This style guide uses rules on suits to show you how to dress like a fucking man. Women have little black dress to make you want them, men have suits
Mayfair
03/02
Rules
31.Show some cuff. Half an inch of your shirt should show at the end of your jacket sleeve
32.Show some collar. About half an inch of collar should be showing above your jacket collar when you stand naturally
12. No Pleats. If you haven’t been at the pies, don’t bother with these. The extra material will puff out making you look like a squeezed sausage.
Suits are the fucking holy grail of dressing like a fucking man, so I take my responsibility here more seriously than a heart attack. Get it right and you will look and feel like your rollin’ with the big boys, get it wrong and you’ll look more uncomfortable than a pig at a bar mitzvah .
As I’ve said before, the devil is in the details, and no more is that true than suits. Starting at the top there is 1/2” of collar showing at the back of the jacket. One of the most easily fucked up part of suit jackets by men. Similarly, show a bit of cuff. How many times have we been told that the cuffs and collars should match, and how many times do we take fuck all notice?
Our kid here is a bit on the slim, short side, so his lapels (the bits of material around the opening of the jacket) are quite wide and high, this gives the chest a appearance of a bit more width and height, never a bad thing for his body shape. Because he can say no to the third scotch egg at lunch, he’s not got a belly, so flat fronted trousers suit him; pleated trousers would have added extra, unnecessary weight to his waist. Trousers are breaking nicely over his shoes, so we don’t see any sock.
Whip in a sweet shirt, tie combo, a satchel and a warm, interesting cloth; boom-shank-a-lank, you’ve got a fucking complete look. Simples!
