Dark Green Twill Merino Suit - Hector

Dark green is the colour men reach for when navy has started to feel automatic. The Hector makes the move an easy one, because everything around the colour is conventional.

The cloth is Super 110's Australian Merino wool woven by Vitale Barberis Canonico, in a twill that supplies texture without pattern. It is a lightweight comfort cloth with a smooth drape, which is what makes the suit wearable year-round rather than seasonal. The jacket carries classic notch lapels and straight flap pockets, and the trousers are tailored to a clean contemporary line.

Structure that familiar is exactly what a less familiar colour needs, and the result is a modern suit rather than an eccentric one. It reads well in daylight, which is where green tailoring belongs, so weddings, long lunches and offices with some latitude all suit it. A cream or pale blue shirt sits best against it; keep the shoe brown.