hi I’m Antonio I’m the founder of real
men real style and I want to thank value
tainment for allowing me to come on
their channel and to teach you guys
about the importance of presentation of
image what I do in my background I was
in the United States Marine Corps
where I learned the importance and power
of a uniform and what we wear the
signals it sends when it you create
trust whenever you want to send a
message of authority competence that you
know what you’re talking about because
see so many people out there shooting
themselves in the foot when it comes to
presentation now if you haven’t already
go back and watch the earlier videos in
which I talk about some foundational
points but in today’s video I’m gonna be
talking about fit now fit fabric and
function that’s part of my style pyramid
and I think every man and woman needs to
master it when it comes to their image
but specifically fit is king and the bad
thing about fit is if you don’t nail it
you can have a $2,000 power suit it just
looks horrible on you so I’m wearing
quite a bit of clothing right now it’s
cold I’m here visiting my wife’s family
cab Ukraine and I’m going to talk about
each of the items I’m gonna literally
take most of these often when it’s not
gonna get you know we’re not going to
get x-rated here but we’re gonna have a
little bit of fun and I want to talk
about each of the items that I’m wearing
and how you want to pay attention to the
fit end the proportion so those are two
separate things and let me quickly talk
about proportion proportion is something
that we look at and we expect a certain
size in relation to other sizes so an
example would be why does a giant like a
really big tall guy why does he look big
and tall not just I mean because when we
look at and we can kind of tell the
reason being his head in proportion to
his body is actually smaller that’s why
children are so cute they’ve got large
heads in proportion to their overall
small bodies so this actually applies to
us in clothing because if you’re a
bigger guy if you’re a smaller guy if
you are a larger woman or a
regular-sized woman you want to be
looking for accessories clothing that is
proportioned correctly now this is a
rabbit hole I could go really deep down
and I advise you to go check out what
I’ve got over at real men real style for
more information about proportion but
the key is with all of your accessories
whether they be a watch whether they be
a hat what
being a scarf you want to make sure the
proportions are correct because if
you’re a smaller guy if you’re a larger
guy if you are one of the extreme
examples you’re gonna want to pay
attention to those things because a
smaller woman who has large accessories
it’s just going to look a bit off so
that’s what you want to pay attention to
accessories of course we can get into
fabric and color but that’s for another
video so with the outerwear this is one
of those things when it comes to the fit
now we’re gonna focus in on fit so you
want to try to get the fit right because
to adjust outerwear is going to be a lot
more expensive the reason being
outerwear uses heavier weight fabrics so
with leather jackets yes you can adjust
the leather jacket you’ve got to have a
special sewing machine with a type of
special type of thread and needles that
can actually go through and do this and
it’s specialty work just not any tailor
or seamstress is gonna want to touch
that because they realize hey I could
damage this and I’ll be liable so when
it comes to your outerwear it is
something it’s gonna be harder I think
to find something that fits you right so
when you do find it don’t be afraid to
spend a little bit more to really nail
it on the fit the piece aren’t wearing
right here is custom this is made to
actually fit over all of my suits so I
can also wear it with sweaters but
overall it’s go it’s made not to crush
anything work so the shoulders are gonna
be a little bit farther out when you
look at this jacket in general it
definitely is an overcoat for me I went
with something’s gonna be a little bit
longer you want to make sure again
getting back to proportion that it
doesn’t go too far fall too long a lot
of jackets are gonna go just below that
and cover the buttocks area other ones
are gonna be right at the waist
those are jackets if they go to the
waist coats usually will sometimes go a
little bit lower depending on where
you’re out in the world you’re gonna
want to make sure possibly to have
something to cover your backside and
beyond I like something in a cold area I
live in Wisconsin I traveled to Kyiv
Ukraine I like something that goes just
below the knee it provides a little bit
more warmth again the key point with fit
on a coat isn’t it you nail it when you
buy it now let’s talk about jackets and
I am gonna get to women’s wear in case
you’re wondering I’m going to talk about
a few key points but both men and women
jackets are one of the most expensive
pieces that are gonna be in your worker
so you want to pay attention to the fit
when you buy it especially off the rack
custom is
great option especially for people that
are hard to fit so if you’re especially
large a little bit smaller and there are
many online options I’ll make sure the
