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 A good men's
suit is half-path to your success. Men's elegance is the least concept to argue
and modify, hence a really good quality costume may serve for years.
And the major
thing in the costume remains the jacket, and thus, trousers you wear to match your
jacket have no principal value. Recently the style to match jackets with jeans
is enjoyed by many people and they do not look messed up. A well-tailored and
fashionable jacket will make a thing irresistible. Giorgio Armani had a good reason
to state that «It is a point to put on a good jacket, and all the rest will
suit you well!».
When buying
a jacket men find it a bit difficult to differ between single-breasted and
double-breasted jacket. And rare men know actually how and where it is proper
to wear this or that suit.
Single-breasted
coat is the most popular at present since it is convenient and easy to match
with shirt of different styles, trousers and jeans. Single-breasted coats are
available in 1-, 2- and 3-button.
1-button
jacket is predominantly the type of tuxedo. It does not adequate as a business suit.
Predominantly show-biz persons like wearing
them for performances. However, this exact model inspires current designers of men's
clothing.
Like Brioni
who quite vigorously works with one-button jacket with one rear vent. Such
jackets have secret pockets sewed from inside or none of them. It resembles a blazer
by style, though experts will recognize the significant difference between the
texture and tailoring.
Two-button coat
gained success in the second half of the 20th century thanks to the American
elite at the Eastern Shore of USA. This kind of jacket is considered
conservative and is used for business purposes.
One finds
difficult to see a diplomat in any other jacket but this one. This jacket is
buttoned only the first top button. For longer time two-buttoned jacket was
considered bad manners. Currently it is proper to wear, and the point is not to
forget and undo a button when starting negotiations sitting at the table.
Three-button
jackets are not as popular as the above, so they regularly outdate. The top
button of such jackets is slightly hidden by the lapel. The front side of the top
buttonhole is practically at the lapel fold, from the back.
For expensive
models the buttonhole is completed similarly from both sides. Two top either the
middle button is undone. The bottom button is always undone. These kinds of
jackets are suitable for business and informal suits. Though, it is quite widely-used
in single jackets.
Currently double-breasted
coat is like a vestige of the past time. And it is true in many points. A double-breasted
coat enjoyed a great popularity in the 80s of the XX century, and especially a
two-button model among them.
However,
the classic double-breasted coat is four-button jacket with two buttons to use
and two buttons sewed to the upper lapel for effect only. A jacket should have both
buttons undone. At present you are unlikely to see a man wearing such a jacket.
And if you are lucky, he is likely to be one of the state authority personnel. This
jacket will not match a business suit.
A double-breasted
jacket with six buttons was and still is the exclusive outfit of the Navy
staff.
But this is
not all troubles to find a good jacket. It is not enough to know how single-
and double-breasted coats differ to choose a proper jacket; you have to know
the texture and appropriateness of any type of jackets to the season and
occasion.
A tuxedo
was invented by true gentlemen in England as well as other kinds of jackets.
Men do not miss wearing a tux for every significant function. And they have to
be skilled in matching a tux with a shirt and cuff links. And it is like a special
ceremony that shows your privileged position and family line. A classic tuxedo
is always available in black.
Primarily
it was a jacket with no buttons, and nowadays it is one-button model instead. A
white shirt is to be complimented by a bow-tie. And trousers should be the same
texture as the jacket.
A must attribute
for your tuxedo is a handkerchief into the chest pocket and a special cummerbund.
Avoid wearing shoes from patent leather to match your tuxedo; the proper shoes
are only leather and laced ones with long silk socks.
One of the
popular jackets is the tweed jacket. And the real tweed jacket like any other
one has requirements to style and cut. It should be back vented by the sides
and buttons - leather-wrapped. As for the buttons, they origin from the
national English ball game.
Today tweed
jackets have nothing to do with sports. If you are lucky to have a tweed
jacket, you will be read as a stone intellectual.
The main privilege
of tweed jacket is their comfort and generality. Moreover, tweed rarely outdate
and, thus, if you buy two 2-button and 3-button tweed jackets, then you may
wear them changing and you will be still in vogue.
Another popular
kind of jacket is blazer. Blue jacket of solid cut with metallic buttons designed
by the Great Britain Navy captain for the crew especially due to the visit of
the ship by Victoria, The Queen, initiated creation of a jacket, also known as
blazer.
Initially blazers
were popular amongst yachtsmen and merely customers of sea resorts to avoid
showing off. The fashion set by the sailors matching dark-blue blazer with white
trousers is still in fashion in our times.
From the
middle of the XX century blazers won love of men who wish to look elegant,
fashionable, jejunely and confidently. During the Soviet Union reign only
internationally acknowledged journalists and theatergoer wore blazers. The 70s
was the time when blazers were on the peak of vogue along with jeans.
A real blazer
is usually made of fine sole wool of dark color (blue primarily) with silk
linen of brighter color and first blazers had red linen. A blazer can be a double-breasted
as the Great Britain Navy crew used to have, though nowadays a single-breasted,
as a rule.
Previously blazers
were two vented, and now a single vent is enough. You choose between the
options subject to what you want, to look a stylish dandy or a conservative man
adhering to classic trends.
And the buttons,
glittering with initials or coat of arms, is the main attribute of the blazer.
And, of course, you may order named buttons in London at Savile Row. But is it really
worth spending money with a huge variety of designer models available? And, who
said that anyone should have a family coat of arms?
In spite of
the fact that popular are the tweed jackets or tuxedo with satin lapels, the
actual classic style will always be a cashmere jacket. Cashmere makes a thing
elegant and away from formality. You may have it for everyday wear and business
negotiations as well, still being trendy and in vogue.
This year wealthy
persons and crowned heads more enjoy woolen jackets with prints, as fashionable
and popular garment. Big grey and white or beige and brown check proudly named «Prince
of Wales» to honor its designer is the attribute of your high social status
while wearing solid formal suits is considered bad manners. Charles, The Prince,
and some other admirers of this jacket wear it with a white shirt and a bow
tie.
«Houndstooth»
woolen jackets so popular in the 70s, were left far behind in the past. But who
knew they will come back in fashion again? Women collections often have woolen
things with this pattern, and wait until they return for men as well.
In summer time
many men prefer wearing cotton or linen jackets without any lining, and thus
well crumpling feature. It is no surprising why summer jackets cost a fortune,
since it is a real art to make a jacket from fine fabric to sit ideally.
Fashion experts
for men's wear know that many expensive brands make jackets from the finest
wool even for summer wear, and you do not feel hot in them. But rare people can
afford them. This style makes men commit to many things and it is too wasteful.
To find an
appropriate jacket to match the occasion out of many in your wardrobe is not an
easy task. But once you learn some simple rules, you will be in a great demand
at every function. The dos and don'ts of polite manners are easy to learn. But the
most important is to find your own style.
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