The Best Men's Suits of 2026

The best men's suits of 2026 confirm without a doubt that tailoring is back. It’s not so much that we’ve cooled on the sportswear, workwear, and gorpcore staples we’ve been wearing on repeat for the last few years, but rather that—for the first time since the 2010s, perhaps—we’re reaching for our tailored jackets and pleated trousers on the regular.

If you’re new to the extended tailoring universe (or have been out of the game for the WFH years), fear not. Not only are there a whole raft of designers and brands absolutely crushing it on the suiting front, but the suits themselves are also comfier, more breathable, and generally easier to wear than ever. Part of this is down to the influence of southern Italian tailoring, which brings soft (i.e. unpadded) shoulders and higher armholes (for better mobility) to the party, and part is thanks to a top-drawer selection of natural fabrics, from high-twist tropical wools to classic flannels.

Despite the overall Neapolitan lean of our selections, you still have plenty of diversity, from single-breasted or double-breasted jackets to single-pleat, double-pleat, or no-pleat trousers. All of which is to say, whether you opt for something from a new-school tailor or an established luxury brand, it’ll be hard to go wrong—provided, of course, your suit fits perfectly.

The Best Men's Suits of 2026, According to GQ

A Great Budget Suit

J.Crew Kenmare Relaxed-Fit Italian Wool Suit

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$550

J.Crew

A Great Double-Breasted Suit

Todd Snyder Italian Tropical Wool Wythe Suit

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$996

Todd Snyder

A Great Upgrade Suit

Drake's Navy Tropical Wool Tailored Suit

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$1,975

Drake's

A Great Suit for Guys on the Go

Buck Mason Cloudloom Cotton Wool Carry-On Suit

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$368

Buck Mason

A Great Suit for the Office

Suitsupply Perennial Tailored Fit Havana Suit

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$599

Suitsupply

A Great Suit for Tailoring Nerds

J.Mueser Charcoal High Twist Waverly Suit

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$1,950

J.Mueser

A Great Slim Suit

Sid Mashburn Kincaid No. 2 Suit

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$995

Sid Mashburn

A Great Suit for Anglophiles

Anglo-Italian Navy High-Twist Wool Suit

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$2,045

Anglo-Italian

J.Crew has long been a reliable source for suiting that’s both decent-quality and budget-friendly (especially if you catch it on sale). It easily upholds that reputation with this all-rounder. From its debut in 2008 until recently, the brand’s slim-cut Ludlow suit was the reigning champ of its tailoring lineup, but as the fitted silhouettes of the #menswear era give way to a more generous cut, the Kenmare, J.Crew’s most relaxed silhouette, is ready to step in.

“It’s a great choice if you’re seeking a fuller fit for either style or fit reasons,” explains J.Crew men’s creative director Brendon Babenzien. “Not everyone wants or looks great in slimmer silhouettes, so we’ve expanded our offering to include looser fits that look good and will also include more body types. It’s a win all around.”

Despite this fuller, boxier silhouette and wider trousers, the Kenmare’s two-button jacket and flat-front trousers continue the Ludlow's tradition of an easy-wearing everyday suit, as does its 3-season Loro Piana wool cloth.

The eponymous designer behind this NYC-based brand has spent the last 15 years creating a head-to-toe wardrobe, from turtlenecks and jeans to sport coats and suits, that looks good on pretty much everyone. As such, you can put your trust in Snyder’s new Wythe silhouette, with its peak lapel double-breasted jacket, double-pleated trousers, and ever-so-slightly stretchy Italian wool cloth, to be as universally flattering as anything else with the designer’s name on it.

“Tailoring ebbs and flows. If you think about what was going on 20 years ago, it was all about the shrunken suit,” Snyder told GQ. “But now you're seeing this new reinvention, which harkens back to the ‘80s and ‘90s, with wider legs, not quite as fitted, and not shrunken at all.”

If you’re considering adding a double-breasted suit to your rotation, start with this one.

This London-based atelier specializes in suits that don’t take themselves too seriously, but are nonetheless made with a fanatical attention to detail. “It really started with practicality,” says Drake’s creative director, Michael Hill, of the development of this unlined, half-canvassed jacket and matching single-pleat trousers. “I’ve always been interested in tailoring designed for warmer climates, naval uniforms, and travel suits, where function and comfort were the starting point, and appearance followed naturally.”

To wit, this suit has a soft shoulder and an easy drape for maximum comfort, plus lightness, breathability, and all-day wrinkle-resistance thanks to the natural springiness of its Italian high-twist merino cloth. “It’s about balance, proportion, and getting the fundamentals right,” says Hill.

“In many ways, it reflects how we think about tailoring at Drake’s more broadly, rooted in tradition but always designed for real life.”

