TROUSERS

• The legs of the trousers must not be so long as to fall in folds over the shoe. If they are festooned over the shoes they look unsightly and this makes the wearer appear sloppy.
• Ideally, trousers should be short enough to look neat and long enough to cover the bare skin above the socks when they are hitched up in a sitting posture.
• The width of the trouser legs and other features are a matter of fashion but pleats in trousers, though to some extent guided by fashion, largely depend on the figure of each individual.

SUIT JACKET

Jacket Length

• The jacket should be long enough to cover seat entirely. When buttoned, the bottom of the jacket should be parallel to the floor from all sides.

Sleeves

• The sleeves should expose about half an inch of the shirt cuffs when the arms hang loose and more when the arm is bent. The jacket sleeve should never conceal the entire shirt sleeve nor should it ever ride up over the to edge of shirt cuff even when the arm is fully stretched or bent.

Collar

• The collar should fit low and close around the neck and slightly expose the shirt collar at the back.

Lapels

• When the collar fits properly, it ensures that the lapels lie flat.

COLOUR COORDINATION

• Colour coordination for men is comparatively simple and the range of colours and shades for men are limited, unlike for ladies, where possibilities are endless;
• There are colours which make one's complexion sallow while there are others which make one look radiant.
• One should therefore consciously look at the colours one wears and decide whether they are flattering to the complexion are not.

Some Useful Trouser-Shirt Combination

• A printed, striped or checked shirt ought to be worn with plain trouser and conversely, if the trousers are striped or checked, the shirt should be plain.

Complimentary Light and Dark Colours

• If the trousers are of dark colour then the shirt should be of complimentary light colour. e.g. a light blue shirt with dark blue trousers.
• Light coloured shirts are preferable worn in the mornings and in summers.
• Dark coloured shirts are worn at nights and in winters.
• A black shirt and black trousers look great if the wearer is of wheatish or fair complexion.
• The above guidelines can also be applied to suits where the suit is of light colour and the shirt is of dark colour or vice-versa.

TYPE OF CLOTHES

A man's wardrobe must consist of

• Business Clothes
• Casual Clothes

Business Clothes

A man's wardrobe must consist of

• In temperate climatic conditions, like say India, trousers and shirt and perhaps a tie are an accepted mode of dress in most organisations.
• The shirt should be light coloured, either plain or with horizontal or vertical stripes in light shades, having long or short sleeves according to the weather, comfort and individual taste.
• Prints of any kind are to be avoided. A long-sleeved shirt should always be buttoned at the cuffs. When wearing a shirt without a tie, only the two collar buttons may be left undone.
• The trousers could be dark or light keeping the principles of colour co-ordination in mind.

Casual Clothes

• T-shirts are also popular casual wear and come in very attractive colours and stripes.
• However, potbellied men should first determine whether the T-shirt suits them.
• T-shirts fit a little snugly and can therefore be unflattering for a bad figure. One would be better off buying a T-shirt a size bigger than the required one as T-shirts are notorious for shrinking after the first wash.
• Wear a jacket or a blazer with or without a tie for casual or informal evening get-togethers. But one should never pair the jacket of a business suit with a pair of casual trousers for a casual look. Only blazers or sports jackets can be worn with casual slacks.

Socks

• Black socks and socks in dark shades of blue, brown and the like go with trousers of same colours. Light-coloured socks such as beige, cream and light Grey go well with light coloured trousers. White socks look best with white trousers.
• Socks should be high and should stay up that way, so that even when a man sits down and crosses his legs, no flesh is exposed as a result of the hitching up the trousers.
• Thick sports socks must be used only with keds and not with leather shoes.