Secrets to Looking like a Boss: Tailor Made Suits & Custom Dress Shirts

It's the year to look like a boss! Looking the part means a simple, clean cut style that accentuates your personal style and exudes confidence. It's 2017 and there's no reason not to upgrade your look. Everyone knows that looking the part of a boss makes that powerful first impression that gets your foot in door. Plus, no one wants to look like a generic copy of the next guy walking down the street. Impress yourself and those around you with a custom tailored suit that will have you looking and feeling like you just walked out of a GQ spread. It doesn't take a million bucks to look like a million bucks. While having a diverse wardrobe is always the goal, narrowing it down to the staples is a great starting point to build from. Lay the foundation of your boss style with these two essentials:

• Tailored Suits
• Custom Dress Shirts

Customizing your Tailored Suit

The beauty of a made to measure suit is in the capability to customize it. A boss always adds his own, signature style to everything he does, owns and wears. Make your suit your own by customizing these key elements:

• The style and color of the lapel and/or vest neck lining
• Suit Vents
• Suit buttons and vest buttons
• Suit pocket color and style
• The pattern of the suit lining and the vest lining- (this is where you add your most unique personal flare)
• Suit monograms
• Amount of pleats in the pant and the fit

The Right Fit is Everything

There's nothing worse than looking like you're wearing someone else's suit. Get the fitted look by making sure you have accurate measurements throughout. The bottom of your pants, which is called the break in your pants, should fall right above your shoes. The break shouldn't be too loose or to baggy, otherwise it tends to look unflattering and sloppy. As for the shoulder area of your suit, this is often the priciest part to have adjusted and the most noticeable when it comes to your silhouette, so be sure that it's an exact measurement for an exact fit. The rule of thumb for the sleeves on your suit is to make sure that it falls where the thumb connects to the rest of your hand.

The best way to ensure that the fit is right is by making sure your measurements are on point. It's always best to have someone else measure you. If you don't have anyone in mind, you can also hire a tailor to measure you. At Suits for Me, where you can find made to measure suits, dress shirts, pants and more, you can actually hire a travelling tailor to come to you. This ensures the most exact measurements and the best fit possible.

The Power of a Quality, Custom Dress Shirt

Because a dress shirt is what's closest to your body and sets the tone for any outer layers you put on top of it, this particular item is important to get right. A custom dress shirt can be tricky to pick out if you don't know the basics. You'll want to take your size and build into account - if you're muscular or thin and slender or more filled out, there's a different approach depending on your body type. For the well built, shoulders are normally wide and the gut area in the shirt needs more room for any potential weight gain. For the thin and slender this would be an easy job for your tailor, the custom dress shirt would be considered slim fit. Similar to the muscular fit, a regular or classic fit is for the compact individual. It would also be a safe bet to look at your waist measurements when going for a classic fit due to the yoke of the shirt aligning with your waist. Finally, the customization of the details is the finishing touch that will help put your personal touch and express your signature style in the best way. You'll be customizing the following elements:

• Shirt Collar
• Shirt Cuffs
• Shirt monograms
• Shirt pockets
• Cufflinks

There's plenty more that goes into a solid wardrobe, but with these elements, you're well on your way to an impeccably clean cut style that says SUCCESS.