Sleeve length?

[The Wizard of BC]

Jacket sleeve length is one of those personal preference things. If you are an older guy like me, or you spent time in the military you probably wear your jacket sleeves so that no shirt cuff shows when your arm is down. This should not be so long that there is a visible pucker to the sleeve. This length will have the cufflink just peek out from the jacket sleeve when you raise your arm to shoulder height.

Many younger guys prefer the jacket sleeve length to be shorter. So between 1 and two inches of shirt cuff show when the arm is down and the entire shirt cuff exposed when the arm is raised to shoulder height.

The body of the jacket should be about the hip line or about the same place as the bottom of the Fell area.

So, depending on where you like your jacket sleeve and the length of your arms the jacket sleeve could be anywhere from about four inches below the bottom of the jacket to about an inch higher than the bottom of the jacket.

This is just one of those style things.



Sort of like the length of a vest. I was taught that the bottom of the vest should cover the entire waistband of trousers. But as trousers have become worn lower and lower it is now quite common to see shirt in the 'v' of the vest.
The same length would apply to kilts. I wear my kilts higher than many younger guys so i do not see any shirt at the bottom of the vest. And yet my vests are shorter than most vests you see today.

And a little know trivia point. If your vest is straight across the bottom - the bottom should be the same length as one with points. I was taught that the points are to represent the undone bottom button. So if your vest was straight across you left the bottom button undone and if your vest has the open 'points' it was already 'unbuttoned' so you did all the buttons.
I even have one vest with a button on the open points and it cannot be buttoned.

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