The Double-Breasted Suit for Men
Cary Grant wore word double-breasted suits. So did John Wayne, Errol Flynn, James Cagney, and Sean Connery. Think you're as cool as them? Think again: you're not until you've got a double-breasted suit.
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The Double-Breasted Suit for Women
Catherine, Dutchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) wore double-breasted when she was snagging her prince, and it's the perfect style option for you too. While the double-breasted jacket started out as a man's garment, it was quickly adopted by women, who made it cuter, more colorful, and less smelly. Over the years, ladies of varying shapes and sizes have used double-breasted to balance out their features to look their very best, from Katharine_Hepburn to Kim_Kardashian.
We have hundreds of styles, so there's always something perfect waiting for you and all your girlfriends. If only finding a prince were this easy!
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The Double-Breasted Manifesto
For too long in the course of human events, we have been told that suits must be shapeless, come only in black — which used to be a color reserved only for mourning the departed — and that they must be worn two sizes to big, and only in the style and cut that is "in style right now." We have been told not to "rock the boat," not to wear a different style, and indeed, not to wear a suit at all unless someone we know is to be married or buried. Enough!
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for diverse and sundry people to find suits in a style they like, in a size that fits, in a cut that is appropriate to their particular body type, then they must sever the ties that bind them to department stores with shrunk and disgruntled staff, depleted and debased inventory, and a haughty attitude, and declare the cause that has separated them.
Let these facts be submitted: They have refused to stock double-breasted suits, or even to provision them through special-orders. They have declared them out-of-style, and the customer who desires them out-of-touch. They have stocked their shelves with hideous offenses against style, and they have neglected to provide quality merchandise at all price points, high, middle and low. They have quartered ungracious and greedy salespeople upon the customer, and have refused to grant them the right to privacy in their pursuit of lawful commerce.
We hold this truth to be self-evident: From time-to-time, the browser must be refreshed by partriots, and its cached purged of the cookies of tyrants. Therefore, We the People, in order to form a more Perfect Wardrobe, do unite and declare for DOUBLEBREASTEDSUIT.COM.
Further, we declare that the rights of women shall nowise be denied, and that they be attired in a manner no less stylish than men. Suits shall come in all different colors and sizes, in a manner to be determined by the People. Double-breasted being necessary to the panache of a free and stylish state, the right to shop for coats, dresses, jackets, and even sweaters, shall not be infringed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Isn't double-breasted out-of-style?
You're confusing "fashion" with "style." Style is something that is unique to you, changing but semi-permanent. Fashion is a multibillion dollar industry concerned with selling styles that other people create, not neccesarily what's best for you. Double-breasted is a classic look. Extreme takes on the style — like extra-wide or skinny lapels, notched lapels instead of peaked — will become dated quickly, but the classic peaked lapel 6x2 style never will.
As regard's fashion, Google searches for double-breasted have been trending upward for over five years. If you're following fashion, do you want to be on the cusp, or do you want to be left behind?
- Isn't double-breasted only for tall, thin men and women?
That is certainly true of many double-breasted styles that are readily available. If you're vertically challenged, you probably want fewer rows of buttons and a deeper gorge to create longer lapels. You'll also want a jacket that is cut as short as possible while still covering your seat, and you'll want to make sure your sleeves are shortened enough to show some shirt linen, which will make your arms look longer — and the rest of you taller. Try a 4x1 double-breasted (or a 6x1 with the two top buttons removed). James Cagney, a famous leading man who was shorter than many of his female co-stars, used the 4x1 style to maximize what height he had. You can't find that look in a department store these days, but you will if you look around doublebreastedsuit.com!
- I'm afraid I'll look like a gangster or a Wall Street mortgage banker.
First of all, don't lump gangsters in with Wall Street mortgage bankers. That's insulting to gangsters. Second, avoid choosing double-breasted suits with bold pinstripes, loud ties, and carrying a violin case or large sheaf of papers marked "FORECLOSURES." That should solve the problem.
- Are you massively invading my privacy when I view this site?"
Not at all. We have snippets of code in the Men's and Women's sections that tell us how many time a visitor to the site clicks on each. Why? So that we can see which merchandise areas have the highest demand, so that we can give you more of what you want. No personally identifiable information is collected — unless you publicly become our fan on a social-networking site like Google+ or Facebook, of course — and will never be sold.
- I live outside the USA.
The merchants in your catalogue are USA or North America only.
Do you simply not care about me?Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, our focus is putting every single person who likes double-breasted as much as we do into the outfit of their choice, no matter what his or her native language or location. Presently, the best-functioning shopping aggregator we've found for putting together all the styles you'll love seems to be focused on the American market. We are constantly striving to improve the reach of our site, and we hope you'll keep checking back as we update it to include an expandanded range of possibilities.
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