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The first consideration on texture is your suit texture. In dealing with wools, you will find a variety of textures, the most common are just a standard wool weave of gabardine (tight, standard, a bit shiny), herringbone, tweed, or birds eye plaid. The thing to understand about these is that you generally want them to stand in opposition to any other striping or patterning on the suit. If you have a chalk stripe suit, it should be something simple in texture. If you have a suit that's just solid navy but you want to stand out, then maybe get a textured suit. Note that if you're going with a linen, cotton, or seersucker, these are usually done in pretty standard, unchanging weaves for the fabric, but also the weaves seen for wool can be mirrored in other fabrics.
Shirts are a bit harder to delineate with classic textures. Often shirts will have fine stripes, herringbones, checks, or basketweaves sown directly into the fabric of an otherwise solid shirt. These give the shirt some interest beyond its solid color. Purchasing shirts of this type can transform your once solid, boring wardrobe into something interesting without having to dress down to sports shirt style patterns if that doesn't fit your job. It's all up to you.
The important thing to remember with textures is that they are subject to what people fear about patterns. You can mix various patterns if you know what you're doing, but if you put too many textures in, since it's the foundation of the garment, it will subtly confuse the eye and ruin the outfit by being too busy.
That's it for the series! Best of luck!
