ABC of the men's suit

Men should know all details about the suit and have their own tailors

It is very important to know everything about the men's suit - how to get the right fit, what to look for when buying a suit (lapels, pockets, buttons, slits and other details), how to wear a suit, buttoning rules, etc. ABC of the men's suit offers all that information and it is a complete men's suit guide. If you are a men's suit designer you can find valuable information about the anatomy of the men's suit and much more. If you can provide more information, we will be happy to welcome you as a contributor to this section. Email us at: contributor@bgfashion.net

The history of male tailoring and where we are today

The history of male tailoring and where we are today

From 1800’s male gentry fashion, to 2023’s gender fluid tailoring choices, the world of fashion is evolving decade-by-decade. With e-commerce sites often opting for separating their clothes by gender, we are at a point in the world where brands are moving away from a binary option and creating more fluidity in the world of fashion.

A Tuxedo vs a Suit - Why do we draw such differences

A Tuxedo vs a Suit - Why do we draw such differences

When it comes to formalwear, two options that often come to mind are tuxedos and suits. Although both of them are worn for dressy occasions, they are distinct from each other. Understanding the differences between them is crucial to dress appropriately for various events. The cultural significance of these formalwear options goes beyond just fashion; it reflects social norms and expectations. This paper aims to explore the reasons why we draw such differences between tuxedos and suits.

Why Tweed Jackets Are The Most Important Piece Of Your Wardrobe

Why Tweed Jackets Are The Most Important Piece Of Your Wardrobe

Going shopping is a ritual on its own. Some people see it as a therapy, some just love it for the subtle rush of adrenaline it brings. Yet, some people shop for style. Thus, jackets become a sort of obsession for them.

How to measure inseam for men's pants

How to measure inseam for men's pants

One way to really show off your style chops is to have perfectly fitting pants. Who doesn't want to look cool and stylish these days, and getting the pants that look tailored to just your body type is one of the most important details to consider when attempting to look cool and modern.

Never Underestimate the Power of a Suit: Why and When to Dress to Impress

Never Underestimate the Power of a Suit: Why and When to Dress to Impress

It’s 2019… the year of the gentleman, and every modern man today should have at least four to five nice suits hanging up in his closet. Whether it’s for special occasions like attending a wedding or being the arm candy to the lucky lady in his life… however you “chop it up,” suits are a grown man essential that ALL men should have in their wardrobe.

What is a British Style Suit and will it work for me

What is a British Style Suit and will it work for me

England, the home of bespoke tailoring and the biggest contributor to men’s tailored clothing over the course of history. In some ways, suits can be compared to wines and cheese as every country makes them to have its own style.

Types of suit shoulder styles

Types of suit shoulder styles

When men really love something, they get all close and personal. They absorb all the information they can about it until they can basically recite you facts in their sleep. Whether it’s about cars, watches, or sneakers, they spend time investing in their area of interest and add to their wealth of knowledge.

How a bespoke Santamaria shirt is made

How a bespoke Santamaria shirt is made

Santamaria Shirt Makers is a UK bespoke shirt tailor with a Spanish heritage. Using the finest Italian fabrics to make its shirts, the company has a refined offer that ensures style conscious consumers get beautifully designed and fitted shirts, just as they want, from anywhere in the world. So what goes into making a Santamaria shirt?

The lapel buttonhole - purpose, history and usage

The lapel buttonhole - purpose, history and usage

Ever wonder why your jacket has a buttonhole on the left lapel? Ever stranger, there’s no matching button to be found on the right lapel. The most popular explanation is it’s a flower holder inspired by England’s Prince Albert, who after he was presented with a small bouquet from Queen Victoria on their wedding day, made the gentlemanly gesture of cutting a hole in his lapel to hold the flowers.

Stylish Wardrobe Staples for Men

Stylish Wardrobe Staples for Men

When it comes to wardrobe staples there are certain considerations that you have to take into account to ensure you have the right clothing and garments, such as comfort levels, quality, ability to withstand seasonal weather conditions, and style.

Everything you should know about the lounge suit

Everything you should know about the lounge suit

What about the lounge suit? The meaning, the basics and the code.. these things you are going to find in the next lines.

Choosing the Right Lapel Pin for Your Tuxedo or Suit

Choosing the Right Lapel Pin for Your Tuxedo or Suit

The lapel pin is a classic accessory that has become more and more popular nowadays, especially with the resurgence of bespoke fashion. Indeed, a lapel pin can make an already dapper tuxedo or suit look even more polished and elegant – but only if you choose the right kind.

Tips for buying a wedding suit by Ed Williams

Tips for buying a wedding suit by Ed Williams

The Canadian garment industry recognizes and honours it's European roots when it comes to quality, professionalism and work schedules. Here are a few tips that will help make your suit buying experience a whole lot easier.

