I just got fitted for my first suit, and the stylist insisted that I not get pleats. She tried HARD to talk me out of pleats. No way. My thighs are way too big for flat front to look good. I tried on the pleats and really liked the look. They are not just for old men!

When I was younger I used to just buy OTR and not give a crap about the fit. Now that I’m older and more experienced with fashion thanks to these videos, I am obsessed with the perfect fit so I need to tailor every piece of clothing I own. Even my condoms are now tailored fit to accommodate my slight curvature. I have an exclusive contract with Kimono.

I am so thankful for this channel even as a woman those videos has helped me a lot with getting the perfect fit on my suits even though some things differ. Please keep up the good work, I understand that this is a gentlemen's channel but I would love if you did some videos on women's classic fashion as well! It's pretty hard to come by.

Thanks for the very informative video. I like how you admitted that you only have 2 pairs of pants that actually fit perfectly. That type of cantor is greatly appreciated and makes your videos very credible. I will look forward to your future posts.

It was a great comfort to hear that even sensei Sven only has two pair of pants that fit perfectly. It surely is a lot to consider! Thanks for a great video. This is the only chanel on youtube that I really trust when it comes to clothes!

These videos are an absolute wonder and I’ve applied the knowledge here to my navy uniforms as well, to ensure I can really take my professional look to the next level! I highly encourage my fellow officers and junior sailors to watch your channel so that we can look our absolute best and take a sense of pride in our uniforms! Also to see what little things we can do to express our individual tastes (such as cufflinks, time pieces, pens, etc.). I sincerely appreciate you all taking the time to make these videos since it has helped me and many others! Thank you Gentleman’s Gazette!

This is so helpful even for me, because women's trousers are often too tight and I didn't know how to make them look good. I think all these tips are applicable if this is the look you want, regardless of your body shape (ie my female bum and thighs!)

Sean Connery wore great suits in his 1960’s James Bond movies, can you do a vid on that style ? Thanks !

I like how he says big bum

I have a tailor that made me a 50 $ custom suit in Pakistan. Cloth in Pakistan is VERY INEXPENSIVE. This tailor makes suits for brands in bulk (off the rack suits) which then retail for 300 - 500 $ or more. I went to the guy and got a custom suit made for 50 :-D

In my recent experiences it has become exceedingly more difficult (and more annoying) to find slacks that sit high among the waist, especially since I have lost an amount of weight around my waist due to exercising. I wear a 30" and to correspond with Sven about racks, I always run into off the racks from 32" down always seem to be low rise. I have went to tailors but sometimes they ask me why I should want a higher rise when low rise is currently "popular". I always tell them I think it looks silly on me.

Thank you! I was so tired of people telling me that my trousers should be tight, which is why i stopped wearing any. I didn't like that they didn't drape, and just felt uncomfortable. Please do Jeans Next!!! Thank You

I hate pants, so hard to find quality pants for less. Custom is not in my budget at the moment. Make Kilts great again

He is floating from right to left and back. Def He is wearing confy trousers! ;)

Great video as per usual. Can you please do one on matching different coloured waistcoat, trousers and jacket? It appears to be considered tricky but some chaps seem to pull it off successfully. Is there a secret to matching three distinctly different coloured pieces? Also, could you do a video on safari jackets?

Very Informative as always. Please make a video on your tailor taking your measurements. Tips on how you can make sure measurements are done perfect. Thank you.

After seeing this video I urge you to make a video on all type of waistbands

I am not even a man nor am I in a relationship with one but I do love your videos

Love the Channel, since I discovered gentleman's gazette you have really helped me elevate my wardrobe. Keep the excellent videos coming

Awesome backdrop for this video, Raphael!

I prefer real pictures of poorly fitting trousers to those drawings. Thanks. Also, it would be nice if you did a video in which you go out and buy trousers, showing the complete process.

Honestly, it depends. Sometimes i want a high, loose pants, while some other times i want a slimmer pair. It depends on what the level of formality or the vibe of the outfit is.

In this video, turnups is misspelled. Enjoyed the video!

best pants I've ever seen... Dior men's 1998 they seemed to bow out from the waist to the knee.

Great information, and that jacket your wearing in this video is beautiful.

