26 Sep Style tricks so that the clothes fit you better

This dress manual for men with all the style tricks to make your clothes look better has been updated in March 2022.

We don’t blame you if you’ve ever opened GQ, seen those immaculately dressed men, and thought you’d never achieve that image. We do not blame you because it has also happened to us and it is one of the main mistakes we make regarding our image.

Why does everyone look tall and handsome? How do you get that the shirt never comes out of the pants? Why do suits look so good on them, and when they switch to a sweatshirt, they’re still flawless? Are all clothes custom-made?

At first glance, you might think that everything is a product of Photoshop, but getting the best version of ourselves doesn’t depend on technical style tricks or a specific body type, but on knowing the necessary style tricks to dress like a GQ Man.

Manual Of Dressing For Men: Care

We start with the highest part, the head. The first of all will be to find a good hairdresser who will advise us on what best suits our preferences. It can be an undercut with a light toupee or a completely shaved head, perhaps you have wanted to shave or on the contrary try one of the haircuts that are trending. Whatever it is, put yourself in the hands of a professional, nobody wants to end up with a shear.

With the beard, we have had our pluses and minuses until we reached a point where “everything goes” in matters of facial hair; tell Justin O’Shea, who goes from having the most famous beard to ruthlessly making it disappear. Do like him and, whatever you choose, commit to it. It can be an extreme rush or, on the contrary, work on a lush and bushy beard, which will require some more care so that it does not get out of control.

The head does not live on hair alone, the skin of the face is just as important and needs the care to make it look bright. Getting into an easy routine is not complicated at all, you will only need 10 minutes in the morning and another 10 at night and apply a couple of products (cleanser, eye contour, serum, moisturizer) – in the correct order – to be a handsome face.

Dress Manual For Men: How To Choose Clothes

The shoulders are the key part. A dropped shoulder – or above its correct place – can be a catastrophe. When you want to find the correct size of any part above, make sure that the shoulder seam falls right where the collarbone and arm meet. From here, everything is a matter of proportions and cuts to enhance our bodies.

Top parts

You already know the infallible trick to finding the correct size of the tops without having to look at the label or look at the letters or numbers that indicate the size. The next step is to dress it according to our needs.

As we said, everything is a matter of proportions. Keep in mind that if we leave those upper parts out, visually it will give the sensation that the trunk is elongated. On the other hand, if we put them inside, we will shorten the trunk.

As for the cuts, it all depends on the visual effect we want to achieve and our needs. The Regular Fit is the loosest and will give us greater movement capacity. As well as the Tailored Fit, a version of the first but slightly more fitted at the bottom. So that it does not stand out so much if we put it inside the pants. With the Slim fit, we are going to a much more fitted silhouette that sticks more to the body, therefore, they are more recommended for people with a rather flat abdomen, since, if not, we will be emphasizing the belly instead of leaving it. that breathes, as do the regular fit, the tailored fit, or the custom fit.

Bottom parts

Before choosing any part of the bottom, you should look at the waistband. When buttoning up the pants, this piece should hug your body. Without being too wide –you don’t want to lose your pants– nor too tight –because you want to keep breathing–. This trick works exactly the same with suit pants.

In this case, two more parts of the garment will also give you a clue. On the one hand, the front. If it creases around the button and flies, it means it’s too small for you. If you make bags and have leftover fabric, it’s too big. On the other hand, look at the side pockets, they should never be peaked and shot out.

Once we have chosen the size, you will have seen that there are different shots of the pants. That is, the waist can be more or less high. The higher ones will visually give more length to the legs, while the lower ones will shorten them. The same happens with the bottom of the pants, the more we show the ankle, the less visual length the leg will have.

Bonus track: the jackets

If we are talking about sports jackets, it is recommended that they be cut at the waist of the pants. To keep the proportions between the torso and legs, so we will not blur the selection work done so far.

If we talk about jackets, things get a little more complicated, although three style tricks will suffice to find yours:

• First, the shoulder trick: Find the point of attachment between your collarbone and your arm. This is where the shoulder seam of your jacket should fail.
• Buckle it up. The button that closes (the first if it has two buttons and the central one if it has three buttons) should be just above the navel to keep the correct proportions.
• Lastly, the lapel has to be glued to the collar of the shirt, with no space between them. If not, it means that you are putting on a jacket that is too tight and pulling “to get rid of you”.

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