guys over at value take me put a few
links down in the description to guides
that can help you find online custom
clothiers or even local custom clothes
you’d be surprised what your local
seamstress or tailor can do but you’ve
probably heard me talk about this in
multiple times already in this video you
need to take pretty much everything to
your tailor or to your seamstress to get
adjusted anything that you buy off the
rack can fit you better
so specifically with jackets for both
men and women you’re gonna want to pay
attention to the fit in the shoulder
shoulder and adjusting shoulders on a
jacket is considered like heart surgery
when it comes to adjusting clothing
because there’s a lot of function and
build up that goes into this and so from
the padding to the overall structure
this is something that they could really
screw up so you got to be careful you
want it to it’s best if you if you’re
gonna buy something off the rack then it
fits you properly in and around this
area when it comes down to the bunching
in the back of the neck that can easily
be adjusted when it comes down there may
be in and around the chest area if it’s
a little bit too tight if it’s a little
bit too loose you can get that brought
in but the key is when you’re buying off
the rack try to get the best fit you can
now one of the easiest things to adjust
it’s going to be the overall sleeve
length so when we look at jackets here
torn through looking at this right here
now this one actually has working cuffs
this is a sign either of a high-end
jacket or something that’s custom but
you’re gonna find most jackets out there
don’t have this and what that means is
that they should have excess material in
here that they can need to be lengthened
by about an inch and a half or they can
be shortened by an inch and a half why
not more you may be asking proportion
remember I talked about that earlier but
whenever you start to alter a jacket too
much the proportions get to get thrown
out the placement of the pockets the
overall look and feel of the overall
silhouette starts to be distorted when
that happens you neither buy a jacket
that’s going to be more closely fit or
again look custom and that’s why when a
guy loses let’s say 20 or 30 pounds or a
woman perhaps gains a little bit of
weight that they actually can’t just get
their clothing adjusted to actually
things with that not
proportion but if you’re gaining weight
and let’s say you’re maybe you’re
bulking up you’re a guy you’re putting a
lot of weight up here in the the chest
area the issue is is what exactly fabric
is on the inside so that they can let it
out if there’s no fabric to be let out
then it’s gonna be very difficult to
adjust now another thing is the length
of the jacket you’re gonna want your
jackets for men specifically just to
cover the lower part of the buttocks
now with women they can oftentimes wear
it a little bit shorter sometimes you
know and women are gonna be more prone
to fashion I like men’s style the
reasons I stick with it is it doesn’t
change too much so classic style has the
jacket just covering the buttocks for
men for women it can be much higher
although we seen a lot of men’s wear
that it’s starting to move up again I’ve
got an entire infographic on how a
jacket should fit and I definitely
advise you to go check that out doesn’t
always doesn’t apply necessarily to
women and all the points but many of
them do now I said jacket now understand
what the difference between a jacket and
a suit a jacket can stand by itself a
suit is a jacket and a pair of trousers
made from the same fabric and I do think
that’s one of the better buys that you
can get because they come together and
depending on where you purchase this you
can get a great deal almost get that
seems like the trousers for free
sometimes a sports jacket is gonna cost
just as much as an actual suit except
the suit comes with the trousers so
let’s go ahead and let’s start talking
about oh not gonna pull my pants up here
but I will bring up some pictures right
here so the first thing you want to make
sure when you’re getting the fit of the
trousers is gonna be in the hips and in
the midsection area this is gonna be one
of the hardest areas to fit especially
with women or if you’re a man and you’ve
got a larger backside this is something
we come in a wide range of shapes in
sizes and if you’re having trouble what
you want to look for is the brand that
works for you after you can get it and
you can nail the fit in the crotch area
in the buttocks area then the length of
the trouser just becomes a lot easier
because you can shorten trousers up to
about two and a half to sometimes three
inches again you’re gonna want to be
careful with proportions but trousers
it’s actually pretty easy to open them
up on the sides and they can bring them
in so if it’s because what you want to
avoid let’s say you’re five foot two
and you buy a pair of trousers they’re
actually made for someone who’s about 5
foot 9 the issue is that yes you could
short them a bit but overall the width
of those trousers is going to be too
much so in that part you’re going to
open up the side and you’re gonna bring
them in again at a knowledgeable tailor
