sleeve length on suit jacket

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yialabis

Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:15 am

Good Morning gentleman,

I have a question to ask to the more experienced members of the forum regarding the length of the jacket sleeve on a suit. Is there a "rule" on how much of the shirt cuff should come out? I feel like some of my suits are too long and maybe some others too short..I have a couple of bespoke suits from a Greek tailor that look fine but I would like to have a more experienced opinion about this.


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Vassilis
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:05 pm

I personally prefer to show five to ten millimeters of shirtcuff, ideally (less on heavier, wintry coats, more on light, summery ones), though in practice my wardrobe is too unregulated to allow so narrow a variance. American practice in general is to show more "linen" (shirtcuff).
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