Wearing A Suit

“A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a man wearing an off the rack”

–Michael Kors (Founder, Michael Kors)

A well fitting suit is a must for every man. A suit elevates your style to a different level and makes you look more put together and elegant. I have noticed that whenever I wear a suit, my confidence goes from a 0.5 to a million-point-fucking-five.

The suit is epitome to the perfect dressy clothing, right from proms, to marriages, to funerals. A good suit, is going to be your best friend.

All the stylish men I have talked to in my life, know and have felt the power of a good suit at least once. A good suit is the mark of a true gentleman, it asserts dominance, styleand confidence.

But, quoting Uncle Ben, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

So what do you have to do, to do justice to that suit that gets you all the attention from the spicy senoritas at the party?

I have deconstructed wearing the suit in the following text, keep reading to look your best!

1. MASTER THE FIT

If you are wearing a suit, you need to make sure it fits well. A sloppy and baggy suit is going to make you look like a train wreck.

The fit of the suit should be according to your natural stance, or your natural standing position, with your shoulders and arms relaxed and your knees and back straight.

Lets Quickly go over how a suit should fit:

• The Shoulder:The stitching of the shoulder should end at your natural shoulder. This avoids stacking up of the fabric on your arm and gives a clean and tailored vibe. Avoid suits with shoulder padding. If you are buying an off the rack, go to your nearest wall and rest your arm on it. The fabric on the shoulder should touch the wallWITHyour shoulder. If the fabric touches the wall first, the suit jacket is too big for you, and you should consider sizing down.

• The Arm:The arm is the most important part of the suit jacket. The arm fabric of the suit should end just before the wrist joint, so it exposes a little bit of the shirt.

• A Well Fitting Suit

• The Waist:Working our way down, lets talk about the waist. This is the part where most gentlemen get the fit wrong. The waist of the suit jacket should hug your natural waist so much so that the button should make a downward “V” with the fabric.

• Power of tailoring

• (Continue reading to know the rules to buttoning your suit)

The Trouser Break:

Trouser break implies to the fit of the trouser all the way till the shoes.

The “break” is the small wrinkle caused when the top of your shoe stops your trouser cuff from falling to its full length.

Now there are a couple of ways you can tailor the trouser break. just make sure that whatever break you choose the fabric of the pants should not stack up. The whole point of finding the right suit is that there should beNOexcess fabric whatsoever.

The classic break is a little lower than the ankle, however with the NO SOCK revolution,many people like their trouser up to their ankles only. I would say the classic break looks more elegant, but for those of you who like to go bold and wearloafers,the ankle break is ideal.

2.THE BUTTON RULE:

The buttons is where most of the men go wrong. Just because your suit has a lot of fancy buttons, doesn’t mean ALL of them need to be buttoned.

• When wearing a single breasted blazer with two buttons, only the TOP button has to be buttoned AT ALL TIMES (Except when you are sitting down)

THE RULE : Always, Never.

• When wearing a blazer with only one button (Usually Tux jackets) the one button NEEDS to be buttoned at all times.

THE RULE: ALWAYS.

• When wearing a three button blazer, the top button can be buttoned down SOMETIMES, the middle one ALWAYS and the bottom one is NEVER to be buttoned.

THE RULE : SOMETIMES, Always, NEVER.

VISUAL GUIDE TO THE BUTTON RULE

3.Matching your leather.

If your suit is tailored to fit your body, you will NOT need a belt, but if you decide to wear a belt,make sure the color and texture of your belt is IDENTICAL to the color and texture of your shoe. This gives out a more put together and neat vibe and makes you look more clean and classy! It is not mandatory to match the leather of the watch to the belt and shoe, but it is advisable.

4.Accessorizing

Accessorizing your suit is important, but you need to make sure you are not over doing it. The rule of thumb is to use a maximum of 2 metals, or you look like a thug.

For example, if you are wearing a tie bar and a pocket square, ditch the rings or the pinups.

If you are willing to go the extra mile, trymatching your metals.What this means, is essentially to match the color of your watch’s frame to the color of your belt’s metal buckle.

5.The Socks

Not many people pay attention to this part of the outfit,but if you get this right, you tell the people around you that you are one stylish person.

If you decide to wear socks, stray away from the whites. Instead try experimenting withsome bold colors and patterns to make a statement and to add EVEN MORE personality to the overall outfit.

6.The Shirt

This is the part of the suit where you can play around the most, but mind you do not get carried away.

The only rule here is that the shirt should not end up as the main element of the outfit. What that means, is that you should try to keep the base of the outfit ( THE SHIRT) of a lighter color, orin some cases, the same color as the suit. However it should never be darker than the actual suit itself.

Experiment around a bit, google color blocking and try to color block your outfit to give a classy feel.

CONCLUSION

Now that you know how the perfect suit should fit, get ready to get the ladies’ attention!

If you follow these tips correctly, I canguarantee that you will be the most stylish man in the room. Now that you know all the secrets, try to use them in your favour