Gentleman Etiquette:

• “Tone down the bagginess a bit without wandering into nut-hugger territory. Showing your ass and boxers is not appealing in any setting.”-Anslem Samuel, 31, magazine editor
• “The world is bigger than your hood and the places your favorite rappers represent. Try to travel to a place where your cell phone won’t work. That’s when you know you’ve actually gone somewhere. If you can’t afford to put your passport on pivot, try reading a book or travel guide about the place you’d like to visit.”-A. Samuel
• Wear a belt. It’s called underwear for a reason.
• T-shirts should fall just below your waist, and the seam of the shoulder should be right on your shoulder.
• If you plan to rise in the ranks, it’s helpful to know a thing or two about suits.


• If you initiate a dinner date or meeting, then you should expect to pay. That works both ways.
• At a restaurant, let women order food first, and stand up when a woman leaves the table.
• When eating out, tip generously. Waiters live off of customers’ kindness. And you don’t want to make other people at your table reach into their pocket to cover your cheapness.
• Caveman behavior at the dinner table isn’t good. Use utensils, avoid chewing with your mouth open and don’t leave a messy plate.
• Always put your napkin in your lap at dinner. Stuffing it in your shirt is grounds for getting slapped.


• Avoid unnecessary use of expletives in public, especially in the presence of a woman you’re trying to impress.
• Unless your Fight Club membership is in danger of being revoked, walk away from altercations.


• “Treat older women as if they were your own mother.”-C. Mathis
• Always have a woman walk on the inside of the sidewalk and on the side of parked cars in a parking lot, basically using your body as a barrier from harm.
• Never forget to introduce your woman as your girlfriend, spouse or otherwise to people when you’re out at functions together.
• “Young guys should pump their brakes. Don’t have kids until you’re 30, and look at her family and background to know what you’re getting into.”-C. Mathis

Gentleman, in honor of the jedi-master of suiting up, I am going to teach you everything you need to know about suits and coats! If you walk into any of the big tailors of a city and are asked to try out a double breasted herringbone coat with a cummerbund,your manhood is not being made fun of. They may be mocking your style, considering the cummerbund, but do stay the course and you’ll understand.

MassivePost Alert: This is a massive post but an insanely useful one. Trust me, you’ll thank me one day.

PART I

First let’s get the most Commonly Confused Concept Cleared (wohoo alliteration point, score!) where was I? Yes…..The primary dilemma is in differentiating between a suit and a blazer. A nice explanation found somewhere online elucidates:

A Sports coat may be more than one color and compliments rather than matches a pair of pants; blazers are a solid color and compliment rather than match a pair of pants, and a suit jacket matches a pair of pants.

Before we go any further, understand this: The real and only difference between a suit and a blazer is that a suit comes with a pair of matching pants. If your an advanced learner you may argue about intricate details and the nitty gritties as to the differentiating demeanor displayed (I’m on a roll here) between the two…… yap yap yap… One has matching pants, the other doesn’t. Period.

please note:
Suit-jacket = Suit ;
Blazer(Solid colored) = Sports-Coat(multi colored) = Coat ;
Trench-coat ~ French coat.

Don’t argue Wikipedia says so.

Single Breasted

This forms the basic pattern for men’s suit. The buttons are all in one single straight line. They come in 2 buttons or 3 buttons. Today both are in style so feel free to pick what you feel is right for you. But do remember ALWAYS LEAVE THE LAST BUTTON un-buttoned. Don’t ask me why its suitetiquitte rule #1.

Nobody dons a suit better than 007. A single-breasted double-buttoned suit.The manikin’s doing a pretty good job as well with the 3 button-single-breasted suit but dummy forgot to leave the last button un-buttoned. Alan Shore from Boston legal is known to look sharp with his 3 buttoned suit preference.

Double Breasted

Basically a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons. We can learn a thing or two from Mr.Depp. Class speaks for itself. Notice suitetiquette #1 being strictly adhered to.

PART II

Until now we have dealt with basically the cuts and stitching of the suits and coats. We now have a brief look into some of the “types” of coats.

Pea-Coat

Pea coats are characterized by broad lapels, double-breasted fronts, often large wooden buttons, and vertical or slash pockets

Trench/French coat

These are by far the coolest looking of all the coats. French is slightly shorter than trench from what I have observed. Almost all the cool guys in Matrix wear trench coats.

Tuxedo

A tux is formal and usually black (a suit could be any color). The distinction is basically historical. In the early 1900s wealthy gentlemen would wear a ‘morning suit’ during the day and change into a ‘dinner suit’ for the evening. Semi-formal dinners required a wearing a black tie and very formal occasions demanded a white tie.The morning suit evolved into the modern business suit, although some people still wear traditional morning suits for weddings, and the dinner suit became the tuxedo.

Also note, you now know what the terms cummerbund, waistcoat, bow-tie and cuff-link mean.

PART III

The third and final part deals with the material or pattern. (RECAP Part 1:Stitching ; Part 2:Types and now Part3:Material/Pattern)

Pinstriped, herringbone, glen-plaid refer to the PATTERNS while corduroy and tweed refer to the MATERIAL. Pictures speak much more than a 1000 words:-

General Rules & Trends these days:

Not really to do with a suit but suitetiquitte rule #2 dictates that you always wear matching color shoes and belt unless your will smith.
Along the same lines suitetiquitte rule #3 requires your socks and pant to be of the same color.

Lots of stylish actors and fashion designers favor wearing a slim suit jacket with a pair of jeans (So that becomes a………? blaaaaaazer!).

Ok so i wrote the last part just to put his picture in. C’mon you can’t talk of blazers and not have a pic of House!

If you wish to pursue an advanced course in suiting up, pay me or refer wikipedia and check what they have to say on House Coats/Frock coats etc.

Groovy resources :



• Picking the right suit for you.
• Folding your suit for travel.
• Determining your suit size.
• Neat site on general wardrobe queries.

Jesus break dancing Christ this was a long post !