Men's Burgundy and Red Suits

Burgundy, Maroon, Wine: the Same Suit, Different Words

Three words get used for this color and almost nobody agrees on the line between them. Burgundy is the deep red with a purple lean. Maroon is browner and darker. Wine sits between the two. In practice a shopper searching for a maroon suit and one searching for a burgundy suit are looking at the same rail, and this one.

What matters more than the word is the depth. A dark burgundy behaves like a navy suit: it is formal, it photographs well, and nobody questions it at an evening wedding. A bright red does not. Pick the depth first.

Burgundy Suits

Two full suits here. The Burgundy Suit at $229.99 is the straightforward two-piece, and the heavier burgundy suit at $259 holds a sharper line through a long evening. Either is a groom suit, a winter wedding suit, or the suit you own because everyone else owns navy.

Burgundy and Red Tuxedos

Nine of them, and this is the deeper half of the collection. For a dress code, the Satin Peak Lapel and the Satin Shawl Lapel are the formal pair: peak is the sharper line, shawl the softer one.

Velvet is the winter and holiday option, and there are two, the Burgundy Velvet Shawl Lapel and the Red Velvet Tuxedo. For something louder there is the Red Jacquard with Gold, the Vested Jacquard and the Red and Black Pattern. The Black Shawl Lapel with Red Design goes the other way: mostly black, with the red as the detail.

Buying the Jacket on Its Own

More people search for a burgundy suit jacket than for a burgundy suit, and the reason makes sense: a burgundy jacket over black or grey trousers is easier to wear and easier to repeat than a full burgundy suit. All of these are listed above.

The Burgundy Suit Jacket is $149.99. The Peak Lapel and Shawl Lapel tuxedo jackets are $169.99, as are the Red Velvet and Red Velvet Shawl Lapel jackets. The Red Notch Lapel Jacket is the brightest of them. Matching burgundy suit trousers are $79.99 and the Burgundy Vest is $69.

What to Wear With Burgundy

A black shirt under a burgundy suit is the most searched pairing and it does work, but only in the evening and only if the suit is dark. In daylight the two colors sit too close and the outfit loses its edges. A white shirt is the version that always works; a pale grey shirt is the quieter one.

Black shoes with burgundy, not brown. Skip the burgundy tie for the same reason you skip a green tie with a green suit. If the suit is already the color in the outfit, the tie should not compete, and a black or charcoal tie is the easiest answer.

Burgundy for Weddings

Burgundy is an autumn and winter wedding color, and it is the one that survives a December ceremony without looking like black. A groom in burgundy with groomsmen in charcoal is a combination that photographs cleanly, and the reverse works too. Groomsmen suits explains how to order for a group, and wedding suits covers the other colors.

What Comes in the Box

Every full suit and tuxedo here ships as a complete bundle: jacket, pants, shirt, tie and socks. Burgundy and red suits and tuxedos run from $219.99 to $279. Shipping is free over $99 and exchanges are free.

Getting the Size Right

Our suit size estimator takes height, weight and build and returns a jacket and pant size in about a minute. If you are buying a jacket on its own to wear with trousers you already own, size the jacket to your shoulders rather than to the trousers.