Watch your tone: How to add tonal shades for a sophisticated look

As the seasons change, make Brad Pitt and his Bullet Train promo wardrobe your moodboard hero. His bespoke combos by Haans Nicholas Mott in life-affirming shades from peach (left) and iced-bun pink through to zingy apple green have been making headlines for all the right reasons.

Choose a palette that reflects nature with earthy tones and vegetable dyes, and consider a warm pink or cocoa as a styling counterpoint to taupe or cream. If you feel lost when it comes to choosing colours that work together, a good hack is to look at paint charts online and build a look from the complementary shade suggestions. Or, keep within tones of the same colour, as Pitt has in his peach ensemble.

Peachy keen: Brad Pitt in Paris. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Getty Images

Linen or linen mix (the key to less creasing) is a summer go-to, but don’t forget breathable wool. LEJ’s wool and cotton mix suit (below) worn with a linen shirt is ideal for the tailend of summer. Or switch things up and team with a vest and sandals. Size up in short sleeve shirts for a laid-back fit – we love M&S’s dusty rose pink shirt (2) and Reiss’s embroidered style (4).

Wear it with Oliver Spencer’s linen mix check shorts (8) as you soak up the late sun. Or style the shorts with the matching shirt (£159) for full holiday mode. Desmond and Dempsey’s Palm Springs scene shorts, (£85, matchesfashion.com) are technically PJs, but will also look great poolside. If you’re attending a wedding, ditch the dark neutrals for something lighter. Try Folk’s taupe linen/cotton suit (3& 5), similarly British label Percival, a favourite of Gareth Southgate, have a safari style cream jacket currently on sale (£80). Wear it with a pastel T-shirt or Henley top, try NN07 and Mr P at mrporter.com for a slub finish style to keep the look relaxed.