Notch lapel, peak lapel, point lapel, which lapel is made for your suit - ask the Scabal's tailors

Notch lapel, peak lapel, point lapel, which lapel is made for your suit - ask the Scabal's tailors

There is much to consider when customising a suit, but one aspect has the edge. When it comes to specifying the lapels, there’s an art to it", said the Scabal's master tailors

Shirt Styles, Collars And Cuffs by Oliver Spencer

Shirt Styles, Collars And Cuffs by Oliver Spencer

Oliver Spencer believes the way a man chooses to dress is changing, particularly in the work place. At the centre of this transition is the shirt, a wardrobe linchpin, it's a garment equally synonymous with dressing down as smartening up these days. By combining this shift with the the Oliver Spencer customer - a creative, free thinking and confident man, Oli set out to create their current offering of shirts, each with a distinctive collar style.

The etiquette of wearing tailor-made suits by Phillip Alexander

The etiquette of wearing tailor-made suits by Phillip Alexander

A good suit communicates respectability and style; and is a statement of status and authority. But only if it’s done correctly. Knowing the correct etiquette of what, how and what not to wear for an occasion, is important. So the correct style, colour and fabric of a suit for a particular occasion may need to be selected carefully. If it hasn’t been thought through properly, there is a danger of just looking foolish in a fancy suit. Phillip Alexander have vast knowledge and experience in advising their customers on the correct tailor made suit to wear and most important, what not to wear.

The basics of the tailored suit - what you should know

The basics of the tailored suit - what you should know

The tailored suit is a masterpiece that every man should possess. It is your confidence, your passion and express your style. There are a lot of reasons why you must have one and now we are going to tell you some of the most important things you should choose about the suit. There are some details and choices you must make to create the perfect suit.

6 different ways to wear a three-piece suit

6 different ways to wear a three-piece suit

In this video men's style, grooming and fitness expert, Aaron Marino, shows you how to wear a 3 piece suit in six different ways. The three piece suit is a great option due to its versatility and timelessness. Three piece suit is a jacket, vest or waist coat, and slacks. It makes a statement and is seeing a resurgence. A lot of brands are including a three piece suit in their offerings.

How To Match Shoes With A Suit

How To Match Shoes With A Suit

The suits (and the business climate) become more relaxed, you get the option of wearing different colors of leather with them. That’s a stumbling block for a lot of men — and the wrong color of shoes and belt can ruin even a fine suit.

Suit Alterations In Depth

Suit Alterations In Depth

In this video Michael Pendlebury - Bespoke Tailor In Manchester City Centre, explains suit alterations. What alterations can be done at the men's suit jacket and trousers and keeping it looking all original.

How Dior Homme make their suits

How Dior Homme make their suits

Dior Homme's Artistic Director Kris Van Assche creates his collections just a stone's throw from 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris. At his side are the artisans of the Homme atelier, bringing his creations to life.

Suit tips: How to care for the suits

Suit tips: How to care for the suits

Every man should take care for the suits in the wardrobe. To have a suit is not so simple, you should take care of it, so it will be your best friend no matter the occasion. We present you some simple advises for caring for your suit:

Basic shirt cuffs - how to choose

Basic shirt cuffs - how to choose

Dress shirt cuffs remind us of what makes menswear so unique: it's all in the details. Most dress shirt cuffs are pretty classic: a barrel cuff with a squared edge and two buttons - which helps determine the snugness you want in around your wrist. Otherwise, a dress shirt cuff is usually defined by the shape of the cuff enclosure.

Style Tips for the Different Business Events

Style Tips for the Different Business Events

Throughout your life, you will get a lot of different invitations to a lot of different events, and each event will vary in its level of formality. You may have to attend really casual events and very formal events, and you may even get invited to some business events as well. To determine what you should wear to different types of business events, keep reading so that you will know exactly what outfit will be best for the atmosphere and expectations of an upcoming occasion.

Men's suit jacket Shoulder Styles

Men's suit jacket Shoulder Styles

Today, we'll take a look at the five main men's suit jacket shoulder styles, which give different look to their wearers...

Made-to-measure vs. Full Custom Suits

Made-to-measure vs. Full Custom Suits

Know the difference between "made-to-measure" garments and "full custom" garments?

Gentlemen's tips:

Gentlemen's tips: "The meaning of the shirt sleeves" by Luca Rubinacci

As many of you know, Neapolitan tailoring is famous for the shirt sleeves. But what is this - shirt sleeves? They are called shirt sleeves because these are the very wide sleeves with very high armhole. And what does this mean?

