When you appear well dressed, you send a positive and powerful professional image. When a garment fits you perfectly it looks like a million bucks. Appearance is not about what you wear, but how you wear it! How do you know when you have a perfectly fitted suit?
For men, the most important item to appear well dressed is the business suit. So what should you look for in a great suit? In order to ensure a suit fits you properly, you should make sure that it makes the proper fit guidelines. When a suit fits you properly, nobody will ever notice how much you paid for it. A great fitting suit is priceless, so cost doesn't matter but size does!
It is difficult to make adjustments to an "off the rack" suit jacket if it doesn't fit your torso properly. The pants are not as important because they can always be altered. When you find a nice suit make sure the jacket fits you correctly in all the right places.
Start with yoke on the suit jacket. The yoke measurement is the distance from the left shoulder to the right shoulder. The yoke, it fitted correctly, will fall right on the ball of your shoulder bone. If the yoke measurement is to long, the shoulder pads will not fit the shoulder properly and your jacket will look frumpy and oversized. Keep in mind that even the best tailor can't adjust an oversized yoke.
The next most important thing to look for in a great suit jacket is the length. If your suit jacket is too short then no need to even go any further and just return it to the rack. In order to test the length, make sure the back comes just below the seat of your pants.
The front of the jacket should cover half of the inseam on your suit pants. The waist and chest of your jacket should fit comfortably but not allow a lot of excess fabric. If the chest and wait are too wide for your body, the jacket will look cheap. Make sure it fits well! A good tailor can adjust the waist and chest, but anything more than a few inches is likely to come out butchered and won't match the width of the biceps and forearms. The bicep area on a suit jacket should fit your arm comfortably. If there is too much fabric your jacket will not look firm and fitted next the lapel. - 30291
For men, the most important item to appear well dressed is the business suit. So what should you look for in a great suit? In order to ensure a suit fits you properly, you should make sure that it makes the proper fit guidelines. When a suit fits you properly, nobody will ever notice how much you paid for it. A great fitting suit is priceless, so cost doesn't matter but size does!
It is difficult to make adjustments to an "off the rack" suit jacket if it doesn't fit your torso properly. The pants are not as important because they can always be altered. When you find a nice suit make sure the jacket fits you correctly in all the right places.
Start with yoke on the suit jacket. The yoke measurement is the distance from the left shoulder to the right shoulder. The yoke, it fitted correctly, will fall right on the ball of your shoulder bone. If the yoke measurement is to long, the shoulder pads will not fit the shoulder properly and your jacket will look frumpy and oversized. Keep in mind that even the best tailor can't adjust an oversized yoke.
The next most important thing to look for in a great suit jacket is the length. If your suit jacket is too short then no need to even go any further and just return it to the rack. In order to test the length, make sure the back comes just below the seat of your pants.
The front of the jacket should cover half of the inseam on your suit pants. The waist and chest of your jacket should fit comfortably but not allow a lot of excess fabric. If the chest and wait are too wide for your body, the jacket will look cheap. Make sure it fits well! A good tailor can adjust the waist and chest, but anything more than a few inches is likely to come out butchered and won't match the width of the biceps and forearms. The bicep area on a suit jacket should fit your arm comfortably. If there is too much fabric your jacket will not look firm and fitted next the lapel. - 30291
About the Author:
Erika Chloe is New York's premiere Fashion Consultant and CEO of MyImageExperta Fashion Consulting Company with locations in most U.S. cities.
