A Major Advantage of Kilts Over Pants

**Fearnest** · 5th March 07, 07:21 PM

MBA Style magazine's
Tips on Buying Interview Suits

The suit is the vehicle by which you create a first impression, says Norman Fryman, former CEO of The Grief Companies and current consultant to Bidermann, manufacturers of tailored men's clothing. He goes on to explain that a suit's silhouette, drape, and color provoke a conscious thought in the mind of the recruiter of what you are all about.

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Trouser Rise The rise is the vertical area between your waistband and your crotch. If your waistband is not resting over your hips, you need a higher (longer) rise. Men who are well endowed by their creator will either dress-left or dress-right. Most men is the U.S. dress-left, so most suits have a tad more width on the upper left leg of the trouser, near the crotch. And while we are on the subject of endowment, full pleats are especially good for those buyers with fuller abdomens. Unless you're dressing like M.C. Hammer, your interview suit trouser leg will have 19 inches of fabric surrounding your knee, and 17 1/2 inches surrounding your ankle (thus you have a tapered trouser leg). The inseam is the length between a man's crotch and the cuffs of his pants. The break is where the cuffs of the pants lightly crumble into the front of the shoe.

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