thoughts on mixing tweeds; is this too much?

[Bad Monkey]

Hey, I'm a working musician; I like loud. I just don't have any association with those tartans and don't get to wear them.

I'm going to stop now before I pull the dirt in over my head...

[Hirsty]

You can wear whatever tartan you want (with very few exceptions). Mixing tartans, now that is something where you can go loud.

[OC Richard]

Our member Terry posted this photo a while back, and I thought it was an excellent example of mixing tweeds.



(I asked for his permission to use this photo, for the purpose of discussions here.)

The OP's colour-combination is perhaps not a striking as Terry's but it works fine IMHO.

(I'd like to see blue hose with Terry's outfit above... just to see...)

I had thought about combining a Lovat Blue jacket with a Navy Blue waistcoat. It should look good, but I can't recall seeing that in the flesh.

[Bad Monkey]

Our member Terry posted this photo a while back, and I thought it was an excellent example of mixing tweeds.



(I asked for his permission to use this photo, for the purpose of discussions here.)

The OP's colour-combination is perhaps not a striking as Terry's but it works fine IMHO.

(I'd like to see blue hose with Terry's outfit above... just to see...)

I had thought about combining a Lovat Blue jacket with a Navy Blue waistcoat. It should look good, but I can't recall seeing that in the flesh.

that is a most excellent rig. To my eye the green in the tartan ties to the greens in the jacket, and the brown of the waistcoat pulls in the stripe of the jacket. The mustard tie is subtle but dead on point.

[Jock Scot]

that is a most excellent rig. To my eye the green in the tartan ties to the greens in the jacket, and the brown of the waistcoat pulls in the stripe of the jacket. The mustard tie is subtle but dead on point.

Does it? Well of course it might well do, but I really think in the nicest possible way, that you are starting to over-think all this in what appears to be a typically North American way! Well alright, you are a North American, but to some of us over here, you do seem to make very hard work of all this matching and co-ordinating of colours stuff!

[Bad Monkey]

Does it? Well of course it might well do, but I really think in the nicest possible way, that you are starting to over-think all this in what appears to be a typically North American way! Well alright, you are a North American, but to some of us over here, you do seem to make very hard work of all this matching and co-ordinating of colours stuff!

well, I suppose it may have been an overly verbose way to say "That looks good"...
It's not our fault, it's the women around here! They're really picky and make us guys jump through all kinds of hoops!, When a gent reaches my age, the women have 'expectations' and stuff!

[tweedhead]

I enjoy mixing tweeds very much, texture and colour and pattern are all lots of fun to play with. Most of my wardrobe is the same palette of browns and greens and greys but I have some louder pieces in very saturated purple that I like to mix in, and I never worry about colours clashing.

I agree with figheadair though, one thing I do try to avoid is matching patterns unless they're in a set made of the same fabric. I don't wear my brown check vest with my green check jacket, I'll wear the vest with a dogtooth suit instead. I don't have any herringbone jackets or vests and my two tweed outerwear pieces are both herringbone, so every time I put one on I think to myself the work there has already been done, phew

I don't know what it is precisely I dislike about matching patterns... it's like there's a crucial element of contrast being lost, the fabrics are just too similar if the only thing different is the colour. Uncanny valley but for wool textiles. Just personal taste I suppose.

One thing I never ever worry about? Trying to colour match tweeds with tartans. You can mix those two things any way you want and it'll work out visually, I promise you. Now whether it'll be venue appropriate is a different matter entirely, hahah