New tip on how to dress smart
“You can have
whatever
you want, if you
dress for it.”
–edith head
CUSTOM MADE WITH A TWIST
Young people are being forced to be more tailored at work as more corporations are tightening the screws on employee appearance after years of lax dress codes. Plus, these budding professionals enjoy dressing up a bit more.
Some of the emerging trends triggered by younger men developing a taste for tailored clothing are shorter jackets with slimmer cuts and more modern silhouettes and the finest tailoring details. Tailoring styles such as three-piece suits, double-breasted and single-breasted jackets with peak lapels are reinterpreted with slim, modern lines in tailored garments.
Young people are discovering suits as a tool to enhance their image and advantageously differentiate them from the business package. A younger generation has gone back in time by dressing up, because dressing up in suits is back in fashion.
Dressing well, and dressing well, is becoming a youth game. Young men, and their counterparts of any age, are looking to personalized clothing to find new ways to make getting dressed even more stylish. This interesting style move is a mix of classic tailoring elements with contemporary styling options like a structured shoulder that isn’t too bold or boxy, a slightly shorter jacket length, and, for the slender man, flat-front pants.
Q&A: ASK PETER
Ask:
Is there a relationship between tie and suit etiquette?
Answer:
As lapel widths progressively expand and contract with fashion movements, so do tie widths. It’s easy to avoid premature fashion obsolescence by resisting extreme deviations and following the advice of your clothing designer. We are seeing ever tighter ties.
Common sense tells us that slim men require slimmer lapels and ties, and heavier gentlemen require wider lapels and wider ties to balance the look. Perhaps a more relevant question would be what width of tie and lapel is the most flattering for your physique? Custom construction always allows you to choose the right label width for you.