Wider lapels usually seem to look better on me, but "normal" lapels make it easier for everything to work together, as I've found most off the rack shirts seem to have medium~smaller lapels in mind. Great video as always George!
No, you're better off with a charcoal grey suit to wear during the day. Do not wear a tuxedo outside for normal day-to-day wear as the satin lapels would be too ostentatious. However, if you have no other options and you **need** a suit jacket AND your tuxedo doesn't have lapels which are peaked and too shiny, you can try wearing it as a black suit with a white shirt and neck tie.
I like both and what the suite look like ... but a cool video with lots of good good info .. GL is one of my favorite channel on RUclips and one of the best fashion channel for Men keep up the great work guys ...
I’ve always heard that wide lapels don’t work for short guys (I’m 5”7’). How much truth is there to that? And can you overcome that with proper tailoring?
George you looked great in both suits. The wider lapel was trying too hard to be trendy, the thinner lapel was more tasteful. Maybe with something trendier like sneakers the wider lapel would go better.
Wide lapels are actually very old school. It's the thin lapels that are trendy. If you look at the fashion of the last 100-ish years, wide lapels were much more common.
@@DaDutchGuy95 I was gonna say that. Slim lapels are the epitome of trendy lol the first time they show up is the 60's and they didn't come back until the last decade. Wide and medium have been the norm since the suit's inception
Personally I prefer the thinner lapels just looking at the jacket but the wider lapel looks better when you take in your size, while you wear it. Very interesting points. Never really knew about that, the tie width and the shirt collar coming to the peak.
@@gentslounge oh yeah, nice small details add up and help you look more put together. It also shows you're paying attention to the little details and that can help you in professional and social situations as far as impressions go.
Ok guys lets talk lapels and also Indochino. First of the general rule of thumb is that the lapel width should split the width of the jacket half way to your shoulder. This is the safe bet - kind of timeless. You then also understand that your jacket size is going to help you determine the lapel width. In general the industry standard "classic Lapel" is 3.25-3.5 inches. Fashion changes and skinny lapels where in for a while, wider is coming back. So lets talk Indochino Lapels they are: Slim 2.36", Standard 2.75", and Wide 4.0" . Indochino generally caters to younger slimmer clientele, so you see their standard is at 2.75" is a bit on the slim side. Their suits are also tailored very tight unless you really ask for something more full cut. I don't believe the gentlemen in this video mentions what jacket size he is wearing or which of the two lapel sizes he choose to model but the wide one does seem to the the 4", so perhaps the other is the 2.36" to show the range.
I think the with double breasted the wider lapel looks better since double breasted is just larger jacket With the 2 button I think the thinner one would look better
My personal opinion, strictly personal preference. I wear a 44 to 46 size jacket. I wear 2.5 and 3 inch lapels. 2.5 on my slim cut suits and 3 inch lapels on my tailored for suits
Wide lapels look better on DB suits as long as they don’t go overboard. The current trend for single breasted suits is for wider lapels. As for me I like both depends on what I want to wear on the day. But like all thing change next year thin or very thin lapels may be all the rage Cheers 👍🕺
I don't like very "thin/slim" lapels. I do have two Indochino suits with "standard" width notch lapels and like them both. However, I do wish Indochino made "wide" and "standard" lapels proportional to the size of the person rather than have them always be 4.25" and 2.75", respectively. After all, 4.25" is a lot "wider" on a guy who's 5'6" & 140 lbs vs 6'7" & 240. Personally I'm 6'2" & 185 lbs. I'd like to buy a peak lapel suit with "wide lapels" that measure 3.75", as 4.25" is a little *too* wide for me (and I definitely *don't* have any 4"+ wide ties). However, I emailed Indochino and they told me that isn't an option though (per above) 🙁 Hopefully they eventually change this!
#EARLY! - i prefer a medium/neutral to wider lapels. - i think notch lapels look best between 2.75 and around 3.25 inches, depending on the person wearing and his style. - however, i think that for peak lapels, wider ones look much better than thinner ones. the one you have on looks great, and i think slightly wider would be great too! cheers!
The gorge of the laps needs to be almost at the same height as the bottom knot of your tie. Otherwise the entire thing is unbalanced. The lapel has to go down to almost touching your first button. The lapels grok both side have to be tailored that they never touch. Very very close but don’t touch. A wider lapel is for a more broad upper body strong tall man. If you are on the shorter side and your torso is on the thinner side as well. Use a more narrow with lapel and needless to say a less wider collar shirt
not only the width, most "modern" lapels have a really high gorge that makes them look completely asymetric, they also have extremely short jackets, extremely high buttoning point of the jacket, and extremely low rise trousers, i quit ready to wears i only tailor my suits from now on for those exact reasons, cheers@@gentslounge
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I like the way you just get straight to the point in this video
Wider lapels usually seem to look better on me, but "normal" lapels make it easier for everything to work together, as I've found most off the rack shirts seem to have medium~smaller lapels in mind. Great video as always George!
liking the hacking pockets with the peak lapels
Great video! No offense, but I hate thin lapels. I think of what Tom Ford said, "They're sad; like there wasn't enough fabric."
Agreed. But for some super slim people it does look ok.
I prefer wider lapels..thanks to you George I now pay attention to suit details
Beautiful suits. Prefer the wider lapel. 😊
I know that tuxedo's are mainly for black tie events or formal events but I was wondering if someone can dress down a tuexdo?
No, you're better off with a charcoal grey suit to wear during the day. Do not wear a tuxedo outside for normal day-to-day wear as the satin lapels would be too ostentatious.
