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HELLO there everyone, how are you doing this week?
This week, I will try to answer a gentleman who said he was a very short man and struggles to find anything to suit him. Okay, well it is only fair since I addressed the “tall man situation last week, for me to help out the shorter guy today, so here we go:
In my experience with talking to shorter men about their fashion issues, it seems the two areas they struggle most with is wearing clothes that will make them look shorter and plump and the other area is that clothes will look to big on them. The trick, magents, is to streamline. You must make an effort to purchase and wear clothing that gives you the look of being taller and slimmer. So let us start with colours. Black and white work well for short men and monochrome colours believe it or not.
If it is all too much for you, add muted colours like brown, charcoal, maroon and olive on the side of your shirt. Dark colours work together to lengthen and extend the silhouette. Light colours will also work on you, if paired correctly, but do not use in bold contrasts. Try to integrate lighter shades of grey, ream and white in such a way that it softens the look, rather than breaks it up.
The easiest way to match your colours is to keep the darker shades on the bottom and lighter shades on the top. Also, believe it or not, but it is easier for shorter men to wear colours such as red, orange and olive than it is for taller men, so try these out with your T-shirts and short-sleeved shirts with navy or black trousers.
On the issue of the cut, I would say follow the lines of slimmer fits. Comfort and looser fits automatically add width instead of height, so you are much better off going for a slightly tapered cut.
Larger men or those with big thighs may feel uncomfortable wearing such styles. In this case, a tapered or “carrot” cut will be best, whereby the trousers have more room through the thigh – comfortably fitting in large/muscular thighs while also helping keep a larger man’s mid-section in proportion – and then taper in below the knee to the ankle, providing a similar effect to a slim/skinny cut. Jackets can be very tricky for short guys. I would stay away from double-breasted jackets as these will only make you look bigger or clumsy.
However, I have seen some short men wearing double- breasted jackets that fit well around the hip and they look good. Your best bet are slimline jackets, single-button jackets that sit on the hips or sit below the bottom. Fitted sweaters look great on short men and so do jerseys. One or two buttons on a jacket are better than three or more buttons.
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