored linen jacket, $79.99
and linen suit pants, $34.99 by H&M

Wear
Them
With

Wear
Them
With

Polo
Shirts

Reiss Polo

Reiss, $160

Graphic
Short Sleeve Shirts

Kato Graphic Short Sleeve Shirt

Kato, $168

Lightweight
Sweaters

Suitsupply Lightweight Sweaters

Suitsupply, $59

Striped
T-Shirts

J.Crew Striped T-Shirts

J.Crew, $45