Is there a phrase called "long suit, short jacket"?

There is a saying that "the suit is long and the jacket is short", which just means that the suit cannot be too short and the jacket cannot be too long. But clothes still have to fit best. Generally, the sleeves of a suit are just as long as the wrists, just covering the small bones protruding from the wrists. When you raise your hand, the shirt sleeve is about 2 cm longer than the suit sleeve.

An orthodox suit has a standard figure, which simply covers the buttocks. Traditional gentlemen think it is very indecent to put on a suit and coat to show their hips. The accurate measurement method is that after the arm droops, the lower edge of the garment reaches the middle of the tiger's mouth and the second joint of the thumb.

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Suits are also called "suits" and "dresses". Suit is a kind of "foreign culture". In China, people often refer to a coat with lapels and lapels, three pockets and a length below the hip line as a "suit", which is obviously what China people call clothes from the west. Choosing a suitable suit will make the whole person look very capable and tall.

We need different clothes to attend different occasions, which requires us to pay great attention to business etiquette. Formal dress must not touch the skin. The sleeves are too long and the clothes are not long enough, which will make people feel very unseemly and ugly. When you wear a suit for the first time, you can choose a customized suit.

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