Pants, watching this channel so often I'd like to share a few alteration tips that I have encountered over the years. When adding cuffs, a wider leg pant benifits from them over tapered pants because the tesion/weight created by cuffs at the hem create a nice drape/movement to wider pant legs. Controversially, by tapering a pair of pants at your tailor you will evoke a more streamlined silhouette which looks best without adding pant cuffs. In regards to someone starting out, tan wool pants would be my first recommendation for them. Tan wool slacks match both black or brown shoes and any colored sportcoat, but not a tan/beige/taupe colored sportcoat which would clash because they would be of two different tan hues. Flat front pants create the slimmer late 50s-early 60s look, pleated pants will give you more frontal room in your pockets. In the continental (mad men) era, some of flat front pants had Jean cut pockets so when you'd sit in a car or on a couch, your keys and wallet didn't fall out of out your pockets. Wish Hart Schafner Marx would bring that back in their flat front pockets. Pleated pants however, create less pocket content bulging, the additional frontal fabric also advertise less under the zipper 'bulge-bulge Thank you

Brand recommendations for 6’ 3, 280 lb guy? It’s heard to find clothes that fit me comfortable my and correctly. Keep up your great content!

Had to watch this video a few times; lots of info. My new pants just came in and they need some alterations. Thanks Sven.

Your sir are not a lier, but certainly your pants are on fire. I love your videos. Subbed

It always looks bad when big guys with beer guts wear their pants below the belly button and allow that same gut to hang out when doing those tuck ins. That's why it's always safe to wear them around the belly button when tucking in shirts. However, most skinny guys never encounter that problem and can wear them below the belly button. But I always believe that dress pants should always be worn around the belly button no matter what the size or age of the guy.

Great info. Much appreciated.

Could you do a video about dressing gowns, smoking jackets and other similar articles of clothing ( I have already read your article on your site)?

Thank you for all these amazing videos :) My biggest issue is that when I sit down while wearing dress pants, it really hurts my groin region! I'm not sure what to do :(

@5:27 scared me. Great video! So easy to listen to

I would really like to see the "How to fix pants" video covering all 21 issues that you alluded to. Please would you post a link if you have completed it.

Always thank you for great videos

I just love this guy -

I bought a Hickey Freeman suit at a high-end department store, and had to have it tailored again 6 months later. The pants were lengthened an inch.

Sven's style is similar to mine. I prefer relaxed fit pants that sit higher at the waist like on the belly button. Last week I wore suspenders with a loose-fit pair of khakis and it was the most comfortable I have ever been. I wish they made more loose pants, no disrespect to anyone who prefers slim fit pants, it just forces designers to make pants slimmer.

Lots of information, thank you!

Awesome video, just needed this!

10:54 Maybe it's just me but actually seeing these Xs while the person is flexing the leg and having the fabric being compressed on from of the upper leg is the sign that the fit. It's exactly the effect I am looking for. A tight slim fit but still ample enough while standing walking etc... I love slim-fit pants and I abhor baggy pants in suits... (like that famous picture of the Asian man with a baggy suit and a suit that fits him).

I think i played too much rdr2

Great video you are very knowledgeable thank you so much

Really helpful

Well done thank you

PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON PANTS WITHOUT BELTLOOPS FOR SUPSENDERS AND WHERE TO BUY THEM ITS VERY DIFFICULT FINDING PANTS LIKE THESE ESPECIALLY ALREADY MADE READY TO WEAR.

I'm loving these videos. I have two questions. 1. Do you measure you inseam from where your legs connect to torso or from the bottom of any...external anatomy? Second question; Who is your tailor in Minnesota?

Can you recommend a couple of websites that sell this kind of trousers to an affordable price?

Where did you get those first trousers ? I've been looking for high rise trousers and those look perfect sir .

yesssss! been waiting for this video!

Great video as always Raphael! Just wanted to point out you made a typo in the video. "tunrups*

Excellent I really learned a lot, thank you.

Would you say pants can be more a matter of choice than a jacket? For example, im a young fit man and I like to have my trousers slim with no break. I think it looks really good

With where to wear them I wear them just under my stomach. I’m pretty chubby and have somewhat of a gut. Wearing anything over my stomach feels so odd. I wear it at my hips. But that’s how I’ve always worn my pants and it is most comfortable for me

I have a question. Usually when I am getting trousers, I would get them 1 size bigger than what fits me. I wanted to know whether this is something normal and whether I should continue doing it

Clear and useful, thanks

I just want to know whose job it was to slowly push Raphael back and forth on a skateboard.

1. This kind of advice on dress suits is priceless. 2. There is something strangely malevolent in the guy's smiling and talking. 3. Why in gods name is the camera moving sideways? Christ ! But thank you for the knowledge......

is there any vídeo on this channel about braces and pants specific for them? I've become a avid consumer of your content and your channel revolutionized the way I dress, but I was unable to find something on this subject.

Enjoyed this information thoroughly quite a lot of helpful tips on getting the proper fitting trousers....in one of the clips in the video I notice a pair of pants with a fishtail waist which I find is superb for wearing with suspenders can you recommend where I can get a pair similar to those thanks.

