Gentlemen, Antonio here.
All right.
Let�s talk about suit styles.
In particular, we�re going to talk about the American versus
the English versus the Italian suit style.
We�re going to talk about all of them; their strengths
their weaknesses and at the end of this video, we�re going to declare a winner.
We�re going to
talk about which suit style is the right suit style for you and, guys, I want to hear though
before I
declare a winner before I go out there and I make a hard declaration, who do you think
which
style do you think is the best one?
Let me know in the comments and if you want to check out the infographic, I�ve created
a
beautiful infographic right over here at Real Men Real Style.
Go check it out and, guys, without
further ado, let me introduce the contestants.
So, in the first corner, we�ve got right over here the English suit.
It comes out of military
uniforms.
It has the longest lineage and what we find with this suit in the silhouette in general
very structured, very cut, the lines are beautifully designed over the last couple of hundred
years and what�s cool, there were a number of features, but we see are heavier weight
fabrics.
We see a lot of structure in and around the chest, in and around the shoulders, a defined
waistline.
All of this gives a man a very and masculine look.
Now, all of these we�re going to find also very particular style features with this.
So, the double
vent, the reason you�ve got that at the back of the jacket, a man was riding a horse
usually
when he was wearing the suit and works with its history.
American vs English vs Italian Suits Which Suit Style
Wins Menswear Around The World
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Gentlemen, Antonio here.
All right. Let�s talk about suit styles. In particular, we�re going to talk about
the American versus
the English versus the Italian suit style. We�re going to talk about all of them; their
strengths
their weaknesses and at the end of this video, we�re going to declare a winner. We�re
going to
talk about which suit style is the right suit style for you and, guys, I want to hear though
before I
declare a winner before I go out there and I make a hard declaration, who do you think
which
style do you think is the best one?
Let me know in the comments and if you want to check out the infographic, I�ve created
a
beautiful infographic right over here at Real Men Real Style. Go check it out and, guys,
without
further ado, let me introduce the contestants.
So, in the first corner, we�ve got right over here the English suit. It comes out of
military
uniforms. It has the longest lineage and what we find with this suit in the silhouette in
general
very structured, very cut, the lines are beautifully designed over the last couple of hundred
years and what�s cool, there were a number of features, but we see are heavier weight
fabrics.
We see a lot of structure in and around the chest, in and around the shoulders, a defined
waistline. All of this gives a man a very and masculine look.
Now, all of these we�re going to find also very particular style features with this.
So, the double
vent, the reason you�ve got that at the back of the jacket, a man was riding a horse
usually
when he was wearing the suit and works with its history. We also see things such as the
hacking
pocket and that�s a slanted pocket. So, all of these very particular to the English-style
suit.
Now, over in this corner, we�ve got the Italian-style suit, almost the exact opposite
of the
English, much more casual. It actually comes out of the English, made for the harder weather
around the Mediterranean. So, we see lighter weight fabrics. We see actually unstructured
jackets that are made to fit a body very close. Tailoring, the � next, just amazing tailoring,
very
high armholes, made to fit a man and feel like a second skin.
In fact, what we see is that these types of suits often got very adventurous. So, we saw
many of
them in fashion for � using very fashion forward fabrics and interesting combinations,
some
very unique cuts all cutting edge coming out of the Italian school.
Now, the American sack suit. Now, don�t underestimate the American sack suit. The
key to this
is the everyday man suit made for the first suit made to be mass design. So, basically,
they
made hundreds, thousands of these. Before that, almost everything was individually made,
but
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all of a sudden the American sack suits on the scene coming out of factories and all
of a sudden
the average guy can look above average. He can look great when he takes the suit, it
builds up
his shoulders, he gets it adjusted to fit him or, if he�s got a little bit of a mid
section, he�s a
bigger heavier built man, he can actually just wear it as a draped square.
So, each of these suits have their unique strengths, each of these suits brought a lot
to the
industry and nowadays you kind of find hybrids of them, but let me know which one do you
think is best. You guys hopefully put it in the comments because the answer is it depends
on
you. I know, I got that you guys. Me personally, I like the Italian style, however it really
depends
on three factors; your body type, your personal need, and your personal style or a.k.a your
wants.
So, let me give you three case studies of guys and where I would point them. So, imagine
if you
are a � you�re a shorter guy and you are really fit, your built you�ve got like really
good, you
know, muscular built and you work in finance. Which of the styles would I recommend?
I would say you can either go with the American or you could go with the Italian. But, let�s
say
you want to go with the Italian, in that case, tailoring is going to be key with your fit
body type,
you want to make sure it fits close that it looks good on you, but you may be don�t
want to go
with the super structured British style and you definitely want to make sure that it shows
and it
highlights basically that your chest is larger than your waist area.
Now, let�s say that you are a taller guy that you�re really thin and that you work
let�s say in Los
Angeles and you�re in the real estate market. You want to make sure that you go with
something that�s going to not make you look any thinner. So, I�m not going to point
you
towards the Italian, I may not even point you towards the American because it can only
be
tailored to adjust and to fit you so much. Instead, look at the English style because,
again, it�s
going to build up your shoulders, it�s going to build up your chest, it�s going to, you
know, just
work for your body type and overall make you look better proportion.
Now, let�s say that you are a regular you, 5� 9�, but you weigh about 220 lbs and
most of that
you can in and around the mid section. Then, look at the American style because let�s
say that
you work in construction and you don�t wear a suit, but on Sundays when you go to church
and
occasionally for special events. So, in this case, you don�t want to go out there and
get
something custom-made, but you do want something that when you put it on, you feel like a
million bucks. In this case, maybe look at American style that can be adjusted to fit
your body
type and that is going to work fine when you have that special events that you want to
look
great.
All right, guys, that�s it. Let me know in the comments what you think and, again,
go check out
the infographic and, if you want more, I�m also going to link you guys over to my fifteen
free
eBooks over at Real Men Real Style.
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Guys, if you have not seen my free toolkit over at Real Men Real Style and downloaded
all
these, you are really missing out. Some of these eBooks, I literally could be selling,
but I�m not,
I�m making them freely available so that you can go over there and become the man you
know
yourself to be.
Guys, that�s it. I�ll see you in the next video.