How to style a contemporary suit - tips by SABA

How to style a contemporary suit - tips by SABA

It's time to update your look with SABA's simple 'how to' on three ways to style a men's contemporary suit. SABA suits continue to exude an air of relaxed confidence this season, combining structure with movement and breathability in premium wools. Introducing the Collins Contemporary, impeccably crafted in 100% Australian wool for an elegant slim cut, and a sleek, contemporary profile.

How to match and wear multiple patterns in menswear

How to match and wear multiple patterns in menswear

You can wear as many patterns in a single outfit as you want to as long as all of the patterns contrast each other.

4 interesting facts you didn't know about the men's suit

4 interesting facts you didn't know about the men's suit

The men's suit is really an amazing garment with a long history. A friend of mine calls it the "Mercedes in men's clothing". Here are 4 interesting facts about the men's suit that may be you didn't know.

What to choose - sports coat or blazer, single breasted or double breasted

What to choose - sports coat or blazer, single breasted or double breasted

James Sleater from the Cad & The Dandy in Savile Row outlines the key differences between a sports coat vs a blazer and the single breasted and double breasted jackets.

The lengths of the suit arm and the suit jacket

The lengths of the suit arm and the suit jacket

James Sleater from the Cad & The Dandy on Savile Row explains the correct suit arm length for a jacket.
Sleeve length is an important one, you’re looking for about quarter to half an inch of shirt cuff to show. Some people like to show a bit more, some people are a bit more conservative and show a little bit less.

Men's jacket vents and collar gap

Men's jacket vents and collar gap

For the vents you’ve got 3 different choices, the most popular is double vents where the jacket has two slits either side. That’s good for several reasons. The jacket can break in three places so when you sit it will crease less but actually you can more often get it a little bit snugger through here, you’ve got more control across the cloth.

3 types of lapels in the men's suit

3 types of lapels in the men's suit

In the second video from the Tailoring Series, James Sleater from Cad & The Dandy outlines the difference between the 3 main types of lapel.

How Should a Suit Jacket Fit

How Should a Suit Jacket Fit

James Sleater the owner of the Cad & The Dandy on Savile Row providing insights into how a how a jacket should fit.

400 years of the suit

400 years of the suit

Dress historian Professor Christopher Breward is the author of a new book, which covers all four centuries of this enduring element of men's fashion, called "The Suit: Form, Function, Style." He says that the suit "denotes truths that are greater than a basic meeting of cloth, scissors and thread."

7 things you should know about the men's suit

7 things you should know about the men's suit

One really well-fitting suit can help every man feel more confident, stylish and therefore - successful. In this video you'll find 7 easy-to-follow basic tips concerning dressing for formal occasions.

The suit details: Working cuffs and kissing buttons

The suit details: Working cuffs and kissing buttons

A well-made suit can be distinguished by the details. One of the features of a high quality custom suit are the 'Working cuffs' - the suit sleeve buttons that are functional and work.

How to wear shirt and tie by Luciano Barbera

How to wear shirt and tie by Luciano Barbera

The famous tailor Luciano Barbera gives advises and tips how to wear a shirt and a tie. "It is not enough to have beautiful clothes. Lots of people have beautiful clothes. In fact some people have too many. What is important is what you do with them." - said Barbera.

AMF Stitching on men's suits

AMF Stitching on men's suits

AMF Stitching, which is also known as Pick Stitching, is a small stitch around the edges of the jacket, the lapel and the pockets. The Acronym AMF refers to the machine that creates the stitch, manufactured by the company American Machine and Foundry.

How to wear a suit - The Luciano Barbera's story for the suit

How to wear a suit - The Luciano Barbera's story for the suit

You do not need Luciano Barbera to tell you that the suit is the key element in any gentleman’s wardrobe. So, he will tell you a story instead.

Men's Style Tips: Blazer vs. Sport Coat vs. Suit Jacket

Men's Style Tips: Blazer vs. Sport Coat vs. Suit Jacket

Instead of spending hours pondering the differences between blazers, sport coats and suits, the fearless leader, Melissa Austria (long a fan of the dapper jacket) explain the how, what and where of the must-have pieces.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis:Memories of Tailoring

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis:Memories of Tailoring

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor's Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Trousers

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Trousers

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor`s Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Buttonholes and Buttons

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Buttonholes and Buttons

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor's Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: More about the sleeves

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: More about the sleeves

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor's Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Sleeves

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Sleeves

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor's Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Lapels

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Lapels

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor’s Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Collars and Undercollars

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Collars and Undercollars

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor’s Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Jackets

Tailor's tips by Vitale Barberis Canonico: Jackets

Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest woollen mills of the world, celebrates bespoke tailoring with the project Tailor’s Tips, a series of 12 videos in which the master tailor Giovanni Barberis Organista, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, tells what happens behind the scenes when a hand-stitched suit is created.