Seersucker, the iconic summer fabric.
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Seersucker is a puckered fabric. Traditionally, it comes striped in light blue and white. Its original color combination was more of a cane sugar brown and white. The huge advantage is that it's made of cotton and very lightweight and therefore, it's very popular during the summer time.

The crinkling effect is achieved by bringing tension on the yarn, because of that, it's very easy to maintain as you don't really need to iron it and it really doesn't wrinkle very easily. It's a great summer fabric due to its light weight. Even though stripes are traditional, you can now also find solids and checks. The original seersucker and the one most often used is made of a 100% cotton without any additions of polyester.

The origins of seersucker are in India. The words "Sheer" means milk and "Shukkar" means a brown version of cane sugar. So from Sheer, Shukkar, it turned into Seersucker. It was first mass-produced in New Orleans by Haspel who still is very famous for seersucker suits today.

Legend has it that the owner actually wore the suit, went into the sea, took a bath, just hung the suit up, and wore it the same day for dinner. It proved this point that it was maintenance free because it even withstood a bath in salt water. In the beginning, it was a "poor man's suit" but in the 30s, students in Princeton picked it up.

Eventually, Life magazine deemed it acceptable to be worn at the office and the Duke of Windsor, famously wore it during his assignment in the Bahamas during World War II. In 1962, Gregory Peck wore a three-piece seersucker suit in the famous movie "To kill a mockingbird".

When looking for original seersucker, you can take the fabric and look at it from an angle, and you should see little waves and crinkles.

In the US, it's very easy to find them off the rack and large companies like Ralph Lauren, or Brooks Brothers, or Haspel, sell them all over the place.

The most popular style is what I'm wearing here, in a single breasted version with either three buttons or two buttons. Because it's a summer suit, it makes perfect sense because a double breasted suit would insulate you more and make you feel hotter.

In terms of accessories, what goes really well with seersucker is a knit tie. White shirts or light blue shirts, maybe light pink. Seersucker also looks great with pocket squares in either plain white, or you can go with summer colors. Boutonnieres are also perfect as they underline the summery character of seersucker. Some men also like to wear bowties. Of course, seersucker also works really well with a Panama hat. Alternatively, you can also wear sunglasses but make sure they're classic.

The advantage of buying a seersucker suit is that you can wear the pants independently and oftentimes, pair it with blazers. Of course, you could also wear the jacket on its own with maybe a pair of royal blue pants or even Nantucket reds, so it's a very versatile summer garment, and it's even appropriate in the office, particularly in the Southern US.

If you're outside the US, I suggest you only wear it in a casual setting because they may be considered to be very flamboyant. Most seersucker jackets that come off the rack have flap pockets, but I think it looks better with patch pockets, even for chest pockets, simply because it underlines that summery, airy, nonchalant character of the garment.
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