By Josephine Agbonkhese

With more men looking to freshen up their looks with lively shades, pastel colours, suits in particular, are a huge trend at the moment.

Yes, pastel suits can make you look dapper and elegant in a casual or semi formal setting, but as with any other switch-up, it’s worth doing your research before plunging into this trend. See ways to.

Consider your skin tone

Whether you have fair or dark skin plays a huge role in picking the right pastel shade. If you have fair skin tone, hard pastels like peach, lemon or dull red are your weapons. Darker skin fares well with pretty much any colour.

Layer

Layering head-to-toe pastel suits always come off as a challenge. But you can never go wrong with a white or grey tee. Just imagine a slim-fit lilac blazer with a white or grey tee underneath!

Loosen up your fits

When it comes to wearing pastel suits, loosen up with slim fits but don’t go too oversized. In other words, try to maintain a slimmer silhouette, as pastel colours can make you look bigger than you are.

Mix with solid neutrals

Head-to-toe pastel isn’t your thing? No problem. Plunge into the trend by mixing your pastel suit or blazer with a solid neutral shade pant such as black, charcoal, navy, or skin. The neutral shade will accentuate the charming soft hues. This is great for beginners especially.

Accessorise with care

With pastel suits, you have to be extremely careful with your accessories i.e. hats, ties, socks, etc; because most of the time, accessories look good only if they are of a similar pastel colour as that of the shirt.