Layering With a Hoodie to Achieve a Smart Casual Look

The great thing about layering is its practicality: Depending on the season, the colder it is, the more layers you can generally wear.

Each one has a function and isn't just there for show, you can easily wear a hoodie (like I have here) under a jacket and over a shirt and tie and still pull off a stylish look.

When it's cold like it has been (the cold weather just won't quit), I'd go so far as to wear gloves and a scarf and possibly a hat as well (I seem to be singing "Macho, macho man" in my head now). Of course you know what happens as soon as you step inside, yep all the layers come off and are probably thrown around the floor because it's too hot!

(There's just no pleasing some people is there?!?!)

I'd probably say when it comes to layering, each of your visible pieces should be items that you could easily wear on their own... in other words, you'd be comfortable wearing any of your layering pieces independently of each other.

The jacket I'm wearing here is a heavy Harris tweed that lends itself to layering really well, a nice pair of dark blue denim regular fit jeans and brogues (mine work really well with the grey in the outfit) still give it a really stylish look.

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The perfect way to layer menswear

One thing I wanted to do here was to achieve a grade of colour and pattern through the layers. Starting with the Harris tweed in beige, through the greys to the patterned tie and solid colour shirt, this steady grading gives the outfit a balanced appeal.

I like it a lot!!

DO YOU FIND LAYERING A CHALLENGE, OR (LIKE ME), DO YOU ENJOY FINDING ITEMS THAT WORK WELL TOGETHER? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW, I'D LOVE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!

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Shirt: Marks & Spencer
Tie: Amazon
Cardigan: ASOS
Hoodie: ASOS
Jacket: eBay (similar)
Jeans: Seven of All Mankind c/o (similar)
Brogues: Office (similar)
Backpack: eBay (similar)

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