Correct Sleeve Length For Dress Shirts, Jackets & Suits + 8 Mistakes To Avoid

See our full-fledged guide here: https://gentl.mn/sleeve-length-guide Get the tie I'm wearing in the vid: https://gentl.mn/2kvOVFW 00:00 Introduction Shirt cuff should fall to the base of the thumb, but that requires many considerations to get it right. Basically every feature of a dress shirt – the cut, the armhole size, the cuff button placement, the width of the cuff – will affect the length of the shirt sleeve. 00:32 Sleeve Length for French Cuff Shirts It should always end at the root of your thumb. Opt for a shirt armhole that is big enough to make you comfortable but small enough to keep the shirt cuff at the right length. Considerations to make regarding French Cuff or Double Cuff Shirts 01:04 French Cuff Shirts Should Have a Horseshoe Shape Cuff 01:27 The French Cuff Buttonhole Should Be Positioned Closely to the Edge of the Cuff 02:49 Shirt Cuff Must Not Be Too Wide Otherwise It Slides Down 04:34 French Cuffs Should Not Be too Narrow Otherwise it Throws Off the Proportions Now that you know how long a shirt should be, the question is, how much shirt cuff should you show? If you go through history, and if you consult different people, you realize different lengths are considered proper by different people. For example, Allan Flusser suggests you show a half an inch of cuff, shirt cuff that is, underneath your jacket sleeve. On the other hand, Bernhard Roetzel, famous author of the book "The Gentleman" suggests just one cm which is about 2/5 of an inch.