However, if you have no other options and you **need** a suit jacket AND your tuxedo doesn't have lapels which are peaked and too shiny, you can try wearing it as a black suit with a white shirt and neck tie.
I like the wide lapel on this particular suit better, i think you should have shot this video with a necktie on though
Wide lapels are coming back in.
I like both and what the suite look like ... but a cool video with lots of good good info .. GL is one of my favorite channel on RUclips and one of the best fashion channel for Men keep up the great work guys ...
I like wider lapels (but not too wide) since they give me that 1930s-ish vibe.
What are the sizes of each lapels?
2.5-3.5
I’ve always heard that wide lapels don’t work for short guys (I’m 5”7’). How much truth is there to that? And can you overcome that with proper tailoring?
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depends on if you lift or if you're scrawny with girl shoulders.
But can a lean guy have a peaked lapel? Or is peaked lapels more for bulkier built men?
George you looked great in both suits. The wider lapel was trying too hard to be trendy, the thinner lapel was more tasteful. Maybe with something trendier like sneakers the wider lapel would go better.
I think the wide lapels fits my body shape better trend or not. It’s still personal preference though.
Wide lapels are actually very old school. It's the thin lapels that are trendy. If you look at the fashion of the last 100-ish years, wide lapels were much more common.
@@DaDutchGuy95 I was gonna say that. Slim lapels are the epitome of trendy lol the first time they show up is the 60's and they didn't come back until the last decade. Wide and medium have been the norm since the suit's inception
Personally I prefer the thinner lapels just looking at the jacket but the wider lapel looks better when you take in your size, while you wear it. Very interesting points. Never really knew about that, the tie width and the shirt collar coming to the peak.
The shirt collar isn’t a rule but I think it looks great.
@@gentslounge oh yeah, nice small details add up and help you look more put together. It also shows you're paying attention to the little details and that can help you in professional and social situations as far as impressions go.
Thin for me! 🙌🏼
Wide peaked lapels tom Ford style all the way
Wide Lapes are are classic. look so much better.
Ok guys lets talk lapels and also Indochino. First of the general rule of thumb is that the lapel width should split the width of the jacket half way to your shoulder. This is the safe bet - kind of timeless. You then also understand that your jacket size is going to help you determine the lapel width. In general the industry standard "classic Lapel" is 3.25-3.5 inches. Fashion changes and skinny lapels where in for a while, wider is coming back. So lets talk Indochino Lapels they are: Slim 2.36", Standard 2.75", and Wide 4.0" . Indochino generally caters to younger slimmer clientele, so you see their standard is at 2.75" is a bit on the slim side. Their suits are also tailored very tight unless you really ask for something more full cut. I don't believe the gentlemen in this video mentions what jacket size he is wearing or which of the two lapel sizes he choose to model but the wide one does seem to the the 4", so perhaps the other is the 2.36" to show the range.
I think the with double breasted the wider lapel looks better since double breasted is just larger jacket
With the 2 button I think the thinner one would look better
My personal opinion, strictly personal preference. I wear a 44 to 46 size jacket. I wear 2.5 and 3 inch lapels. 2.5 on my slim cut suits and 3 inch lapels on my tailored for suits
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I always love wide lapels
Wide lapels look better on DB suits as long as they don’t go overboard. The current trend for single breasted suits is for wider lapels. As for me I like both depends on what I want to wear on the day. But like all thing change next year thin or very thin lapels may be all the rage Cheers 👍🕺
Fitting well is more Important than the trend IMO
I don't like very "thin/slim" lapels. I do have two Indochino suits with "standard" width notch lapels and like them both. However, I do wish Indochino made "wide" and "standard" lapels proportional to the size of the person rather than have them always be 4.25" and 2.75", respectively. After all, 4.25" is a lot "wider" on a guy who's 5'6" & 140 lbs vs 6'7" & 240.
Personally I'm 6'2" & 185 lbs. I'd like to buy a peak lapel suit with "wide lapels" that measure 3.75", as 4.25" is a little *too* wide for me (and I definitely *don't* have any 4"+ wide ties). However, I emailed Indochino and they told me that isn't an option though (per above) 🙁 Hopefully they eventually change this!
Wider lapels = much more masculine
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3 inches lapels will always looks great.
Yeah 3 is perfect
Agreed!
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#EARLY!
- i prefer a medium/neutral to wider lapels.
- i think notch lapels look best between 2.75 and around 3.25 inches, depending on the person wearing and his style.
- however, i think that for peak lapels, wider ones look much better than thinner ones. the one you have on looks great, and i think slightly wider would be great too!
cheers!
Wide lapels 👍
Always
Wide lapels are for wide shoulders and thin lapels are for narrower ones.
Not all the time.
wide peak lapela for me
The bigger the better.
Ahh...now I have to find a vid with medium lapel...
The thin is pretty much a medium in most cases.
Wide lapel is better
Agreed
The gorge of the laps needs to be almost at the same height as the bottom knot of your tie. Otherwise the entire thing is unbalanced. The lapel has to go down to almost touching your first button. The lapels grok both side have to be tailored that they never touch. Very very close but don’t touch. A wider lapel is for a more broad upper body strong tall man. If you are on the shorter side and your torso is on the thinner side as well. Use a more narrow with lapel and needless to say a less wider collar shirt
Thin lapels are for the babies
no matter your size and shape, thin lapels look horrible on anyone
Agreed
not only the width, most "modern" lapels have a really high gorge that makes them look completely asymetric, they also have extremely short jackets, extremely high buttoning point of the jacket, and extremely low rise trousers, i quit ready to wears i only tailor my suits from now on for those exact reasons, cheers@@gentslounge