The compromises required to make something that’s lightweight, wrinkle-resistant, and dressy all too often lead down the road of technical fabrics and other similar crimes against tailoring. Fortunately for anyone who likes the idea of a go-anywhere suit, Buck Mason has cracked the code with this combination of a soft-shouldered, unstructured 3-roll-2 jacket and single-pleat trousers with a hidden elastic waistband.

Cut from an ethereal cotton-wool fabric, the Cloudloom is designed to provide a happy medium of comfort and dressiness that’s perfect for travel—or any other time you want to look turned-out yet relaxed.

“This is exactly how we think about tailoring—it shouldn’t be reserved for special occasions,” says co-founder Erik Allen. “These are designed to live as separates as much as they do as a suit—jackets that feel right with denim, trousers that work just as easily with a tee or a knit. It’s tailoring meant to show up in your everyday rotation.”

Wearing a suit well takes practice, and the first good suit you buy will teach you more than any other. In that sense, the Havana provides a crash course in the basics of quality tailoring. Cut from 3-season Vitale Barberis Canonico tropical wool, with a half-canvassed jacket and flat-front trousers, it has all the hallmarks of a great everyday suit.

“It’s hands down one of our easiest to wear, while still having all the details of a quality suit,” says Suitsupply global style director Marc Harmeling. Much of this is down to its texture and substantial drape, which helps the suit wear just as well over a sweater as over a crisp white button-up and tie.

Fit notes: Despite its substantial lapels, the Havana is cut slim but not skinny, somewhere between J.Crew’s Kenmare and Sid Mashburn’s Kincaid.

“Tailored but easy to wear,” is how Jake Mueser describes the Waverly, his shop’s flagship silhouette. Available in a bevy of seasonal fabrics, with a roomy fit and high-waisted trousers, it’s a seriously good off-the-rack option from one of the most respected names in American tailoring. “There’s no such thing as a year-round cloth for a suit, but this charcoal high-twist comes pretty close,” Mueser says. “It’s good for about 10 months out of the year, and its ability to bounce back and resist wrinkles makes it an incredible travel suit.”

Largely handmade at Mueser’s small workshop in Naples, the soft construction and straight-leg trousers lend it both comfort and classic southern Italian ease. Designed to be a cornerstone of your wardrobe, the crisp, matte fabric makes the jacket and trousers versatile enough to wear separately.

“We want our tailoring to be approachable, easy to wear, and to fit seamlessly into your wardrobe,” Mueser says. “Taking the best English cloth, combined with the ease of Neapolitan tailoring, and coming out with something that feels uniquely New York.”

This Atlanta-based haberdasher offers a comprehensive five-suit menu, numbered in ascending order and priced according to the materials and the amount of handwork required to construct each one. You’d be well served by any member of the Kincaid family, but the No. 2 strikes a particularly good balance of cut, quality, and price.

“It has the same design philosophy as all of our suits: slim but not skinny, tailored but not precious, designed to take you from Mississippi to Manhattan to Milan without looking or feeling out of place,” offers Mashburn, a veteran tailoring nerd, who wears a version of the Kincaid No. 2 several times a week. The fully canvassed jacket is a straightforward 2-button with unpadded shoulders and high armholes for increased mobility, cut from a sturdy yet breathable all-season wool.

If you live near one of Mashburn’s stores, he encourages you to let one of his in-house tailors cut the unfinished sleeves and hems to your specs.

Per its name, this small-but-mighty brand is known for its proprietary blend of English fabrics, Italian silhouettes, and exceptional value. This Neapolitan-style suit is no exception, thanks to its soft-shouldered jacket, matte Scottish wool cloth, and the sort of details usually found on much pricier options.

“It's the Swiss army knife of suits,” says founder Jake Grantham. “It's right in the middle of the pendulum, neither overly trendy nor overly fusty. There are certainly more flavorsome options, but this is a great under-the-radar choice.” Despite its unassuming looks, there’s plenty of style and substance here, including high-rise single-pleat trousers, a three-season high-twist wool cloth that’s both breathable and wrinkle-resistant, and a fully canvassed jacket.

If you’re after a handmade Italian suit that doesn’t cost a fortune, this one deserves serious consideration.

The product of a decade-long collaboration between The NYC- and Hong Kong-based Armoury and Osaka’s fabled Ring Jacket, this 3-roll-2 embodies The Armoury’s “International Classic” house style, blending the relaxed elegance of Italian tailoring with Japanese manufacturing precision. “It’s designed for a powerful yet comfortable silhouette,” says Max Papier, The Armoury’s director of e-commerce. “By pairing unpadded, extended shoulders and a roomy chest with high-rise trousers, the suit creates a long, clean line that feels soft on the body but looks sharp and structured to the eye.”

Thanks to a high-twist wool from the legendary Piacenza mill, the Model 3A will see you through three seasons in comfort, with the added benefit of natural wrinkle-resistance. It’s a style-forward choice, but given The Armoury’s reputation as one of the world’s top new-school tailors, a reliable one.

