Chambray's soft, washed-out blue and khaki's warm tan are a combination that's been working since before either of you owned a laptop bag, and it still works because the temperatures balance each other out. The shirt has a light hand feel with a bit of give through the shoulders, so reaching for a top-shelf binder doesn't pull the whole thing tight. This is a Tuesday-through-Thursday outfit for a business casual office — the kind of place with a dress code nobody's actually read in years. Chambray plus khaki removes the guesswork from that gray zone entirely.

Finish with brown leather loafers and a matching brown belt.