to cuff or not to cuff

[The Happy Stroller]

I thought the authoritative source should be The Suit?

Originally Posted by Memphis

im a failry short man at 5'6" so I choose not the cuff pants in order to appear taller. Have you not read "Dressing the Man"?

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Sartorially, servant class may be more appropriate. After all, the Matre de of a 5-star French restaurant isn't exactly a low-class chap.

Originally Posted by Sartorian

Sorry, I was referring to trousers on a black, fully canvassed suit. Mine don't have them, but it sounds like most suit trousers do?

Are you equating waiting tables with being low-class?

 

[lefty]

If it helps, I only cuff punks.

Usually upside the head.

lefty

 

[Faded501s]

I think I read somewhere that the purpose for cuffs was to add weight so that pants would drape properly and help keep the bottoms from flopping around so much while walking.

I cuff suit and most dress pants but not khakis or casual wear.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Dear Leslie R C, rest assured the majority of the contributors here are gentlemen (and some ladies, I suppose), but as you should be aware, this is the Internet, so there's no guarantee ... , of course.

Originally Posted by Leslierc

What kind of a response is that? I thought this was a gentleman's forum.

 

[toonice]

I cuff anything with more than a single pleats.

 

[odoreater]

Cuffs are for geeks.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Cuffs are for geeks.

I thought that this was a gentleman's forum. How dare you?

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I thought that this was a gentleman's forum. How dare you?

I have brought shame to my name and ruin to my house with such commentary. To save my family's honor I must:

 

[Hand Tailored]

Originally Posted by Quirk

Black 'pants' are usually part of a tuxedo, so they wouldn't be cuffed.

Any other time you'd wear black pants, cuffs are inadvisable, since crumbs might fall into them while you're wiping off the customer's table.


Again with the anti-black-suit stuff...

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Jared

He's saying black is for the help. But to be nice: since a black suit is for clubbing and whatnot, it's supposed to be sleak, so it shouldn't have cuffs.

Haven't you heard, black is the new black...

No one really notices a black suit anymore. I think maybe once upon a time it might have excited some shock here but not now. I have worn one, I originally got made for social events in the city, to more business situations in the last few months with otherwise standard accessories, and no one notices.

They wouldnt be my first choice but if you like a black suit, I doubt if anyone would find it out of line. Outside of obsessives, very few people care what anyone is wearing as long as it it is in the proper general color "range", unless it is beautifully done and then they just stare at you longingly...


http://www.filmnoirbuff.com/article/...ck-suit-part-1

And I like cuffs on trousers. I even self cuff my jeans.

 

[dragon8]

I always thought the rule of thumb was: if pleats cuff if flat front no cuffs..

But with my suits i always cuff.

 

[a tailor]

Originally Posted by Sartorian

Is it more common to cuff or uncuff black pants, or is this another matter of personal preferance?

black pants are evil !!!!!

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by Film_Noir_Buff

No one really notices a black suit anymore.

'Nobody' notices if you wear a long tie and a coat with notch lapels to the Academy Awards either. And anybody with enough taste to notice would likely have enough tact to remain discreet about it.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Sator

'Nobody' notices if you wear a long tie and a coat with notch lapels to the Academy Awards either. And anybody with enough taste to notice would likely have enough tact to remain discreet about it.

OK, nobody of consequence notices you're wearing a black suit.