or seamstress can help you out with this
and can you no but it’s good for you to
know this information to have an image
of what this should look like in your
mind before you go and look because
they’re gonna ask you to try it on give
you feedback and you’re gonna want to be
able to tell them no I’d like a little
bit of an adjustment here by working
with a professional they can actually
learn your style and you can actually
get this really close now lengthening
trousers you got to make sure there’s
fabric up in there so if you’re buying a
suit off the rack make sure to look
inside if you know you’re gonna have to
get it lengthen let’s say you’ve got
longer limbs then in that case you can
sometimes lengthen about an inch and a
half oftentimes you’re not gonna find
there’s not much more fabric than that
next up let’s talk about shirts okay so
with a shirt shirts are actually pretty
easy to adjust however if you are
gaining weight or the shirt is a little
bit too tight what you’ll find
unlike jackets or coats or even trousers
is that there’s not really excess fabric
in the shirts so shirts can be brought
down but they can’t really be brought
out now knowing that so you want to go
by the best shirt that fits off you
again you want to look for a brand
that’s gonna work for you women in
particular you’ve got to make sure that
it’s gonna fit you in the bust area one
of the hardest areas to fit and if you
find that you’re still getting you know
buttons basically opening up and you’re
giving a show that you don’t want to
give what you want to look for is either
having the buttons extra buttons sewn in
there maybe look for a style that
actually suits the way your body is
built with the buttons or maybe have
something custom-made or there are
actually I know double-sided tape that
you can use in there to keep that closed
now with men one of the hard areas is
going to be the arm holes most clothing
is made to fit a hundred different body
types that being so they make the
armhole incredibly large the problem
with this is whenever you raise up your
arms it pulls the jacket out this one is
an off-the-rack shirt I actually haven’t
had an adjust it it fits me reasonably
well I found companies that work for me
so that’s the key is the zero and um
brands that work for you if not look to
go custom or find a brand that’s close
and take it to get adjusted so we’ve
talked about the shoulders you want to
make something sure the shoulder points
go to about here the neck you want to be
able to button it right appear and be
able to fit two fingers in this one’s a
little bit close I can probably yeah I
can fit two fingers in there but I could
probably loosen up this neck this is my
style and this is how I like to wear it
oftentimes I’m not even wearing a tie
with this type of shirt right here
collar size cuff size you’re thinking
about proportion so you’re a larger
woman you’re gonna want to make sure
that you’re not going for something has
really small collars really small cuffs
because it’s just not gonna work for
your proportions the length of the shirt
I like something that at least goes two
inches below the belt line the reason
being is it will stay tucked in if
you’re gonna be wearing this shirt
untucked then it should have a style and
that’s basically a straight style that
is designed to be worn untucked now the
whole torso of the chest and the the
waist especially for men can be adjusted
and brought in quite a bit what they’ll
do with the back of the shirt they can
cut darts and that’s where they cut two
lines and then they bring the fabric in
and this will enable it to fit better
when it fits great in the torso it’s
less likely to become untucked in
addition it just looks nicer and
streamer especially if you take care of
your body let’s talk about the sleeve
length the overall sleeve length of this
shirt is very easy to adjust the key is
they’re gonna have to take the cuff off
and then they’ll bring this up or they
they’re not gonna be able to let it out
so you want to pay attention to that
like if it’s too short and I like to
think that I’m driving and put my hands
out like this if it’s too short they’re
just not going to be able to fix it
unless they put on maybe a French cuff
or something like that it is a larger
cuff but in general most of us are gonna
have to have this shorten just a bit I
think it’s worth doing it looks great
it’s gonna be a little bit more
expensive simply because it takes a
little bit of time but it’s better than
you know for many of you guys it’s gonna
be more affordable than getting
something custom which is still a great
option so if I had to summarize this
video understand that fit is king it’s
well worth taking anything whether it be
a 20 dollar shirt to get it adjusted so
it looks like a 200 dollar shirt when it
fits on your body
now if you want more again I’m gonna
link over to infographics pictures
charts where you can actually look at
clothing that fits properly and make
sure to go check out more of our series
here at value tainment I want to thank
you know Patrick
I want to thank Mario and the team there
for allowing me to be here on the
channel and look forward to seeing you
guys in the next video
take care [Music]
