double breasted or single breasted?

[KingNothing]

Get a 3-piece suit (meaning, with a vest). I've gotten tons of positive comments on mine. Nobody wears them anymore but they still look good.

Edit: wow...Car and Driver television is on, they're reviewing the Toyota 4-runner. They just said that Toyota put plastic bumpers on it to reduce injuries to pedestrians.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Beattie
Yea, what is the difference anyway?

Single-breasted has only enouh overlap for the buttons to work. Double-breasted has a lot of overlap and essentially puts a double layer of fabric over a person's breast. ("Breast" in the sense of the "breast" of a bird. In vernacular, the double layer is over the person's gut.)

Single-breasted suits and tuxedos are the most common because they are the easiest to wear and they don't have to be buttoned all the time. A double-breasted suit must remain buttoned at all times. Double-breasted is far more conservative (antiquated may be the more appropriate term here). The current fashion is to wear single-breasted suits and sportcoats and to be honest, a single-breasted suit or sportcoat tends to fit thicker people better. Basically, only tall and thin people can pull off a double-breasted jacket. Short and thin people get "lost" in all the fabric and more portly people have their girth exagerated by the extra fabric.

I second all of the recommendations for single-breasted suits or jackets simply because with a single-breasted jacket you have the option of leaving the jacket un-buttoned without looking like a moron. I completely disagree with the recommendation of the Italian cut though. While I have a couple of Italian cut suits (as they are the most commonly found), I still prefer a suit cut in the classic British fashion. I'll take Saville Row any day.

ZV

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: Description
I like my women with two boobies. (I really, really wish someone could reply with useful information for once in OT)

me too...although the more, the merrier

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
double breasted suits are out of style...(at least that's what the sales guy at K&G here in Dallas told me)

get a 3 or 4 button suit instead...

IMHO double breasted suits haven't been "in style" since the 1940s/50s.

 

[Ready]

mmmmmmmmm....double breast

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I don't know the difference, so just flip.

damn backwards canucks!

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Beattie
Yea, what is the difference anyway?

Single-breasted has only enouh overlap for the buttons to work. Double-breasted has a lot of overlap and essentially puts a double layer of fabric over a person's breast. ("Breast" in the sense of the "breast" of a bird. In vernacular, the double layer is over the person's gut.)

Single-breasted suits and tuxedos are the most common because they are the easiest to wear and they don't have to be buttoned all the time. A double-breasted suit must remain buttoned at all times. Double-breasted is far more conservative (antiquated may be the more appropriate term here). The current fashion is to wear single-breasted suits and sportcoats and to be honest, a single-breasted suit or sportcoat tends to fit thicker people better. Basically, only tall and thin people can pull off a double-breasted jacket. Short and thin people get "lost" in all the fabric and more portly people have their girth exagerated by the extra fabric.

I second all of the recommendations for single-breasted suits or jackets simply because with a single-breasted jacket you have the option of leaving the jacket un-buttoned without looking like a moron. I completely disagree with the recommendation of the Italian cut though. While I have a couple of Italian cut suits (as they are the most commonly found), I still prefer a suit cut in the classic British fashion. I'll take Saville Row any day.

ZV

ATOT's GQ in da house

 

[Vic]

As a guest, a single-breasted matched 2-piece would be best.

Double-breasted and 3-piece suits are way, way, way out of style.