I need a new suit. However I am not a regular suit wearer. I might wear a suit once or twice a year. What is the most versatile color for everything from weddings, funerals, job interviews and church?

Navy blue or charcoal gray.

Black, only one I own.

This is me. Its dark blue.

Charcoal gray. Close enough to black to be good for funerals and not close enough to black to be good for everything else.

Dark blue obviously. lol

Definitely Gray, you can go charcoal, or even a lighter gray, they will go with brown or black shoes.

You have your answer above.

That said if you think about what you wear now; and if you think you look like crap in blue, go dark gray/Charcoal.

Navy Blue suit, White Oxford Cloth button down shirt and a University tie. Navy wool socks and highly pollished dress shoes.
(you can tell I am old)

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Originally posted by bdylan:
Navy blue or charcoal gray.

Both are great. I see arguments above for both. You can't go wrong with either. But you should own both.

Grey works everywhere.

I have one suit-it’s grey
And my military uniform but I only intend to wear it at my dads funeral and mine.

I'll add to dark blue and dark grey, they should be pin-stripe, narrow pin.

The one "real" suit I still own is a Brooks Brothers purchased in an after Christmas sale, still GTG and it is charcoal grey. The only other thing I own that approximates a suit is a navy blue blazer, with a pair of tan and a pair of grey dress slacks.

Dark charcoal grey. Funeral and formal would call more toward that, and easily works in a job interview or whatever. The key then is shirts and ties to pull the look less dull. Charles Tyrwhitt is my go to for dress shirts. For ties, I tend to like to see and feel them, so a Macys or similar with huge selections. I'm picky with respect to ties. Material, and width affect the look as much as color and pattern.

Dark blue.
Versatility is the name of the game, as you can just wear the jacket separately as a sport coat. A much darker suit like black or charcoal, while sharp in specific settings, worn separately everyone will know the jacket belongs to a suit. A grey suit tends to be hair and complexion specific, paired with the wrong person it can age them up.

The other option is get yourself a black/charcoal suit as you know you'll need it for weddings/funerals. Then keep your eyes open for specials/promotions/sales and get a navy blue sport coat/blazer for more casual environments where you still need to be presentable: casual weddings, special meals, events, etc..pair it with a pair of khaki slacks or chinos and you're set for the vast majority of events.

Don't buy a suit...Unless you REALLY 'need' a suit! You can get a lot of mileage out of the following:

- Black Jacket, Charcoal Jacket & Navy Jacket, and Black Pants & Charcoal Pants
- Combine those with your preferred style(s) of Dress Shirts & a good selection of Ties, and you're all set for virtually any occasion!

Grey

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Don't buy a suit...Unless you REALLY 'need' a suit! You can get a lot of mileage out of the following:

- Black Jacket, Charcoal Jacket & Navy Jacket, and Black Pants & Charcoal Pants
- Combine those with your preferred style(s) of Dress Shirts & a good selection of Ties, and you're all set for virtually any occasion!

If you need/want a Suit, dark charcoal, dark blue, all work very well white shirt and nice set of ties, red, blue, an assortment so you can change it up a bit, even a light blue shirt works.

But, as NH said, a really nice blazer, I'd go deep navy blue, and you can pair it with khakis, or grey slacks even black slacks, white shirt and tie works in most occasions like graduation, weddings, corporate events.

I bought a black suit for my mother's funeral in 1992.
I doubt that I have worn 5 times since then. I can't remember the last time.

Navy works for all occasions.