Clare....you're a man? Actually, I was going to answer slightly differently. It has more to do with what side you position things when you pull up those boxers/briefs/etc. Some men switch from one side to the other regularily. Other men stick to one side only.
Posts: 9192 | Location: Atlanta, GA, USA | Registered: 06-03-02
Seriously though, when a tailor makes a suit he needs to make sure that everything fits properly. Most sites suggest that a man actually should make it go to the left. There is usually a little extra material on one side.
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Trouser Rise The rise is the vertical area between your waistband and your crotch. If your waistband is not resting over your hips, you need a higher (longer) rise. Men who are well endowed by their creator will either dress-left or dress-right. Most men is the U.S. dress-left, so most suits have a tad more width on the upper left leg of the trouser, near the crotch. And while we are on the subject of endowment, full pleats are especially good for those buyers with fuller abdomens. Unless you're dressing like M.C. Hammer, your interview suit trouser leg will have 19 inches of fabric surrounding your knee, and 17 1/2 inches surrounding your ankle (thus you have a tapered trouser leg). The inseam is the length between a man's crotch and the cuffs of his pants. The break is where the cuffs of the pants lightly crumble into the front of the shoe.
This site will give you great tips on buying a suit.
Posts: 5308 | Location: The Motor City | Registered: 06-03-02
Look at this. Only answers you get are from women ! Disgusting.
I'm surprised that any tailor asks that question nowadays. For quite a while I wondered whether our fathers and grandfathers were built differently from us modern blokes as none seemed to ask it of us; the question was a staple of jokes about tailors many years ago. I began to wonder if it was to do with the A-bomb ,or was it global warming ? Anyhow it doesn't get asked.
Yes... it does get asked... Usually only in the better shops. One of my girlfriends bought me a suit to meet her parents in... paid more than I made in 3 months for it, and they asked. Best suit I ever had
He wanted to know which angle your "manhood" leaned toward.
