Suit Jacket length

[cvc]

So the suits I have are all 40R.. I'm going to purchase a few jackets from Express while they're on sale and was wondering if you guys think this model is wearing a short or regular length.. I'm guessing it's a short and now I'm wondering if it's more stylish to be wearing a short.. What do you guys think?

http://www.express.com/clothing/glen+pl ... /cat120009

[gsgo]

I would classify it as a short slim modern cut that would definitely put an age appropriate label to it meaning it would not be for the middle or older generation. If this fits your particular demographic you should be fine.

[Rufus]

If it's the Glen Plaid to which you refer, it looks short to me; in fact the jacket overall looks as though it would fit his little brother better. Quite frankly, although a short jacket might be the current style, It might be trendy, but it's far from stylish.

[Spenser]

SHORT - short - short. Like maybe two inches, that is a lot.

I was taught that the length should fit into the crease of your fingers if you bent your fingertips inward to touch your palm. The last two pictures look closer to right to me.

Maybe styles have changed, but I would feel awkard in this coat.

[marsos52]

ditto what spenser said..

marc

[Craig_From_Cincy]

A man's suit coat or blazer should reach to the bottom of the buttocks. That coat is too short. But remember it's on a mannequin and not on a live person, so it might not accurately portray the coat's length.

[jww]

No offense intended here gents, but the new style/cut of suit coat being worn by the younger set makes them look to me like their clothes are too tight and too small. Kind of like they put the item in a hot wash followed by the dryer.

I get the trim cut look, but think when it gets taken to extremes I feel that it looks too trendy and not professional enough. ymmv, however.

I like to buy a suit or a jacket that I am able to wear for a few years ---- and have tried on and off to keep a double-breasted suit around, although at the moment, I don't have one.

My father had a fabulous silk double-breasted suit he got when he was in his early thirties and which he wore until into his 60s. He only had to stop wearing it because of weight gain due to medication he was taking. It was class upon class and never looked out of date.

[dosco]

No offense intended here gents, but the new style/cut of suit coat being worn by the younger set makes look to me like their clothes are too tight and too small. Kind of like they put the item in a hot wash followed by the dryer.

In NYC I believe these young men are referred to as "Hipster <French word for shower>."

[Spenser]

Most likely we are talking about entirely different age and social situations here. I see teenagers and the 20-something guys wearing these coats in very informal settings, certainly not in a business setting. A tie, for example, would not look appropriate w/this style coat (to me) - at least a tie tied at the neck. Seems to be stylish now to have a tie casually around the neck and not in the typical knot at neck.

Good, common sense style hardly ever goes out of style, problem is what is good to me maybe is not good to you.

To each his own.

[Kyle76]

Short jackets look entirely professional ... on a waiter. Spenser has the accepted rule of thumb for a classic men's fit, which is called "classic" for a reason: it doesn't yield to daily fashion trends.

[jww]

Short jackets look entirely professional ... on a waiter. Spenser has the accepted rule of thumb for a classic men's fit, which is called "classic" for a reason: it doesn't yield to daily fashion trends.

clas·sic
/ˈklasik/
Adjective
Judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.
Noun
A work of art of recognized and established value.
Synonyms
classical - standard

[Rufus]

It's style vs fashion. As Edna Chase put it so succinctly, "Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.". According to Coco Chanel, "Fashion fades, only style remains.". Classic men's clothes never go out of style; they may go out of fashion among the trendy types, such as grossly over paid actors and professional athletes, but who's worried about fashion anyway. Style is timeless, but fashion is transitory - a ploy on the part of the clothing industry to sell more clothing

[rsp1202]

Short jackets*: brought to you by the same fashion gurus who think guys with scruff look cool. Feh! on them. I wear a standard blue blazer with Illya Kuryakin turtleneck for Saturday night dinner at the country club, a traditional herringbone sports coat with ascot when I'm visiting my Cayman Islands bank account . . . and I'm clean-shaven at both venues.

*Might as well be wearing a Nehru.

[Kyle76]

Short jackets*: brought to you by the same fashion gurus who think guys with scruff look cool. Feh! on them. I wear a standard blue blazer with Illya Kuryakin turtleneck for Saturday night dinner at the country club, a traditional herringbone sports coat with ascot when I'm visiting my Cayman Islands bank account . . . and I'm clean-shaven at both venues.

*Might as well be wearing a Nehru.

Illya Kuryakin -- now there's one you don't hear much anymore. Nice!

[dosco]

Short jackets*: brought to you by the same fashion gurus who think guys with scruff look cool.

The same folks who want us to buy that goofy Gillette electro-razor contraption.

Ugh.

[jww]

Short jackets*: brought to you by the same fashion gurus who think guys with scruff look cool.

The same folks who want us to by that goofy Gillette electro-razor contraption.

Ugh.

And by association, Adrian Brody's "Anchor".

[dosco]

Short jackets*: brought to you by the same fashion gurus who think guys with scruff look cool.

The same folks who want us to by that goofy Gillette electro-razor contraption.

Ugh.

And by association, Adrian Brody's "Anchor".

Indeed. lol.

[rsp1202]

The way Brody preens in that Gillette commercial, I just want to slug him. He doesn't know cool from fool . . .

. . . speaking of which, Steve McQueen may have been the "The King of Cool," but Kuryakin was way cooler, and came first. 'Atta boy, Duckie!

[Julius_Rodman]

So the suits I have are all 40R.. I'm going to purchase a few jackets from Express while they're on sale and was wondering if you guys think this model is wearing a short or regular length.. I'm guessing it's a short and now I'm wondering if it's more stylish to be wearing a short.. What do you guys think?

http://www.express.com/clothing/glen+pl ... /cat120009

You spend decent money on clothing that you never try on first?

Must be nice to be that fancy free....

[brothers]

I predict the short jacket is just a passing fashion. My own problem is that I don't like change for the sake of change, but that's just me. However, those who are blessed with an attractive physique can obviously get away with trying new things and in many cases, they can influence others. More than a few of us might not have the appropriate body that will make the newly designed clothes look good, and vice versa.