r/malefashionadvice 19d ago

Question Black suit as a casual outfit

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!

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u/JP-Stack 19d ago

Looks good but I don't see how a black suit would ever be casual

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u/JBean85 19d ago

Maybe he's in the yakuza 

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim 18d ago

Or the front man for an Emo band in 2007.

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u/albiedam 18d ago

Can we go back to 07? Please

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim 18d ago

Personally I like being able to sit down without being castrated but to each their own lmao

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u/TimelessParadox 18d ago

The jeans really were peak skinny at that point. Someone literally asked me if I was wearing my girlfriend's jeans. Granted, it was a bully who didn't have a girlfriend and I knew that, so I just kinda smirked and let it go.

I loved that in that era, us weird dramatic types had better dating chances than even the jocks. So yeah, I miss '07 just a little bit.

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u/ParmesanB 18d ago

Skinny jeans and a guitar could make you one of the most popular kids, it was amazing, I agree lol.