Forbes.com 06.06.07
Keep that seersucker suit in the darkest corner of your closet. As the temperature rises, you can still dress comfortably--without looking like a dork.
That's because this season, there is a wider choice of fabrics available. You can pick up suits made with blends, such as silk-and-cotton and wool-and-canvas weaves, those that breathe easily and combine traditional materials--like canvas, cotton and linen--that are lighter and keep their shapes. These togs serve all kinds of occasions, and will set you back $225 to $2,800.
Just make sure you get 'em while they're hot. Especially popular? Unfussy looks.
"Cotton suits, poplins and linens have been hard to keep in stock," says Laurie Haspel Aronson, president of Haspel, a 100-year-old suit company in Baton Rouge, La.