men real style and I want to thank value
tainment for allowing me to come on
their channel and to teach you guys
about the importance of presentation of
image what I do in my background I was
in the United States Marine Corps
where I learned the importance and power
of a uniform and what we wear the
signals it sends when it you create
trust whenever you want to send a
message of authority competence that you
know what you’re talking about because
see so many people out there shooting
themselves in the foot when it comes to
presentation now if you haven’t already
go back and watch the earlier videos in
which I talk about some foundational
points but in today’s video I’m gonna be
talking about fit now fit fabric and
function that’s part of my style pyramid
and I think every man and woman needs to
master it when it comes to their image
but specifically fit is king and the bad
thing about fit is if you don’t nail it
you can have a $2,000 power suit it just
looks horrible on you so I’m wearing
quite a bit of clothing right now it’s
cold I’m here visiting my wife’s family
cab Ukraine and I’m going to talk about
each of the items I’m gonna literally
take most of these often when it’s not
gonna get you know we’re not going to
get x-rated here but we’re gonna have a
little bit of fun and I want to talk
about each of the items that I’m wearing
and how you want to pay attention to the
fit end the proportion so those are two
separate things and let me quickly talk
about proportion proportion is something
that we look at and we expect a certain
size in relation to other sizes so an
example would be why does a giant like a
really big tall guy why does he look big
and tall not just I mean because when we
look at and we can kind of tell the
reason being his head in proportion to
his body is actually smaller that’s why
children are so cute they’ve got large
heads in proportion to their overall
small bodies so this actually applies to
us in clothing because if you’re a
bigger guy if you’re a smaller guy if
you are a larger woman or a
regular-sized woman you want to be
looking for accessories clothing that is
proportioned correctly now this is a
rabbit hole I could go really deep down
and I advise you to go check out what
I’ve got over at real men real style for
more information about proportion but
the key is with all of your accessories
whether they be a watch whether they be
a hat what
being a scarf you want to make sure the
proportions are correct because if
you’re a smaller guy if you’re a larger
guy if you are one of the extreme
examples you’re gonna want to pay
attention to those things because a
smaller woman who has large accessories
it’s just going to look a bit off so
that’s what you want to pay attention to
accessories of course we can get into
fabric and color but that’s for another
video so with the outerwear this is one
of those things when it comes to the fit
now we’re gonna focus in on fit so you
want to try to get the fit right because
to adjust outerwear is going to be a lot
more expensive the reason being
outerwear uses heavier weight fabrics so
with leather jackets yes you can adjust
the leather jacket you’ve got to have a
special sewing machine with a type of
special type of thread and needles that
can actually go through and do this and
it’s specialty work just not any tailor
or seamstress is gonna want to touch
that because they realize hey I could
damage this and I’ll be liable so when
it comes to your outerwear it is
something it’s gonna be harder I think
to find something that fits you right so
when you do find it don’t be afraid to
spend a little bit more to really nail
it on the fit the piece aren’t wearing
right here is custom this is made to
actually fit over all of my suits so I
can also wear it with sweaters but
overall it’s go it’s made not to crush
anything work so the shoulders are gonna
be a little bit farther out when you
look at this jacket in general it
definitely is an overcoat for me I went
with something’s gonna be a little bit
longer you want to make sure again
getting back to proportion that it
doesn’t go too far fall too long a lot
of jackets are gonna go just below that
and cover the buttocks area other ones
are gonna be right at the waist
those are jackets if they go to the
waist coats usually will sometimes go a
little bit lower depending on where
you’re out in the world you’re gonna
want to make sure possibly to have
something to cover your backside and
beyond I like something in a cold area I
live in Wisconsin I traveled to Kyiv
Ukraine I like something that goes just
below the knee it provides a little bit
more warmth again the key point with fit
on a coat isn’t it you nail it when you
buy it now let’s talk about jackets and
I am gonna get to women’s wear in case
you’re wondering I’m going to talk about
a few key points but both men and women
jackets are one of the most expensive
pieces that are gonna be in your worker
so you want to pay attention to the fit
when you buy it especially off the rack
custom is
great option especially for people that
are hard to fit so if you’re especially
large a little bit smaller and there are
many online options I’ll make sure the
guys over at value take me put a few
