The Formality Scale: How Men's Clothes Rank From Formal To Informal
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00:00 Introduction
So is it appropriate for the occasion is often stipulated by the level of formality of the event. For example, you wear something different when you just go grocery shopping or to the gym then if you go to a garden party to your office or a gala event. It's a big question becomes, how do you know if a garment is casual, formal, or somewhere in between? In this video, we covered the general principle of nearly every garment in classic menswear and we give you general clues, so you can get an idea if something is more in a casual end or in a formal end or simply in the golden middle.
01:05 Casual Vs. Formal Color Schemes
02:12 Texture
03:33 Patterns
04:44 Structure
06:35 Jackets
12:22 Pants
13:47 Shirts
17:01 Ties and Neckwear
18:42 Shoes
21:06 How do you put it all together?
23:18 Outfit Rundown
Virtually speaking, the best outfits were those that combined the same level of formality throughout their outfit. That means they would wear a broadcloth shirt with maybe a sport coat and a pair of Derby shoes because it shows the middle level of formality for everything. In this day and age, things have changed a little bit and people have started combining different levels of formality throughout their outfit. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
It's ridiculous how well made this groups outfits are, as well as the videos they produce.
Deadly drinking game: take a shot every time the word “Formal” is said
Lel
I tried this. Halfway through the video I died
Have you looked under tha lapel of your tuxedo?
If the shinier and smoother the fabric, the more formal it is, would that make latex the most formal fabric of them all? ;-)
Yes
Black latex, double breasted tight fit suit?
Hmm 🤔🤔
Latex isn't a fabric, so No
@@anantverma3428shot that one down lol
I bought a new Dinner Jacket before the video even ended
What is yours and or anyone else's opinion on White Oxfords or Derby's if you don't mind quickly please? Do you think they are acceptable whenever spectator shoes or White sneakers are acceptable? I am a 20 year old entrepreneur and I got a pair of nice white Allen Edmond's fully brogue wingtips and am curious as to when I am able to wear them. I feel like the above is the best way to scale its formality and I should be safe going off of it, do you agree? (acceptable whenever white sneakers or spectators are acceptable)
@@devonr7497 Brogueing isn't formal my man
@@giovannigobbi4832 I meant on the formal- casual scale, I did not say they were formal. My only point is are they acceptable whenever white sneakers or spectator/two tone shoes are acceptable? If not then when are they acceptable.
@@devonr7497 I would say yes. If white sneakers are allowed, then those would be allowed. I bet they look great!
Devon R
I often wear boots, even when sneakers are allowed. There shouldn’t be a problem wearing it where sneakers are allowed, so long as the outfit matches. I would probably pair them with a pair of chinos rather than jeans, and maybe a Henley/t-shirt/polo underneath a fabric bomber jacket. Since sneakers usually mean casual, though, you could probably get away with anything that looks good.
I have been waiting for this video for a while to match the article. I'm loving how you didn't just cover office attire>black tie>white tie and leave it there. In-depth as always.
What is yours and or anyone else's opinion on White Oxfords or Derby's if you don't mind quickly please? Do you think they are acceptable whenever spectator shoes or White sneakers are acceptable? I am a 20 year old entrepreneur and I got a pair of nice white Allen Edmond's fully brogue wingtips and am curious as to when I am able to wear them. I feel like the above is the best way to scale its formality and I should be safe going off of it, do you agree? (acceptable whenever white sneakers or spectators are acceptable)
white tie nowaday.. people who had them is for people who had to deal with royalty..
@@campkira White Tie is still worn at some European wedding and black tie party hosts as well as dances.
This is the most body positive youtube channel - and without any intent 😋
Very good point by you, especially in our contemporary culture.
suit do design for man round bady.. if you want something modern are Italian design but that thing so easy to rip... you may welll need to go to the gym everyday just to be able to wear them..
@@campkira I think that’s good, that way you will always keep fit
Danke Raphael! es ist wirklich 'refreshing' von diesem channel zu lernen!
Wäre schön ihn mal Deutsch reden zu sehen.
Many thanks Sven & team for the lovely video. Lots and lots of fantastic information in here. I certainly will be keeping this video in my rotation of videos I watch from time to time especially when upgrading my wardrobe contents as I move through the years and stages of life.
I have been following your material for a while and even changed my wardrobe due to this channel, this video by far, resumed everything I have learned this far. Thanks @Gentleman's Gazette Team. Great Job, continue to school us. Please I would like a picture of the Burgundy Velvet Dinner Jacket with no vent, I want to bespoke something similar. Thanks
Just really like the way this guy speaks
Thank you for this material! I’ve been dressing up more for work, and have really been enjoying getting into men’s gain more. When I work weekends I lower the formality a/lot by wearing tan chinos, polo, and red wing iron ranger boots, which are my favorite, but don’t have much chance to wear them with my improved style.
