Avoid These 12 Suit Mistakes! (Worst Menswear Errors)

We round up the 12 worst mistakes related to wearing a suit--and how you can avoid them:

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00:00 Suit Mistakes Introduction

We believe that wearing a suit is a great way to make a good first impression, feel more confident about yourself, and generally put your best foot forward in various situations. With that said, though, a suit can be tricky to wear well.

Most men will likely have the highest amount of experience with ready-to-wear suits, so we’ll start there.
02:12 RTW Mistakes: 1. Leaving In The Stitching
04:19 2. Leaving On The Tags
05:37 3. Valuing Brand Name Over The Style & Fit
06:53 4. Valuing Fabric Or Construction Over Style & Fit
08:53 5. Believing No Alterations Will Be Necessary

This section will cover made-to-order suits such as those that can be made with Suitsupply online create-your-own tool and also made-to-measure suits where your measurements are input into a database, and an existing pattern is altered based on those measurements.
12:08 Custom Mistakes: 6. Too Much Choice!
13:05 7. Not Following Online Measurement Guides
15:07 8. Expecting a Perfect Fit

Let’s move up the sartorial ladder again and discuss mistakes related to bespoke suits.
16:37 Bespoke Mistakes: 9. Not Listening To Your Tailor
18:07 10. Standing Unnaturally When Being Measured
19:27 11. Sticking With Just One Tailor For Everything
20:46 WORST: 12. Feeling Superior Because of Your Suit

Have you committed one or more of the suit mistakes or have seen someone do so? What did you think of your or their look? Let us know in the comments section!

22:13 Outfit Rundown

[elmammutho]

As a not native english speaker I really appreciate your way of talking. Pace and pronunciation make it pleasant and easy to follow.

[KProductionsStyle]

I sewed my own sports jacket and it took me 40 hours! The fit around the chest and waist is almost perfect in my opinion, though perhaps a bit tight. The arms are way too short, but this one I made was a prototype out of polyester fabric with rayon lining, so full synthetic. The @Gentleman’s Gazette was a big inspiration for the project and I wanted to thank y’all for starting my journey into menswear. I’m 17 years old, and I now have a capsule wardrobe so I can look fresh for the upcoming school year. Thanks!

[gregorythomas]

Yeah, i saw two idiots at a wedding with the sleeve tags on. Someone keenly pointed out that they were going to likely return the suit after the wedding. I knew a girl who worked at a department store and said people return clothes all the time with deodorant stains and say they never wore it. Class acts!

[itzav]

I'm so glad you covered the tags...it drives me crazy to see guys leave them on like branding 🙄😒😤

[swaaws]

The stitching thing can also be a good way to find unworn jackets at thrift shops

[quycksylver]

I always love the clip of Preston "making it rain", but I think the bit with him "stealing" the suit is now my new favorite.

[curtisnewton]

Former suite salesman: the tags are less marketing but for us to find a certain brand in a size and suits of similar colour. It made our work easier

[pegoossens]

Having measurements like a store manequin is truly a joy. I had this experience the first time I had a made to measure suit made. The guy in the store measure me up. Handed me a suit jacket of one of the manequins and basically told me that it was fine like that. It s so fun to be able to take a suit off the rack and have it fit like it was taylored

[jamiesides]

I went to a wedding and saw lots of friends with the stitching still in the vents and it was something i had to help them with. It is a common mistake

[amill]

Preston Slaughter, you are the most gentlemanliest gentleman there is!

[cameronmccreary]

I remember an actress, an older actress in the 1960s and early seventies by the name of Minnie Pearl who left the tags on everything but mostly her hats. It was part of her act. I would like to say one thing extra here about men's suits; there's nothing worse than your sweat reacting with synthetic fibers and stinking the whole thing up so, when one walks into that late afternoon board meeting everyone there KNOWS who's making that stink.

[lewiszolna]

As always, loved this video! Especially Preston being overjoyed with his new suit

[jakegooding]

You know I wish that they brought suits back for regular working men especially in England because I love to spread the message that suits are for everyone and if you look at the history of it the workers would have the suits and flat caps I just prefer wide legged trousers and wide lapels aswell as vintage ties as they have more interesting patterns if some company made suits that way now and at a good price with proper long waterproof overcoats sheepskin jackets leather jackets then I'd bloody well get down that shop right away

[faranahmad]

I literally have to attend a wedding tomorrow, so one could say perfect timing!

[ivanhecimovic]

I'm proud that in Zagreb, Croatia we can gett good hand made tailored suit fo around 350-500€ depending on materijal and shoes for 300€ in general. And our tailors and shoemachers are generaly grately skiled and their products are usualy up to quality compared to british or italian suits and sometimes even better.

[CrispyFrenFry]

The last and most important style mistake is among the best because gate keeping helps no one who wants to learn more. As a relative novice to this style I am still building my wardrobe, primarily through thrifting but one of my concerns was having people judge me on my style choices based on the brands. Thanks!

[Fundude-yhkg]

Just started work at a local menswear store and I’m coming back here to refresh on what I need to relay to customers who have never worn classic menswear the dos and donts. Thanks GG for all the knowledge and entertainment over the years

[FlyingTigersKMT]

Preston dancing around awkwardly while talking about standing naturally when being measured for a bespoke suit was worth the whole video.

[carlossoza]

Hey thanks boss for the tips for owning a suit. never had a suit before but I'm getting to a point in my career where ill be needing to buy a suit. keep up the good work and it helps people like me who are not as well versed in the subjects of being a gentleman.

[phillipponsolle]

This video is so very helpful to me. Thank you Preston!