links down in the description to guides
that can help you find online custom
clothiers or even local custom clothes
you’d be surprised what your local
seamstress or tailor can do but you’ve
probably heard me talk about this in
multiple times already in this video you
need to take pretty much everything to
your tailor or to your seamstress to get
adjusted anything that you buy off the
rack can fit you better
so specifically with jackets for both
men and women you’re gonna want to pay
attention to the fit in the shoulder
shoulder and adjusting shoulders on a
jacket is considered like heart surgery
when it comes to adjusting clothing
because there’s a lot of function and
build up that goes into this and so from
the padding to the overall structure
this is something that they could really
screw up so you got to be careful you
want it to it’s best if you if you’re
gonna buy something off the rack then it
fits you properly in and around this
area when it comes down to the bunching
in the back of the neck that can easily
be adjusted when it comes down there may
be in and around the chest area if it’s
a little bit too tight if it’s a little
bit too loose you can get that brought
in but the key is when you’re buying off
the rack try to get the best fit you can
now one of the easiest things to adjust
it’s going to be the overall sleeve
length so when we look at jackets here
torn through looking at this right here
now this one actually has working cuffs
this is a sign either of a high-end
jacket or something that’s custom but
you’re gonna find most jackets out there
don’t have this and what that means is
that they should have excess material in
here that they can need to be lengthened
by about an inch and a half or they can
be shortened by an inch and a half why
not more you may be asking proportion
remember I talked about that earlier but
whenever you start to alter a jacket too
much the proportions get to get thrown
out the placement of the pockets the
overall look and feel of the overall
silhouette starts to be distorted when
that happens you neither buy a jacket
that’s going to be more closely fit or
again look custom and that’s why when a
guy loses let’s say 20 or 30 pounds or a
woman perhaps gains a little bit of
weight that they actually can’t just get
their clothing adjusted to actually
things with that not
proportion but if you’re gaining weight
and let’s say you’re maybe you’re
bulking up you’re a guy you’re putting a
lot of weight up here in the the chest
area the issue is is what exactly fabric
is on the inside so that they can let it
out if there’s no fabric to be let out
then it’s gonna be very difficult to
adjust now another thing is the length
of the jacket you’re gonna want your
jackets for men specifically just to
cover the lower part of the buttocks
now with women they can oftentimes wear
it a little bit shorter sometimes you
know and women are gonna be more prone
to fashion I like men’s style the
reasons I stick with it is it doesn’t
change too much so classic style has the
jacket just covering the buttocks for
men for women it can be much higher
although we seen a lot of men’s wear
that it’s starting to move up again I’ve
got an entire infographic on how a
jacket should fit and I definitely
advise you to go check that out doesn’t
always doesn’t apply necessarily to
women and all the points but many of
them do now I said jacket now understand
what the difference between a jacket and
a suit a jacket can stand by itself a
suit is a jacket and a pair of trousers
made from the same fabric and I do think
that’s one of the better buys that you
can get because they come together and
depending on where you purchase this you
can get a great deal almost get that
seems like the trousers for free
sometimes a sports jacket is gonna cost
just as much as an actual suit except
the suit comes with the trousers so
let’s go ahead and let’s start talking
about oh not gonna pull my pants up here
but I will bring up some pictures right
here so the first thing you want to make
sure when you’re getting the fit of the
trousers is gonna be in the hips and in
the midsection area this is gonna be one
of the hardest areas to fit especially
with women or if you’re a man and you’ve
got a larger backside this is something
we come in a wide range of shapes in
sizes and if you’re having trouble what
you want to look for is the brand that
works for you after you can get it and
you can nail the fit in the crotch area
in the buttocks area then the length of
the trouser just becomes a lot easier
because you can shorten trousers up to
about two and a half to sometimes three
inches again you’re gonna want to be
careful with proportions but trousers
it’s actually pretty easy to open them
up on the sides and they can bring them
in so if it’s because what you want to
avoid let’s say you’re five foot two
and you buy a pair of trousers they’re
actually made for someone who’s about 5
foot 9 the issue is that yes you could
short them a bit but overall the width
of those trousers is going to be too
much so in that part you’re going to
open up the side and you’re gonna bring
them in again at a knowledgeable tailor
or seamstress can help you out with this
