HOW TO WEAR IN 20'S

Casual in Your 20s: Needs and Wants

When we say “casual” we mean a broad range of clothes that you wear for your own personal pleasure.

Your work wardrobe is, well, your work wardrobe. There’s plenty of articles out there (including some from us) about what to wear for just about every profession imaginable. Don’t worry about that right now.

This is about taking a look at what you wear when you’re just being you. We could call them “social” clothes just as well as “casual,” and it might even be more accurate — most men don’t think of suits as “casual,” but a suit may well be part of your casual wardrobe.

Don’t neglect your fit!

It’s the most important characteristic of every piece of clothing you own. If you don’t believe us, try wearing socks that are two sizes too small (or too large) for a day. Pretty uncomfortable, huh?Now multiply that discomfort across your whole body. That’s what poorly-fitted clothes feel like — and they look even worse than they feel.

Most men in their 20s haven’t discovered the power of personal tailoring yet. Beat the curve by getting to know a professional tailor in your home town.

You’re not going to be buying whole closets full of bespoke suits and shirts yet (unless you’re way better paid than we were in our 20s), but what you can do is take all the off-the-rack items you buy to a tailor for custom adjustment.

By having shirtwaists taken in so they don’t billow, sleeves and cuffs adjusted to hit the perfect spot on your wrists and ankles, and trousers fitted snug against your bottom and crotch, you’ll have a silhouette that looks much better than most of your peers’.