How do dress pants fit

Suit pants should fit perfectly around your waist with no need for a belt to hold them up. They should hit around the high hipbone area, or even slightly higher. You do not wear suit pants at the same waist as jeans — which are usually designed to sit lower. Saggy dress pants is a big no no. The seat, or butt area, should lightly hug your tokhis Yiddish for butt — I just love the word and not be saggy or super tight.

RealMenRealStyle has the perfect illustration of how the seat of your pants should fit. You want to be able to pinch around 1 inch of fabric on either side of your thigh. Always default to having your suit pants hemmed to leave a slight break. A slight break works for everyone.

I never send more than 1 email per week - unless it's a really special reason - promise! These fit rules are for every single guy, no matter your age or body type.

Your range of motion is important for your overall comfort. If there is material pulling at your crotch area, your pants are too tight. In retrospect, if your pants bunch up in the butt area, your pants are too baggy, and you might need to go down a size. Men of slim stature should wear slim-fit pants because they are the most flattering to this body type. Men who have a larger build should wear wide-leg dress pants because it helps proportion the top half with the bottom half.

If you're wearing slim-fit pants, these dress pants should be tapered, which means they get narrower down to the ankle.

If you're wearing wide-leg pants, make sure these dress pants feature a straight leg-cut down from the knee. To avoid having to purchase pants frequently, make sure you can grasp at least half an inch of fabric on either side of your thigh. If you can't grasp half an inch of fabric, your pants are too tight. The break in your pants is how the pants fall on your shoes. Your dress pants should fall gracefully from your knee to your footwear. Many tailors will suggest a quarter break.

See the bottom of my Wool Pants and Trousers article for details. I never send more than 1 email per week - unless it's a really special reason - promise! This advice goes for any of these pants: slacks, dress pants, wool trousers, wool pants, whatever you want to call them.

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