Making Winter & Autumn Accessories Work For You: A SUAVE OWL Guide
Making Winter & Autumn Accessories Work For You: A SUAVE OWL Guide
Accessories are a key addition to a man’s outfit. A place for self-expression, men’s accessories are something to get excited about. However, figuring out how best to utilise accessories in autumn and in winter can provide a style challenge. With some useful advice, SUAVE OWL hopes to help. For more about men’s accessories, men’s autumn accessories, men’s winter accessories, how to style accessories, and how to make seasonal accessorising work for you, read on…
What Are Men’s Accessories?
If you’re wondering ‘what is a men’s accessory?’, the simple answer is that a men’s accessory is an addition to a men’s outfit that elevates the style of the outfit. This might be through bringing together the look, adding a pop of colour, through adding class to an outfit, or through adding intrigue.
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Men’s accessories can often have practical benefits too. A tie, bow tie, or cravat helps keep the collar of a formal shirt laying in a desirable way. A tie clip or cufflinks keep outfits pulled together. A pocket watch tells you the time, something that can be useful on busy days. If you enjoy the practical benefits a certain accessory has to offer, there is no reason to not lean into that.
A men’s accessory is the addition of an item that adds something to an outfit, taking it up to the next level and refining the overall look.
Men’s accessories can often be separated by formal and casual occasions, although some items will have crossover. Your traditional formal accessories are synonymous with a men’s suit, they include your go-to tie, bow tie, and pocket square; they are almost always worn in a formal outfit to elevate the outfit. Casual accessories are a bit more optional and often have the beforementioned practical benefits, a summer hat or winter wolly hat, gloves, braces, and belts all work as casual accessories although some have formal applications too.
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Knowing more about the basics of men’s accessories doesn’t necessarily help you with knowing what the best ones to wear in the colder seasons, such as Autumn and Winter. Read on for more…
What Are Men’s Autumn Accessories?
A men’s autumn accessory keeps the above definition whilst leaning into seasonal style.
Autumn’s seasonal colours are rich and warm tones. Whilst seasonal colours are not something you by any means have to include in your outfits, knowing what they are may help you embrace the season. Autumn’s seasonal colours include oranges, reds, yellows, plums, and browns.
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In autumn men’s casual accessories, you may see scarves or woolly hats start to be worn. Whilst also providing a useful warm addition to an outfit, they can provide a pop of colour to an outfit. For colder days, gloves may also be worn.
In men’s autumn formal accessories, ties, bow tiees, braces, and more can be worn in autumnal colours, providing a seasonal pop for your men’s autumn outfits. Tweed accessories are also optimal for autumn – tweed flatcaps or bakerboy caps, tweed gloves, tweed wallets, and more all make for a classy addition to a men’s formal autumn outfit.
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What Are Men’s Winter Accessories?
In the same way as men’s autumn accessories, men’s winter accessories both elevate an outfit whilst providing seasonal benefits, such as winter style and extra warmth.
Winter’s seasonal colours include darker neutrals, such as navy and black, bright neutrals, such as cream, grey and white, alongside browns, blues, greens, and purple.
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In men’s casual winter accessories, the same winter wollies that are worn in autumn are more relied upon. Hats, gloves, and scarves can all be worn at once together. In addition,
Men’s formal winter accessories will also include the same men’s formal accessories you see around the year, alongside the tweed accessories that begin to pop up in autumn.
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How To Match Men’s Accessories To An Outfit?
Choosing accessories can be a process and every gentleman has their own preferences and approach to finding the best accessories for him. The more you do it, the easier it’ll be. Eventually, picking out the right accessories will be an easy process. These are a couple tips to help you at the beginning of your men’s accessory journey.
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Lean towards your favourites. Do you like the look of a tie more than a bow tie? Prefer belts or braces? Do you like the look of a hat, what kind of hat? Think about what items you’ve gravitated towards before or particular accessories you enjoy wearing or even consider if you have any family heirlooms that bring you some joy to wear. Don’t shy away from wearing your favourites, it will only make you feel more confident!
Colour matching can be intimidating, but here are some easy starting points to make colour matching easy. One approach is to keep your outfit in one colour, but to utilise different shades: take your suit colour, wear accessories in a lighter or darker shade of the same colour, and then wear a neutral shirt and shoes. Another approach is to utilise accessories in contrasting or complimentary colours from your suit’s main colour. For example, a navy suit worn with orange accessories can make for a suit look that pops.
Picking the accessory colours to go with your suits can be a fun and exciting process: remember that almost all colour combos can work, just make sure you refine your shades and test it out before your big debut to make sure it looks how you want it to. If you don’t like a colour combination you’ve picked out, try a different shade of the same colour or look up inspiration in blogs such as ours, magazines, and social media, we’d recommend the SUAVE OWL social media to start, for more ideas as to what to try next.
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Seasonal Style With SUAVE OWL
For more about men's formal style, read our other blogs! Start with The Ultimate Guide To Men's Suits, Navigating Men's Formal Wear: A Comprehensive Style Guide, Suit Jacket Style Guide For Men, and Mastering Men's Formal Fashion: How To Find Your Formal Style. For seasonal formalwear advice for men, read Seasonal Suits With SUAVE OWL and for Christmas formal style, read Men's Suits For Christmas.
For more about the wonderful world of men's accessories, read Mastering Men's Accessories: How To Find The Right Accessories For You.
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