CLOTHING FOR
MEN
( REPRODUCED ARTICLE )
What to do if you are:-
Too
short | Too tall | Too
bulky | Too lean | Large
stomach | Big bottom | Hair
styles to flatter different face shapes
Too short:
- Don't wear shoes with a built in heel, or high cowboy boots - they don't make you you look taller.
- Don't wear your trousers too short, or add massive turn ups.
- Do wear sleeves and trousers as long as you can without them looking swamped - it can add an extra inch.
- Do go for vertical patterns, stripes, single breasted jackets, straight leg trousers or jeans and narrow ties.
Too tall:
- Don't wear jackets done right up, avoid zips down the front, and avoid wearing the same colour head to toe.
- Don't wear pin stripe suits, vertical patterns, jackets that end at the waist, or very thin ties.
- Do think about longer jackets, double breasted suits, and trousers with a low waist.
- Do try lower cut trendy jeans in dark denim and layering different length tops and jackets.
Too bulky:
- Don't wear tops or jackets with extra padding, loud ties and avoid doing shirts right up.
- Buy correct neck sizes in formal shirts (or half an inch bigger) and never wear a small watch on a thick wrist.
- Don't wear bulky jumpers or cable knits and forget about polo neck jumpers. Avoid turn up trousers or stiff fabric.
- Do wear V necks, jumpers or shirts with a vertical pattern, shirts with narrow or open collars, ties in a single discreet colour, subtle pinstripes and high buttoned jackets with 3 or even 4 buttons.
- Do wear tighter lightweight tops in dark colours, fine knitwear that skims rather than swamps the body, and wear easy / relaxed fit jeans.
Too lean:
- Don't wear v neck shirts or jumpers and avoid narrow ties.
- Don't wear vertical stripes, pinstripe suits, shiny fabrics or very tight fitting tops that hug your shoulders tightly.
- Do wear padding in jackets and waistcoats over T-shirts, check suits and double breasted jackets.
- Do wear baggy low slung combat trousers, cargo pants with pockets on the sides, horizontal details on tops, bulky knit sweaters, polonecks and button shirts up to the max.
Large stomach:
- Don't wear waistcoats or anything too small, it will strain across a larger stomach. Don't wear man made fibres that cling to a bulge and go static.
- Avoid wearing trousers over your stomach, it looks ridiculous. Avoid double breasted jackets or suits, shiny fabric or lighter colours.
- Do wear loose fitting clothes - darker shades in cotton or linen. Buy trousers big enough to do up on the stomach, make sure ties are wide and end on your waistband.
- Do wear trousers and jacket in the same colour and go for single breasted jackets every time.
Big bottom:
- Don't wear trousers in camel, white, bleached denim and avoid jeans with fussy details.
- Don't wear trousers in shiny fabric or low cut trousers that reveal any hint of a builder's bum when you bend over.
- Do wear dark colours on the bottom half including dark denim jeans or chino style.
- Do wear trousers in plain and matt fabrics, plain jeans with minimal detailing and loose or baggy fit jeans without the underwear poking out.