There’s no reason your everyday suit shouldn’t be double-breasted, and this one is made with exactly that function in mind. Made in Naples from Vitale Barberis Canonico wool cloth, this DB has all the hallmarks of classic Southern Italian tailoring, including a soft-shouldered jacket with a spalla camicia sleeve head, a traditional Neapolitan feature that lends the jacket a more casual look and increased mobility.

Double-breasted jackets can feel like a big swing, but thanks to soft construction and understated fabric, this one is destined for a regular spot in the rotation, as are the matching single-pleat trousers. “Tailoring doesn’t have to be too deep,” says Natalino owner Nathan Lee. “We care about attention to detail and the craft involved, but we don’t want to reserve it solely for special occasions.”

At its core, a suit is really just a jacket and pants cut from the same fabric. The sartorial genii at Stòffa understand this and have established themselves as experts in pushing the notion to its chillest, softest limits. Hence, the brand’s flagship silhouette, which calls itself a “Double-Breasted Shirt Jacket” but reads like a deconstructed DB suit when paired with the matching double-pleat trousers (and a nice pair of black loafers). Cut like a shirt, with an unlined, two-panel construction, it’s consistently available in a changing selection of seasonal fabrics, including a particularly choice wool and cashmere flannel.

“The piece’s design acknowledges a variety of garment-making traditions—from tailoring to shirt-making, functional workwear and uniforms—but aims to present an option free from their inherent associations and limitations,” says a Stòffa spokesperson.

Thom Browne is notorious for enforcing a litany of dress code-related regulations in his offices, but—unless you’re lucky enough to work for the menswear god—you don’t have to follow a single one of ‘em. And that’s not the only good reason to add one of his famed gray flannel suits to your rotation. For one, historical significance—few designers have had the same impact on 21st-century tailoring as Browne. For another, his suits aren’t just about short hems. Instead, Browne’s tailoring was a sexy and subversive thesis on the creation of masculinity through its most iconic outfit, the gray flannel suit.

This updated (but nonetheless unmistakable) version is still cropped, with the same narrow lapels and prep-inspired details as ever, but thanks to unfinished hems and cuffs, you can dial the shrunkenness factor to your desired setting. All of which makes it a solid choice for fashion-loving guys who don’t want to rock bare ankles at the office.

Tom Ford redefined suiting for the new millennium with his powerful, strong-shouldered, narrow-waisted, wide-lapelled silhouettes. Like the great names in suiting before him, Ford’s look personified a generation of A-list dudes from Jay Z and Tom Brady to Daniel Craig during his tenure as James Bond. Mostly, though, he’s known for making suiting sexy.

While following Ford’s 2023 exit, the brand has expanded its sartorial POV under the studious eye of creative director Haider Ackerman; the Tom Ford Dyllan is for the ages. As one would expect, everything here is top-shelf, from the navy and grey wool-twill cloth to the buffalo horn buttons to the silk lining. The fit isn’t ideal for everyone, but if it works for you, you won’t want to wear anything else.

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Spier and Mackay

Neo Cut Suit

$750

Spier and Mackay

This navy blue 3-roll-2 (that’s two buttons with a third hidden under the lapel) punches above its price point thanks to Vitale Barberis Canonico wool cloth and full canvas construction. For a solid everyday suit, it’d be hard to go wrong with this one.

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J.Press

Made-in-USA Super 120s Wool Suit

$1,295

J.Press

Classic American tailoring is personified by the clean, straight lines and soft shoulders of the “sack suit,” which became a centerpiece of Ivy League style in the mid-20th century, and that’s precisely what’s on offer here from a pioneer of the genre. Oxford-cloth button-down shirt, repp tie, and Bass Weejuns sold separately (but recommended).

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Factor's

Midnight Mohair DB Suit

$2,550

Factor's

This double-breasted suit is designed to be worn open and tie-less, which tells you something about its vibe (if the XXL lapels didn’t clue you in). Despite this panache, the understated wool-mohair fabric makes it surprisingly versatile, and a solid choice for anyone looking for something with a little more swagger than your standard navy-blue DB.

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Proper Cloth

Allen Suit

$895

Proper Cloth

A navy blue suit is the best place from which to build your tailoring repertoire, but this speckled grey option ain't bad either. It has all the hallmarks of quality (Italian wool twill, half-cavassed jacket), a hard-to-beat price, and—if grey isn’t your vibe—it’s available in navy, charcoal, and black, too.

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Husbands

Wool Hopsack Single-Breasted Suit

$2,310

Husbands

The exuberant tailoring of the 1970s underpins everything this Parisian brand does, including this sombre midnight blue suit. Unsurprisingly, its wide lapels look best with with a '70s-style wide point collar shirt, and fortunately, Husbands sells those, too.

