- Pant bottoms should hit your shoes and “break” once. This means that they should crease slightly (due to their manly length) once before terminating on top of your lovely shoe.
- You should never be able to see your socks peeking out of your pant leg when standing. If you can, your pants are too short and you’ve got those “flood waters” you were teased about in grade school.
- Your pants should look good on you. Look in a mirror . Try to find a 3-way mirror and check yourself from a few angles.
- When buying pants, check for comfort. Sit in them. Walk in them. Still feel good? Good.
- If they are too long, take them to a tailor.
- Make sure pants coordinate with the clothes already hanging in your closet. Your pants should work with your belts , shoes , and shirts .
- How do you want to keep your pants up? You can have suspenders or you can have a belt. You cannot have both.
- Your shoes and belt should complement your pants. Black goes with everything except navy (denim isn’t navy) and brown . Brown goes with brown , khaki , and navy .
- Your socks should be in the color scheme of your pants, not your shoes.
- Cuffs are a mature and polished look. Cuff length should never exceed an inch and a half.
- Straight legs always look good and flatter the most heights and builds. Skinny guys can get away with tapered legs . Flared pants only work on jeans–and only on tall guys. Baggy pants are rarely a good idea unless you have your own rap label.
- Are you happy in them? That counts. Is your girlfriend or boyfriend happy when you wear them? That counts too.
