Should Men Cuff Their Pants Pros & Cons To Cuffing Trousers
[0:00:00] To cuff or not to cuff?
Gentlemen, that’s the question on today’s video.
[Music] Today’s video is pretty simple gents.
I’m going to talk about the five advantages to cuffing your trousers, then I’m going
to talk about five advantages to not cuffing your trousers to going with the clean non-cuffed
look.
Now, before I get into this let me talk a little bit about history, let’s go back
to 1890.
Edward VII, what did he do?
He made it fashionable to cuff your trousers.
Now, they say it was because he simply didn’t want to get his trousers dirty, so he rolled
those up he had them cuffed.
But what we saw in the 1920’s, in the 1930, the cuffed look was in.
Then, in the 1940’s, 1950’s a lot to do with rationing during World War II, cuffs
disappeared entirely.
1960’s they popped up again, 1970’s they disappeared, 1980’s they returned.
Guys, you can kind of see cuff goes in and out and that’s where it can get confusing
for a lot of guys.
They’re saying, hey, should I go with the pair of trousers I’m going to get custom-made,
get them cuffed?
It’s not in fashion right now, but what style is going to work for me?
And I think that’s key, when you’re listening to your advantages and disadvantages, think
what is going to be best for me, my wants, my needs, and my body type.
Are you ready guys?
Let’s get into it.
Advantage number one of cuffed trousers, you got the extra material right here to protect
this part of your pants from damage.
This right here you could have it cut, you could have this damaged, I don’t know gets
caught on a door, gets burned or something.
You actually have material underneath, you can go ahead and you can still salvage the
trousers.
Also, on the inside of cuffed trousers, you will almost always see an extra layer of material
that’s sewn in here for protection, but I like the idea of having this extra material
here.
Now, that takes me to advantage number two, the extra material provides weight.
This helps with a better drape of the trousers especially if they’re made from a heavier
weight fabric.
Like right here we see this gray flannel trouser made from, you know, a medium weight gray
flannel.
This right here is going to work really nice with the cuffed trousers.
Takes me to advantage number three and I don’t know if this is an advantage or more of just
maybe a characteristic, but cuffed trousers are going to be more casual.
The style when we go back and we look at the history, Edward VII, him turning up those
trousers, that was making them casual.
It’s something that adds a bit of a complication to the overall style of it, so it does make
it more casual.
Now, going with that advantage number four, I think that it makes the trousers unique
especially in a time period when you don’t see cuffed trousers all over the place.
I know when I have had custom trousers made, I oftentimes opt for the cuffed.
I just like the look of it and for me it stands out and when I look in the room everyone else
has non-cuffed trousers, I like being a little bit different.
Advantage number five of cuffed trousers and this is for the big guys out there for the
tall guys out there, for the tall thin guys out there as well, having cuffed trousers
with your shoes I think gives a more balanced look.
Basically, it builds up that foot area.
So, if you’re 6’6” and in a sense, you know, you already do – you have an issue
with looking tall, but you want to give a little bit more weight or you want to give
a little bit more proportion and balance to your feet, cuffed trousers can help out with
that.
We’re through with the cuffed trousers, let’s talk about the non-cuffed basically
the streamlined the cleaner looking trousers.
And that’s advantage number one is that many style aficionados the experts out there
they’re going to look at non-cuffed trousers they’re going to say that it’s a cleaner
nicer look, overall allows the eyes to go up and down, nothing our eyes are going to
get caught on when we get down to the shoes it allows the shoes to come into focus.
It just gives a cleaner overall leg line, so that’s the first advantage.
Advantage number two is that this is going to be a more formal style.
So, in black tie, in dress slacks, or slacks that you want to be able to wear up with a
suit and be able to dress up, it’s going to be argued that having a non-cuffed is a
better style.
Now point number three is that actually it’s going to be more common.
One of the reasons it’s more common is it’s just simply less expensive.
Think about when you have cuffed trousers, you use extra material, that extra material
cost money so a lot of companies they’re simply not going to do it because it’s less
expensive.
Now, that takes me to point number four, if you’re getting adjustments made, it is easier
to adjust in the hem a non-cuffed trouser.
Whenever the trousers are cuffed, there’s a little – they’ve got to make sure to
make sure it’s balanced the right proportion the right size and so, you only have so much
material to play with and it’s just harder to sew.
When you go with a non-cuffed trouser, basically they have folded the material in then they
went and they pressed it.
This, on a higher level quality of pair of trousers you’re going to see they also use
extra material on here to protect on the inside to make sure it also doesn’t snag.
But overall it’s going to be an easier fix, it’s going to be less expensive to manufacture
these.
[0:04:59] The final advantage I want to talk about for
uncuffed trousers is that they’re going to make your leg line look longer, so it’s
great for men who are a bit shorter.
So, if you’re 5’6” you’re 5’5” you’re 5’4”, look at uncuffed trousers.
Now, everything I just talked about you can go with whatever style you want.
You can be 6’10” and you can go with uncuffed trousers because you like the way it looks.
You can be 5’2” and you can wear a cuffed trousers just make sure that you get those
proportions instead of going for an inch-and-a-half cuff, you’re going to want to look at maybe
a three quarter inch cuff and get something that’s custom-made.
When it comes down to it, gentlemen, remember, you can do almost anything with style when
you understand the rules and then you can bend them you can adjust them to meet your
wants your needs.
All right, gentlemen now it’s your turn.
Let me know in the comments are you on the side of cuffs you like the casual look, you
like the way it helps your trousers drape, or you’re like, Antonio, I don’t need
to stinking cuffs, I’m going to go for the nice streamlined look the more elegant look
the way just allows the eyes to go up and down, it makes me look taller.
Whatever it is guys, let me know down in the comments.
And, if you want to learn more about trousers, trouser break, you want to understand exactly
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