Watching this 7 years later and the low-rise skinny jeans have already fallen by the wayside haha

Where can I find the video about ‘how to fix pants’?

Great video as always

Nice video, really helps me a lot:) May I ask what fabric weight you prefer to make the pants drape elegantly? Is 12oz enough?

Edward Sexton now sells RTW Hollywood top trousers (no waistband) for around $400-500

love your channel

I am again sitting there blown off by the level of your knowledge! the information will take time to be ingested properly. on the flipside, i'm thinking... if people (from west europe) fly to ast europe for dental treatments, why not also to have stuff tailor-made, if they are also for example going like tourists? i once had a pair of bespoke pants, and the material and hands cost me around 70 euros... which i believe is very affordable to be made by an expert. just putting it out there.

This is helpful but how do you fit your things in your pockets? I mean without having a big buldge on the sides or without having to wear too loose of jeans. How do people do it? They don't carry their wallets, phones, coins, cards etc?

Here I an trying to make oxford bags

As shown at 11:59 I made such a slant angle bottom for my N.C.C pants.

how could an "oxford bag" be so smooth if too much fabric in de width should lead to wrinkles?

America is getting fatter and yet most stores try to sell you the 'slim fit'! Very hard to find good comfort / relaxed fit readymade pants.

I dont ink people are afraid of fabric being too hot. Its just the retailers that bullied the industry into garbage fabrics.

Please can you do a video like this but for jackets and shirts??

I just found out about suspenders. I'm never going back to belts.

Can I use a clip suspenders whit a jacket on?

Where should the pants fit? at navel height or below or above?

I get so tired seeing the men models that are pencil skinny were pants that are 2 sizes to small and are to high above the shoe. Like this is the gold standard!

What do you thing about cuffs on flat front trousers?

Is he moving or the camera... or is it just me going crazy.

Does anyone know of any brands that make off-the-rack pants that fit the way Sven describes? (e.g. high-rise, wider ankles, etc.) ?

Excuse be uhm, mind if I ask, what is the tiny pocket for? Is it for a pocket watch?

Suspenders are attached by metal clips. Braces attach by means of buttons. Was I taught incorrectly?

*I MAKE BESPOKE MENS* historical clothing - honestly if you are this serious about clothing you should make your own pants/trousers cos its EASY Trousers are the simplest garment to make, even your first pair of trousers as a total novice will be GREAT - I promise you. Buy a pattern, watch youtube videos on how to make them DONT put pockets in the back!!! Make them for suspenders not belt and put a S bottom on them not a L or a cuff

The piece of fabric on the front with the button attached...what's that for? Just design? Or is there some functionality to it?

Thank you for sharing this great video, Why didn't you include, wearing the right underwear? Expensive tailored pants often look cheap when you wear cheap unflattering underwear.

How trousers should fit: watch Ralph fiennes in skyfall where he’s wearing the navy blue suit and braces. His trousers are absolutely perfect.

I have some trousers that are pirfect on me however when i sit there is a lot of excess fabric in the crotch area and it bellies out and just looks awful and creases

Hello, I love your detailed and professional video presentations. I have a question about the dark blue fishtail pants, can you tell me where I could find sewing patterns as these? I would appreciate it very much

@4:19 Revelation!! Inseam should never change. Ignore if pants legs (outseam) are too long. Can always hem pants legs. Focus on getting the inseam (rise) right. Maybe that's why I end up with low crotch MC Hammer pants. I still feel this is not the answer. My MC Hammer pants are 34 (waist) x 29 (inseam). Would a longer inseam, like 34 x 30, have a higher crotch (less rise)??? I doubt it. The crotch (rise) will probably be the same or longer. The longer inseam will probably be gained by increasing the outseam, not reducing the rise. I hate pants terminology. It's too vague.

I have neuropathy and when i wear pants at my natural waist i get horrible stabbing pains, but they look terible around my hips, would suspenders be a good option for me? i dont wear a belt at all, because even the tension around my hips causes some pain. I was thinking suspenders and a looser pants might give me a better look while not pressing against my sides. Im trying so hard to wear nicer clothes but i dont want to dress like i am 80 due to chronic illness (im 40). My shoes are already that of a great grandpa

Questions what is a specific name for those really nice pants ?

Would anyone be able to link the pair of pants at 1:04

Any recommendations for online store for pleated high waistband cuffed pants?

What is the front hip pocket used for on the pants @ 6:25 please?

Get those shelves sorted out next.

great video.Then there is the dated enigma of.....sansabelt

What is the name of the fabric used in trousers in introduction section

Gentleman's Gazette: Could you make a video on ZOOT suits ? That would be awesome and talk a little of the history of it. Don't forget the infamous Zoot Suit riot on L.A. back on 1943.