Suit Jacket Length - Tailoring Series - Part 6

In the sixth video in our Tailoring Series, James Sleater from the Cad & The Dandy on Savile Row explains the key factors in getting the right suit jacket length.

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Video Transcript
Jacket length is an interesting one, traditionally it should cover the seat, that definitely the preference. There is a swing of trend that a shorter jacket looks cooler and is a bit younger, actually what most people want is the shape on a jacket, now the way to get shape is to show the difference between the narrow part and the wide part. The shorter you make the jacket the less differential you get between the narrow part of the body and and the wide part so you’ll actually make the jacket look less shaped. So tailoring is all about balance and proportion so as soon as you start playing around with this, you will actually kill the thing you are most looking to get, which is the shape.

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