Is a natural shoulder on a business suit inappropriate?

[Xenon]



Here's the weenie worsted wool cardigan with lapels that I wore for court today:

In this picture the thickness looks like half inch to 5/8" and this makes it look like there is some padding.

I have some completely unpadded jackets where the canvas is brought up to the seem and where there appears to be a sceond single layer of canvas that runs into the sleeve head to support the roped shoulder. These jackets look the best because I have ridiculously square shoulders and the roped shoulder keeps the formality intact. In fact these jackets on me look like an average guy with padded jacket.

 

[dirkweems]

Several Savile Row houses go with the natural shoulder. I've worn a natural shoulder for 10+ years and nobody has ever noticed.

 

[poorsod]



Tweed suit
Something-you-see-at-Pitti suit
Cream linen suit
MaoMao suit
Luca Rubinacci suit (different from the usual Pitti suit, IMO)
Corduroy suit
Law suit
Foo's overly collaborative 80s homage DB suit
Foo's mind blowingly awesome uncollaborative DB suit
It not all biz-naz...

You forgot to include "birthday suit"

 

[Cantabrigian]



Several Savile Row houses go with the natural shoulder. I've worn a natural shoulder for 10+ years and nobody has ever noticed.

I thought there was only one on Savile Row

 

[dirkweems]



I thought there was only one on Savile Row

My fella is not the only one. And he started out at a different establishment on the Row too.

 

[Cantabrigian]

I was just being a douche bypointing out that Anderson is on SR while the AS diaspora is in Cumbria.

 

[Superfluous]



Here's the weenie worsted wool cardigan with lapels that I wore for court today:

To be honest, I think you could benefit from roped shoulders with a stiffer pad.

 

[joeman]

I've always adhered to a natural shoulder with my suits as it is more comfortable and easy to wear. I don't look too stiff in them and when you tall with broad shoulders it just fits better to follow the natural line.

 

[comrade]

The Ivy-educated WASP establishment on the East Coast
of the US, with important branches in Chicago and San Francisco
wore natural shoulder apparel for several generations. For more
than a century this class dominated finance, law, elite universities,
and many industries. In recent decades its' ascendancy has been
eclipsed by the entry of diverse social groups into positions of
power and influence. Nevertheless, the natural shoulder persists
as one of the main options for those who want to express gravitas
in their dress.