and can you no but it’s good for you to
know this information to have an image
of what this should look like in your
mind before you go and look because
they’re gonna ask you to try it on give
you feedback and you’re gonna want to be
able to tell them no I’d like a little
bit of an adjustment here by working
with a professional they can actually
learn your style and you can actually
get this really close now lengthening
trousers you got to make sure there’s
fabric up in there so if you’re buying a
suit off the rack make sure to look
inside if you know you’re gonna have to
get it lengthen let’s say you’ve got
longer limbs then in that case you can
sometimes lengthen about an inch and a
half oftentimes you’re not gonna find
there’s not much more fabric than that
next up let’s talk about shirts okay so
with a shirt shirts are actually pretty
easy to adjust however if you are
gaining weight or the shirt is a little
bit too tight what you’ll find
unlike jackets or coats or even trousers
is that there’s not really excess fabric
in the shirts so shirts can be brought
down but they can’t really be brought
out now knowing that so you want to go
by the best shirt that fits off you
again you want to look for a brand
that’s gonna work for you women in
particular you’ve got to make sure that
it’s gonna fit you in the bust area one
of the hardest areas to fit and if you
find that you’re still getting you know
buttons basically opening up and you’re
giving a show that you don’t want to
give what you want to look for is either
having the buttons extra buttons sewn in
there maybe look for a style that
actually suits the way your body is
built with the buttons or maybe have
something custom-made or there are
actually I know double-sided tape that
you can use in there to keep that closed
now with men one of the hard areas is
going to be the arm holes most clothing
is made to fit a hundred different body
types that being so they make the
armhole incredibly large the problem
with this is whenever you raise up your
arms it pulls the jacket out this one is
an off-the-rack shirt I actually haven’t
had an adjust it it fits me reasonably
well I found companies that work for me
so that’s the key is the zero and um
brands that work for you if not look to
go custom or find a brand that’s close
and take it to get adjusted so we’ve
talked about the shoulders you want to
make something sure the shoulder points
go to about here the neck you want to be
able to button it right appear and be
able to fit two fingers in this one’s a
little bit close I can probably yeah I
can fit two fingers in there but I could
probably loosen up this neck this is my
style and this is how I like to wear it
oftentimes I’m not even wearing a tie
with this type of shirt right here
collar size cuff size you’re thinking
about proportion so you’re a larger
woman you’re gonna want to make sure
that you’re not going for something has
really small collars really small cuffs
because it’s just not gonna work for
your proportions the length of the shirt
I like something that at least goes two
inches below the belt line the reason
being is it will stay tucked in if
you’re gonna be wearing this shirt
untucked then it should have a style and
that’s basically a straight style that
is designed to be worn untucked now the
whole torso of the chest and the the
waist especially for men can be adjusted
and brought in quite a bit what they’ll
do with the back of the shirt they can
cut darts and that’s where they cut two
lines and then they bring the fabric in
and this will enable it to fit better
when it fits great in the torso it’s
less likely to become untucked in
addition it just looks nicer and
streamer especially if you take care of
your body let’s talk about the sleeve
length the overall sleeve length of this
shirt is very easy to adjust the key is
they’re gonna have to take the cuff off
and then they’ll bring this up or they
they’re not gonna be able to let it out
so you want to pay attention to that
like if it’s too short and I like to
think that I’m driving and put my hands
out like this if it’s too short they’re
just not going to be able to fix it
unless they put on maybe a French cuff
or something like that it is a larger
cuff but in general most of us are gonna
have to have this shorten just a bit I
think it’s worth doing it looks great
it’s gonna be a little bit more
expensive simply because it takes a
little bit of time but it’s better than
you know for many of you guys it’s gonna
be more affordable than getting
something custom which is still a great
option so if I had to summarize this
video understand that fit is king it’s
well worth taking anything whether it be
a 20 dollar shirt to get it adjusted so
it looks like a 200 dollar shirt when it
fits on your body
now if you want more again I’m gonna
link over to infographics pictures
charts where you can actually look at
clothing that fits properly and make
sure to go check out more of our series
here at value tainment I want to thank
you know Patrick
I want to thank Mario and the team there
for allowing me to be here on the
channel and look forward to seeing you
guys in the next video
take care [Music]
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