Stacking Vs Rolling Vs Cuffing Jeans [0:00:00]
Boots and jeans, a classic combination that looks great on almost all men, but still a
lot of guys mess it up.
How do they do this?
Let’s talk about rolling, cuffing, and stacking their jeans.
Guys, they don’t understand the proportions, they put the wrong combination of jeans and
boots together.
So, in today’s video I’ve got for you the ultimate guide to rolling, stacking, and
cuffing your jeans.
[Music] Let’s talk about the basic rules of pairing
jeans with boots.
We’re going to start with the rules on jeans.
You got to get the right size the right fit.
When I say the right size, understand that to cuff, to roll, to be able to stack you’re
going to have to have a longer outseam.
We’re talking about 2 to 6 inches from what you normally wear.
In addition, you want to make sure that the jeans that you’re buying because I know
a lot of you guys are looking at salvage you’re maybe looking to something that has not been
shrunk.
You need to make sure that when it shrinks it is still the right size.
If you buy the right size that is not pre-shrunk, you wash it once even if you wash it in the
tub with cold water with just a little bit of soap, they will shrink and all of a sudden,
you’re not going to be able to do what you’re wanting to do here.
Now, let’s talk about the jean types.
So, slim is going to be my favorite.
Skinny is going to work with a lot of these.
Classic is going to work with some of these, but you want to err to the side of it fitting
a little bit closer.
Once you start to go loose cut, all of a sudden none of these rules none of these folds are
going to actually work very well.
Now, let’s also talk about the boot cut.
The boot cut works whenever you’re going for a hemmed look.
The boot cut doesn’t work too well with the rolls and the stacking and everything
I’m about to talk about.
Next up, let’s talk about the rules that apply to boot style and choosing the boot
style characteristics and matching them with the jeans.
So first off, look at this Boot Star right here.
This is a classic chukka boot, came out of World War II, the desert boot.
And what do I notice?
It’s an ankle high boots.
So, a lot of the other boots I’m going to talk about here in a few minutes are going
to be higher than this boot.
If I’m going to match jeans with this, I want to go with a longer outseam.
Does that make sense?
Basically, the shorter the boot or the shoe, the longer the outseam.
Where it really applies, guys, is right here because look at the height of this boot.
This is almost a full inch higher than the chukkas that I just showed you.
So, because of this laced up boot, look at the number of eyelets.
We’ve got seven eyelets.
You’ll see some boots out there with like nine to ten eyelets going up.
When you’ve got high boots like that all of a sudden you know that you could actually
wear a little bit less of an outseam and you could actually have the roll, the stack, everything
a bit higher.
Now, overall we’re maybe talking a couple of inches at the most between difference of
styles.
But, this is important because when you’re matching the jeans with the boots you want
to make sure that you’re going with something and you’re choosing the right jeans for
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Style number one, gentlemen, stacking your jeans.
This one is going to be a bit more fashion forward than the other styles we’re going
to talk about specifically because it’s tied to skinny jeans.
It looks okay with slim jeans, but once you get into classic cut you get into boot cut
you get into loose cut, it just starts to look sloppy.
So, make sure that you’re going thinner cut jeans.
What type of boots to wear when you’re stacking your jeans?
For me when I see stack the jeans, I think something that’s more casual something that’s
a little bit sloppy, at the same time I get it, it’s stylish more fashion forward.
So, I want to go with something that has laces on the front.
The chukka, I think works perfectly fine and the classic lace up.
We’re going to be drawing attention to the feet showing off the world your boots.
What you probably want to avoid though is the chelsea.
It can work, I’ve seen some guys pull it, but for me this is too streamlined and too
clean of a look to go with the kind of messy look of the stack.
Next up, we’ve got the deep cuff.
This one is pretty easy.
You’re simply going to roll the cuffs from the inside out and you’re going to expose
about 4 to 6 inches.
Okay.
So, how do you choose between 4 to 6 inches?
[0:05:02] Well, let’s look at how big you are.
So, if you’re about 5’8”, 4 inches is about, you know, that’s about right for
you.
If you’re 6’6”, then you can expose 6 inches.
It’s about proportions.
So, what if you’re a 5’2”?
Then, in that case this is not the cuff for you.
This one it’s just going to be too large and it’s going to be something you want
to avoid.
So, type of jeans with the deep cuff.
Guys, you can go for a slim cut, you can go for a classic cut.
I try to avoid the skinny and I don’t really like the look of anything loose.
Next up, let’s talk about the style of boot.
