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Menswear Is Having a Moment. Here’s How to Update Your Wardrobe.

DC style influencer Barnette Holston shares how he's pairing a new silhouette with the season's buzziest accessories.

Photograph by Chi-Chi Ari.

Menswear is getting a dramatic update, says style influencer Barnette Holston (@DCFashionFool), with fuller pants, broader shoulders, or wider lapels. Here, he wears his favorite suit in this style, by Enzo Custom, paired with a Swarovski brooch.

ASOS DESIGN

Boxy double breasted suit set in navy

$119

$59.99

 

Suitsupply

“Milano” suit

$929

 

Giorgio Armani

“Heritage Line” double-breasted suit

$5,500

 

Todd Snyder

Italian gabardine “Wythe” suit

$1,196

 

Proper Cloth

Irish-linen “Carmine” suit

$945

 

Brooches

Holston suggests pairing this style suit with a brooch. Here are a few favorites.

Mindy Lam Couture

Small peony brooch

$228

Fleur’d Pins

Ivory leather camellia with pearls

$325

 

Swarovski

“Matrix” brooch

$199

Mindy Lam Couture

Men’s black-and-gray small peony lapel pin

$248

 

Rare Form

Modernist 925” sterling-and-brass brooch

$88

Swarovski

“Millenia” brooch

$269

This article appears in the April 2026 issue of Washingtonian.

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Amy Moeller
Fashion & Weddings Editor

Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.