Men’s Suits Get Tighter

Friday July 14, 2006 in: Today's Business Attire Tag(s):

Almost everything in the world right now seems to be getting smaller. As the world itself gets smaller through the Internet, manufacturers of cellular phones, DVD players, and what-have-you are also churning out tinier models of their products faster than you can say "Lilliputian".

Apparently, men's suits are following suit.

According to a The Boston Globe report, designers are now doing slimmed-down, and therefore tighter, men's suits.

The suits that came down the runway at Gucci's Milan show two weeks ago featured jackets in exquisite, brocade-like fabrics and pants with a crisp crease running from waist to ankle. But there was also something incredibly familiar about the look, specifically that of a 15-year-old trying to squeeze into a suit he last wore for elementary school graduation.

Perhaps a consortium of budget-conscious mothers finally persuaded the top men's designers that tight and tiny is in, thus ensuring that their sons will whine less when they are buttoned into last year's bar mitzvah suit (``You look just like a Prada model, Davy!"). More likely, however, the trend of slim-fitting pants and skinny jackets emanates from the increased focus on the male form, heightened by the fact that those who are wrapped in the image-conscious world of fashion are the same people who are logging additional squat time at the gym.

British designer Ozwald Boateng, who is featured in the article, said men nowadays are more aware of how they look, that they are more pressured to go work out and look good.

What he's probably trying to say here is that the smaller suits, as well as the smaller shirts and pants he's done for Givenchy are a way of pressuring men to be fit so they can wear the tinier items of clothing and therefore be fashionable.

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty certain that most guys would rather wear suits that fit them comfortably, not snugly.

It would be interesting to know how guys with beer bellies feel about this bit of news.

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