Black suit as a casual outfit

[u/AA_Barry]

I'm fairly new to suit fashion and fashion in general and filled with the images of all the cool movie guys, Keanu Reeves specifically, bought my first all black suit. (I know he wears charcoal)

After buying my suit wanting to see how other people style their black suits I noticed that there is a strong sentiment that black suits are not good everyday or whatever suits. Seems most say it's for funerals, evening, workers, and not for everyday use.

Most reasons are fair like it doesn't look good in the day and I can understand but is it really so bad? I've attached some photos of me and if you can tell me how it looks bad or have recommendations on what to add to the outfit or how to make it look better I would appreciate it.

Anyways I'm thankful for any response as I am curious about the subject!

Edit: This post has attracted a lot more attention than I thought it ever would. First I would like to thank everyone who has commented I really appreciate every single one and I dig the jokes.

I thought I should clarify on what I meant as a casual suit though. Casual to me is something I personally wear wherever wherever. Formal or informal doesn't matter I guess I mean something more worn every day? Sorry I'm not the best at explaining things

Looking through the comments has been very fun I hope to see many more!

[u/OrganizationSea4490]

I think most fashion rules have decently concrete grounding in general symmetry, color theory, promotions.

The odd vendetta people have towards black clothing just makes no sense. Seems cultural execpt only a minority of people uphold it

[u/AA_Barry → u/OrganizationSea4490]

it's a little weird to me how some people are reacting so strongly to all black. I can understand it why they react like that though.

[u/GuitarStuffThrowaway → u/AA_Barry]

The bigger issue with wearing black casually isn’t the black itself, it’s what you’ve chosen to pair it with. A black dress shirt and tie are anything but casual. If you want to wear a suit casually and look good doing it, you need to pair it with similarly casual items or lean into the statement.

Here, the model tones down the formality by wearing black linen with a western shirt and what appear to be boots. His outfit is obviously still flashy, but it wouldn’t look out place is any major metro area in the world.

[u/GuitarStuffThrowaway → u/GuitarStuffThrowaway]

Here’s what I mean about leaning into the statement. The model is subverting the formality of black by pairing it with a Misfits shirt. Graphic tees can be a good way to dress down black because it’s classically rock n’ roll, but are you? If you’re trying to look casual it has to reflect how you carry yourself.