Many of us were taught, or at least I was, that the shirt should be lighter in color than the jacket and the necktie darker than the shirt, This flies in the face of all those white warped British club ties for summer but (little about menswear is completely consistant) the British have it right. In the photo, John Fitzgerald Kennedy pairs his charcoal worsted with a light blue shirt and a green on cream foulard.
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The general rule of a lighter shirt contrasting a darker jacket and tie is an excellent starting point for most - and probably a good stopping point for many! But as with all things sartorial, exceptions within reason and a sense of style are ok.
I believe the rationale behind the general rule is to avoid the black shirt/white four-in-hand pseudo-mafioso look...
Light blue 'shirt' surely?
Kennedy's tie works because it has elements darker than the shirt. I like lighter ties. Pale yellow with darker dots is another tie that works with dark suits.
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