How is a winter vest supposed to fit
How a Winter Coat Should Fit | Men's Winter Fashion 2017
hello everybody matt from TDM style here
and welcome back today we're gonna be
talking about a wardrobe essential for
every man the winter coat and more
importantly how one should properly fit
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so no matter where you live it's going
to get a little bit colder at some point
in the year and so you're going to need
a heavier coat to go with your outfits
you can stay warm now there are millions
of different types of coats out there
but the most important part about
finding a coat for yourself is making
sure that it fits you correctly when
you're in the market for a new coat
there are basically three main areas
that I like to look at to make sure that
it gives you just the right fit to keep
you looking sharp so for the purposes of
today's video I'm going to be
demonstrating on a wool overcoat that's
about knee length it's just one of my
favorite personal styles but you can
apply these measurement rules to any
coat that you find the most common issue
that I tend to run into when I'm looking
for a coat is how they are sized more
often than not you find coats that are
sized like small medium large rather
than say how a men's suit would be size
where you get a chest measurement a
sleeve measurement and a waist
measurement now if you are in the market
for a really nice wool or cashmere
overcoat you certainly can go to a men's
shop and they will have them sized there
according to a suit sizes so it will be
easier to find your measurements there
but more commonly coats are sized
generically so when you're shopping the
first thing that you want to look at are
the shoulders so when you're looking at
the shoulder seams of a coat similarly
to like sweaters and shirts and suit
jackets you want to make sure that this
seam basically lines up right to where
your shoulder is about to round off to
your arm if your shoulder seam goes past
this point the coat is just going to
look too big more than likely the
sleeves are gonna be too long and it's
just gonna look sloppy
once the shoulders of your coat are
looking good the next thing you want to
check are the sleeves the sleeves of a
coat are a delicate balance you don't
want them to be quite as short as you
would go for when you're looking for a
suit jacket or a blazer where you're
going to be showing a little bit of the
cuff underneath but
also don't want them to be too long and
like coming down over your knuckles or
anything like that so my rule of thumb
for an overcoat sleeve length is that
you want it to come down basically right
to the top of where your hand meets your
wrist anything shorter than that and
your wrist might be exposed a little bit
and if it's really cold outside you're
gonna be feeling that draft and anything
longer than that it's just gonna start
to look sloppy now a lot of times this
causes trouble for me because it's like
generally speaking I wear a medium and
that usually fits me very well in the
shoulders and chest area but mediums are
usually also accompanied by shorter
sleeves and I have longer arms so a lot
of the times I end up with a coat that
looks like this and that's not good so
the best advice that I can give you
there is to shop around and you will be
able to find brands and designers that
make sizes that fit you well in the
chest and the sleeves for instance the
coat that I'm showing you today is from
Banana Republic and that's just one of
my favorite stores for just generic like
casual smart casual clothes they're
really nice quality they're not super
expensive and while they fit slim in the
body they do generally have long enough
sleeves that it looks good for a person
like me with longer arms another thing
you can do if you're shopping online
usually you can find actual measurements
of the garment so you can take
measurements of yourself either off of
your body or off of a shirt or a jacket
that fits you well that you already own
and then you can check on the website
and you can see the actual measurements
and sleeve lengths and things and see if
it will work for you that brings us into
our third measurement which is the chest
or torso area of the coat now the
chances are if you found a coat that
fits you well in the shoulders and the
sleeves it's probably also fitting you
well in the body but that may not be the
case depending on the cut and the
manufacturer and all sorts of different
variables it may not fit you all and it
may look too big in the body so my
general rule of thumb is you want the
body of the coat to be snug enough so
that it's form-fitting but not so snug
that you can't fit like a sweater or
maybe if you're wearing a suit and tie
underneath you don't want to be
struggling to button your coat closed
but vice versa you don't want it to be
so big that you can
pull the coat way away from your body
while it's closed and have all this room
inside you can like fit another person
in there so if you have the option I
would suggest getting something like a
modern fit or a slim fit that's just
going to have that nice tapered cut that
gives you that sort of upside-down
triangle shape where it's brought at the
shoulders and comes in nice and
form-fitting right around the center of
your torso so if you've found a coat
that fits you well in those three areas
you are gonna be looking very sharp now
of course it is possible that you could
have a coat tailored so if you have a
coat that fits you well and the
shoulders and the sleeves but it's a
little bit too big in the body you could
of course bring that to a tailor or a
men's shop so that they can take that in
a little bit for you just be aware that
since it is a coat is a lot more
material it's generally heavier and
harder to work with it may be a little
bit on the pricey side so that does it
for this winter coat fitting video I
hope you guys found it informative and
helpful and I hope it helps you stay
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much for watching guys and we'll see you
at the next one
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