How Pants Should Fit - Ultimate Guide To Mens Dress & Suit Trousers - Gentleman's Gazette

Do you want pants, trousers, chinos... that fit perfectly? Check out our more comprehensive pants guide here: https://gentl.mn/proper-fit-pants SHOP THE VIDEO: 1. Wool Linen Tie in Textured Orange - https://gentl.mn/2uQ3koB 2. Burnt Orange Silk Pocket Square with Dotted Motifs and Paisley - https://gentl.mn/2urt4Fq 00:00 Introduction Finding a perfect fit for pants is a huge challenge and although most people look at the jacket, it's a more difficult garment to fit, getting pants to fit properly is very very difficult as well and often neglected. 01:56 Components of Pants Waistband → the strip of fabric sits around your midsection. Front & Seat → the area around your butt, between the waistband and upper thighs Rise → the measurement between the legs from the front of the waistband to the back; Low rise sits on the hip, mid-rise between the navel and hip, and high rise sit at the natural waist ( close to the belly button or directly on it) Cut → the style of the trouser with regards to how close-fitting it is to the body Inseam → the finished length of the legs of the pants, measured from the inside seam One aspect of pants that depends on the current fashion is the fit. If you go back to the 20s, they had Oxford bags which are cut extremely wide, lots of volume, lots of fabric. 04:55 How Should Pants Fit? A classic pair of pants should never have any puckering, pulling, or wrinkling. A wrinkle that shows that something is too tight is usually in the shape of an X and so you can always tell "Oh, something is too tight here and needs to be let out." Of course, you can only do that if there's enough fabric to let the pants out. Back in the day, tailors would use heavier fabrics that draped really well and would create a clean, nice look. Today, most fabrics are very lightweight because most people assume that they are too hot. The second hallmark of well-fitting pants are the pleats. If you have a single center pleat, it should go down all the way to your s