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Saman Amel

Wool Twill Suit

$2,845

Mr Porter

$930

Mr Porter

Based on his output of thoughtfully considered, painstakingly built tailoring, Saman Amel is a name you’ll be hearing a lot more of in the future. If this Scandi-Italian combination of a wide-lapelled jacket and gently flared trousers speaks to you, you’ll be in very good company.

As with most things, you get what you pay for, and given that a suit is something you might wear for the next decade, it’s worth spending a bit more on quality. “At $500, you’re usually looking at a more entry-level fabric and construction,” says Marc Harmeling, global style director at Suitsupply. “At $3,500, you’re investing in premium fabrics, more handwork, full-canvas construction, and a refined fit.” Because the most expensive parts of a suit are the fabric and the labor that went into it, those will be the weakest points of a cheap suit. Conversely, a more expensive suit should be of better quality in every aspect. That said, fit is everything, so a cheaper suit that fits you perfectly will always look better than a more expensive one that doesn’t.

Do some research and ask lots of questions, starting with the provenance of the fabric. “If the suit says ‘Super 110 Italian wool,’ that’s a good sign,” says Harmeling. “If it says ‘polyester blend,’ you might want to leave it behind.” Other important factors are whether it's canvased (a good thing) or fused (a bad thing). And don’t be too swayed by luxury brand names. A brand that spends everything on quality materials and craftsmanship will likely make a better suit than one with an eight-figure marketing budget.

Subtle differences are everything when it comes to traditional tailoring, and each brand approaches suits with its own unique point of view. That means one of them is surely going to look great on you; you just have to find it. “We're in a wonderful moment for classic menswear,” adds Jake Grantham, founder of UK-based suitmaker Anglo-Italian. “A swell of storied houses and independent upstarts are embracing craft-heavy tailoring from a variety of traditions, while the internet has given a platform for independents to showcase their viewpoints.” In other words, you’ll probably need to try on a bunch of suits before you find one you love.

There are many subtle differences between the three main camps of suiting, and an equal amount of esoteric jargon used to describe them. For most of us, however, the choice comes down to occasion, vibes, and fit. “British suits are the most structured and most formal,” says Jack Carlson, Creative Director at legendary Ivy Style destination J.Press. “Italian suits have a slimmer fit, are generally much more casual, and can be quite flamboyant, while American suits are the least structured and sit between the other two in terms of formality.”

As mentioned above, fit is everything when it comes to suits, so if you don’t happen to be sample size, you might find a better fit with made-to-measure (a pre-existing design cut to your measurements) or bespoke (made for you from the ground up). “If you wear suits often, like to experiment, or want something that fits your proportions and preferences exactly, go custom-made,” says Harmeling. “When you create a piece and it's a perfect fit, it’s not just something you wear for a season, it becomes something you can truly connect to.”

Style is subjective, we know—that’s the fun of it. But we’re serious about helping our audience get dressed. Whether it’s the best white sneakers, the flyest affordable suits, or the need-to-know menswear drops of the week, GQ Recommends’ perspective is built on years of hands-on experience, an insider awareness of what’s in and what’s next, and a mission to find the best version of everything out there, at every price point.

Our staffers aren’t able to try on every single piece of clothing you read about on GQ.com (fashion moves fast these days), but we have an intimate knowledge of each brand’s strengths and know the hallmarks of quality clothing—from materials and sourcing, to craftsmanship, to sustainability efforts that aren’t just greenwashing. GQ Recommends heavily emphasizes our own editorial experience with those brands, how they make their clothes, and how those clothes have been reviewed by customers. Bottom line: GQ wouldn’t tell you to wear it if we wouldn’t.

We make every effort to cast as wide of a net as possible, with an eye on identifying the best options across three key categories: quality, fit, and price.

To kick off the process, we enlist the GQ Recommends braintrust to vote on our contenders. Some of the folks involved have worked in retail, slinging clothes to the masses; others have toiled for small-batch menswear labels; all spend way too much time thinking about what hangs in their closets.

We lean on that collective experience to guide our search, culling a mix of household names, indie favorites, and the artisanal imprints on the bleeding-edge of the genre. Then we narrow down the assortment to the picks that scored the highest across quality, fit, and price.

Across the majority of our buying guides, our team boasts firsthand experience with the bulk of our selects, but a handful are totally new to us. So after several months of intense debate, we tally the votes, collate the anecdotal evidence, and emerge with a list of what we believe to be the absolute best of the category right now, from the tried-and-true stalwarts to the modern disruptors, the affordable beaters to the wildly expensive (but wildly worth-it) designer riffs.

Whatever your preferences, whatever your style, there's bound to be a superlative version on this list for you. (Read more about GQ's testing process here.)

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Photographs by Bowen Fernie and Natalie Piserchio
Styled by Tyler Austin
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