Black, or navy blue, two-button suits with white shirts and a tie. While this is an essential albeit boring outfit for every man, the way to wear it properly is to make sure it fits.
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| Apolo Ohno, it can happen to anyone |
Do you know why dress socks go so far up your leg? Because dress pants are supposed to stop at your shoes. Dress socks are designed so when you sit down and your dress pants naturally rise up your leg you don't show any skin. It's been this way forever, and won't change. The young persons solution to this dress-pants-sitting-down-dilemma is to buy them the same way they buy jeans: too big.
Having extra fabric so your inseams never pass your ankle sounds fine until you stand up and realize how frumpy you look. Get to a tailor and take those pants in. More than likely the 34/34 jeans you buy are the wrong size, same goes for dress pants. Buy a waist that fits because it is much more costly to take in a waste then simply hem a pant-leg.
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| The All-Black Maybach |
See the pant lines? They fit close to the leg, and don't bunch at the bottom. See the suit coat? Bottom button is undone so when you sit/walk with a proper stride your jacket doesn't bunch or tug.
While I find this particular look a bit boring, it's still a great example of something that fits. Even the most expensive suits don't come off the rack fitted to your specific body so no matter what you dropped on that suit, spend the extra $50 and get it fitted. A good suit never goes out of style and you'll find many uses for it by changing a few small things. The all black look? Hope your going to a swanky restaurant ready to spend a bit of money because that's what this look says.
There's going to be a lottt of dress attire do's and don'ts coming up, so be ready and we'll get you looking like danger Formal this week.
Swag on grads, Swag on.
