What is with the craze for short suit jackets at the moment? Everywhere you look you can see grown men in suits with their bums hanging out the bottom of their jackets. The bottom part of a jacket is called the seat, therefore it should cover a gentleman's seat not expose it.
This indecent exposure is the consequence of high street brands jumping on the tailoring bandwagon and imposing their modernistic view of tailoring on the world. Proportion wise it may work with a skinny frame and narrow lapels, but it will never be the correct way to wear a suit and if you put a well fitted suit on you are wearing something that represents generations of working out what works best. A suit should give the illusion of an athletic physique; long legs, fitted waist and strong chest. Short jackets defeat this purpose completely.
Any tinkering that is done to the silhouette of a suit is usually fashion led and doesn't have the longevity of garments which are made in the time honoured tradition of tailoring and not following fashion trends. Mods in the 60's wore their jackets short, bum freezer style, looked cool back then but not now, fashions move on, style is timeless.
Bottom line, if you can see your bum when wearing your suit jacket then I'm afraid you look like a lanky fool who borrowed a school boys jacket, not the elegant well dressed man you should wish to look like. Put your arse away you scruffy git!
This indecent exposure is the consequence of high street brands jumping on the tailoring bandwagon and imposing their modernistic view of tailoring on the world. Proportion wise it may work with a skinny frame and narrow lapels, but it will never be the correct way to wear a suit and if you put a well fitted suit on you are wearing something that represents generations of working out what works best. A suit should give the illusion of an athletic physique; long legs, fitted waist and strong chest. Short jackets defeat this purpose completely. Any tinkering that is done to the silhouette of a suit is usually fashion led and doesn't have the longevity of garments which are made in the time honoured tradition of tailoring and not following fashion trends. Mods in the 60's wore their jackets short, bum freezer style, looked cool back then but not now, fashions move on, style is timeless.
Bottom line, if you can see your bum when wearing your suit jacket then I'm afraid you look like a lanky fool who borrowed a school boys jacket, not the elegant well dressed man you should wish to look like. Put your arse away you scruffy git!
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