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(Now that’s a great fit!)
One of the most effective ways to improve your image is by taking a long and hard look at the way all of your clothing fit you, and never wearing anything that doesn’t fit correctly.
Most guys are walking around in ill-fitting clothing, and I’m writing this article to start an awareness campaign.
Awareness of what?
The “Bad Fit Disease,” or “BFD” for short.
This is a disease that we need to fight before it turns into a full-fledged epidemic.
I’m ruthless about fit when it comes to my clients, because I know how much a difference it makes in a man’s image. A great fit that molds to your body can make inexpensive pieces look like designer pieces, and take you from looking like a slob to the well-groomed man.
Here is a quick look at some bad fit victims followed by pictures of the cured…
Bad fit
Baggy arms, sagging sides, ballooning back – just too much excess fabric.
Most guys wear their shirts like this and think it’s a pretty good fit. Just because a shirt may fit your neck doesn’t mean it fits the rest of your body.
Great Fit
This shirt fits his torso—not just his neck. The shirt should be neither too loose nor too tight. It should be just skimming your body. Less excess fabric means that it stays tucked in better and there isn’t any bunching around your midsection.
Bad Fit
Always make sure you get your REAL size when it comes to your pants. Most guys wear their pants way too big.
Make sure the rise is as close to your crotch without cutting off circulation to you family jewels.
The key is to make sure it almost hugs your ass. For those of you who don’t have much of a butt, having a baggier fit just makes it look even more like you don’t have anything there.
Unless you choose to wear baggier jeans in order to create a deliberate style effect, it’s time to lose them.
Good Fit
Your jeans don’t have to be skin tight, but there shouldn’t be too much extra fabric around your thighs or at your feet. Stick two fingers in between the pants waistline and your hip (perpendicularly) to check if you’re wearing the right size. You shouldn’t be able to fit in more fingers than that.
Bad Fit
A bad blazer or any jacket for that matter is going to feel like it’s a hand me down from your bigger cousin.
Good Fit
A great jacket fit should slightly hug you in the arms, and shoulders without cutting off circulation. As you can see, the difference is stark.
Do your part and help cure BFD throughout the world. Start with your own wardrobe.
i love your articles about clothing, they are easy to read, to the point and definitely help my sense of style to the top.
one tip, more pictures
What about guys who are overweight and carry a slight paunch, should these principles still apply or should they be modified?
what about skinny and fat guys?
Another brilliant article. This will really help when I buy my clothes for this coming winter. Thanks, Jae!
this post really shed light on what a good fit is. thanks!
what about skinny and fat guys?
but what happens if your fat? if the fabric skims your body it will just look nasty! i do agree with the baggy jeans though! but also what happens if you are fat right? and like, you want baggy clothes to “supposedly” make you thinner looking or not show any fat. What do you do then???
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I have the same question as several others. (I carry a slight paunch myself).
i’m really skinny so i guess i’d need an extra small to fit me and my cut body, I do have abs and a chest but my bones are not that big so I am not going to get much bigger to fit into even a small shirt. Also another problem with pants is if you wear them at your hips too much, they will get stretched and no longer fit the way they did when you first tried them on.
I love your articles too .. as Koolraap said : They are easy to read and to th point ..
Thank You
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Very helpful pictures to get the point across. Thanks!
Any tips on finding blazers and shirts that fits people with broad shoulder and slim waists? Almost everything I try on either look like the second picture with tons of stuff sticking out around the waste.
What if you’re a guy with a bigger butt, what kind of jeans should I wear. I dont want my butt sticking out. So i go with a slight baggier look.
Cool, its helpful for me. the pictures can be my inspiration
thx
i like your way of guidance about BFD because many are not knowing about this kind of sense so it will be useful to anybody.
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I’m doing P90X so I can apply these fashion tips. Day 25 and it’s really working. I cannot wait. We gotta get in shape if we want to look good. Common sense
this is so self-explanatory,insightful and informative.
Superb article and its really informative ..
great article learnt a lot, is their any article telling about colour combination,
Eye opener brilliant, awesome,
As a female, I whole-heartedly agree with this – to one exception: the jeans. It’s not the description I have a problem with, it’s the picture. The jeans in the photo are just a tad too tight looking – I’d rather not intimately know what his thighs look like before I get him naked. For me, the perfect fit for a pair of pants still has some creasing/wrinkled fabric in it when you twist about, which ensures the jeans will never really “hug” the the legs tightsly but instead skim down them. I also find that tight jeans tend to make guys look like they have fat thighs rather than muscular ones, since little muscular definition actually shows through the jean material.
Just my opinion, but I think many other ladies agree with me: leave the skinny jeans for the girls unless a girl tells you you look good in them.