So, it’s a deep cuff, it’s a big cuff, you want to go for larger proportioned boots.
See how this all works together?
So, the Chelsea is going to be probably this is the smallest boot I would go with.
One thing bad about the Chelsea is the sleek lines, it kind of betrays it makes it look
a little bit more – makes it look it’s a little bit smaller a little bit more elegant.
I definitely would avoid the chukka.
The chukka of all the boot styles, I mean you could pull it off and I’ve seen it pull
off especially at the 4 inches, but past that, it becomes too small of a boot in my opinion.
So, for this I’m going to be looking at the classic laced up boot.
Again, I’m looking for about seven to eight to nine eyelets.
You can also look at the Alpine hiking boot.
Both of these are going to look great in my opinion with the deep cuff.
Next up, we’ve got the two-inch roll.
And for the man that’s 5’4”, more modest proportions maybe about 120 lbs, this is his
roll.
So, if you’re a bigger guy, this is proportionately not going to probably work for you.
You could go to the deeper cuff.
Now, let’s talk about how to roll the two-inch roll.
Simply go in and you’re going to want to roll your jeans up inside out and you’re
going to go up about 2-1/2 inches.
Then, what you’re going to do is you’re going to take that end hem and you’re going
to tuck it in again and it’s going to give just a nice clean rolled look.
The two-inch roll works best with slim and skinny cut jeans.
Classic, if it’s leaning towards slim, you can maybe pull it off, but anything that’s
a boot cut anything that’s a lose cut is not going to work with this roll.
The perfect boot style for the two-inch roll, guys, it’s going to be about proportion.
I think that you can wear pretty much any boot with this roll.
That’s one of the reasons I love it, but it’s got to be in proportion.
So, what do I mean by this?
Well, if you’re a smaller guy, oftentimes smaller men, their feet and their hands in
proportion to the rest of the body are going to be larger.
Be careful of boot styles which are going to overemphasize the size of your feet.
It’s going to just make you look clownish.
Instead, go for a style that’s going to be more elegant sleeker maybe go for a darker
color, something like this.
You could also go, again, sleek elegant, overall, it’s going to hide the oversized basically
look of your feet.
Now, if you have regular size and regular proportioned feet, you can pull off any style.
Next up, we’ve got the pinroll.
This one’s a bit more fashion forward because we have a distinct taper in and around the
ankle.
Think of this as the military tuck for jean cuffs.
So, first off, put on you uncuffed jeans and stand up straight.
Now, you want to grab the inner seam at the bottom of one leg and you’re going to pinch
it.
Next, you want to fold the fabric against your ankle, so the fabric now overlaps.
Now, you can cuff the jeans.
Quick style hack.
You’re going to find that this roll oftentimes comes undone.
If that’s happening to you, then try using a rubber band when you’re creating the cuff
and it’s going to stay all day.
Type of jeans that are perfect of the pinroll.
Because of the taper, you’re going to want to look at slim you’re going to want to
look at skinny.
Classic or regular isn’t going to cut it and loose, forget about it.
Perfect style of boot for the pinroll.
Honestly, any type of boot is going to work, but I like going with a boot that’s a little
bit more fashion forward, a boot that’s going to grab attention.
So, maybe go with a light-colored leather, something that’s got a nice patina that
you pay attention to.
Maybe you want to go for that Alpine hiking boot.
Look at the contrasting sole, look at those D eyelets and the overall look.
When you wear a great looking boots with jeans that are pinrolled, it just allows the eyes
to focus in on the footwear and for you to get compliments.
Next up, let’s talk about the double roll aka the skinny roll.
Now, this is a great roll to start with.
It’s one of the easiest ones out there.
You possibly have actually done this in your past.
So, let me explain.
So, first off, you’re going to reach down there and you’re going to roll from the
inside out about 1 inch.
Then, you’re going to double it, you’re going to roll, again, another inch, inch-and-a-half.
Pretty easy, right guys?
And when it comes to the jean style, you can wear it with slim, you can wear it with skinny,
you can wear it with regular or classic.
The only one to avoid which has been consistent is loose fit jeans.
So, what’s the perfect boot style for the double roll?
Guys, you can go with any of the boot styles I’ve talked about.
But for me, I want to go with something simple, elegant, something timeless.
This boot fits the description.
All right, gents, if you want more information, I’ve got infographics that go into more
detail about how to cuff, how to stack, how to roll your jeans.
I’ve got a detailed article with some hacks on how to make sure that they stay rolled
all day.
I’m linking to that down in the description.
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