I love how this summarize all the smart casual, formal, and anything else in between videos before!
That makes two of us.
Excellent video as always. I’m French and I highly enjoy your videos. Keep up the good job 👍
Thanks for the guide guys I really like theses type of videos very good. I also enjoy your reviews.
I'm glad you're back with guides
So Good! I love this. Thank you for educating the masses.
Sven, I find your channel very interesting. It reminds me somewhat of the deportment and etiquette classes we had at prep back in the 50s and early 60s in England (I was a Kenyan kid sent there from 8 to 13). Today, I generlly dress far more casually, but enjoy more correct attire on occasion. So, I enjoy watching you, largely for nostalgic reasons. BTW, your accent totally floors me.
Now that was a lot of information!!! And if that was not enough just go here here and here! Mr Schneider you're the best.
Ralph Lauren's dinner jacket, jeans, and cowboy boots combo is officially known as a "Texas Tuxedo" or "Texas Formal" and is considered formal dress in Texas when the invitation calls for it. I have worn it quite a few times. Very common at charity balls and weddings.
It is thought of as a slight step below black tie. Wearing darker jeans and darker boots can increase the formality, as can prominent creases in the jeans. Lighter boots and lighter jeans, wear on the jeans, and swapping the bow tie for a bolo tie can tone the formality down.
However, Garth Brooks taught us in "Friends in Low Places" to never "show up in boots... and ruin a black tie affair," when the invitation does not explicitly state to do so.
WOW! I am surprised by the amount of different fabrics suits are made of.
Love your content guys, thank you! :)
Thank you for the extremely thorough and detailed video !
I'm heading out to buy some linens tomorrow, since I'm moving to Nairobi for a while soon.
Linen suits (jackets more than pants) can be too warm for hot weather above 25-30 degree celsius. You're better off with hopsack wool and other similar weaves
@@klhjglkjhlkjhlkjhlkjh I’ve never tried Hopsack wool but sounds like a good option
*SUPERB* tutorial, so extremely detailed, I will need to watch it 2 or 3 more times to really learn every thing. Can not thank you enough sir, amazing job. Cheers!
This was both extremely helpful and entertaining to watch,Thank you. Going to look nice and proper come thanksgiving dinner
One of the most usefull videos for clothes i was thinking about this while i was attending a wedding in a suit
Thanks mr
I love the linen jacket u wear in this video, it looks great!
Such a great video. So many details.
I can’t imagine this bloke ever looking comfortable being casual, like jeans and trainers. The problem with this is there are increasingly fewer occasions when we dress formally. I have loads of formal clothes l hardly ever wear
Them dress formaly most of the time . Don't care about the occasion , you'll look better and more handsome than most people anyways.
@@yazdan7774 Too late for me to be thinking about being handsome. I was talking with friends the other day and one of the consequences of COVID and being home a lot is getting used to being a scruffbag. I wear formal clothes only to weddings, funerals and court appearances these days
Nowadays I'm no longer wearing chinos unless I'm mowing the lawn or going to the gas station. Too many wear chinos these days and I was never satisfied with the way they look, as for casual I'm mostly going houndstooth, courdroy, and sometimes light pastel linen in powder blue, slate or sand on hot days.
Hello, Wonderful video, I have been getting into golf over this quarantine, do you have anything on Golf Fashion?
Thanks
-Henry
We covered that here www.gentlemansgazette.com/gentlemanly-pursuits-golf-attire/?
Great video of information 👏👏👏 keep up the good work.
What a wonderful video, a a teen it is way easier to explain how formal I should dress in different occasions.
Another great job. In the future, may we see your sport coat collection? I love sport coats/blazers and seem to have very similar taste in them as you.
That was a great one, thanks Rafa!
Great video. So much information. Thanks.
great work guys! Thank so much!
Hi Raphael, great video! Formality Scale covered in this uploads is so useful and broaden my knowledge in what is proper in different occasions. More "brogue" elements in garments definitely make the outfit less formal just as brogues in shoes. Do you or anyone have any suggestions on how to wear scarves in summer and fall specifically?
Great 👍 information!!! thanks again for your support
GREAT IDEA to do such a video!!!! congrats
Excellent video ! Thank you GG
This video is worth at least four college credits.
I'll dress is cords and a funky tweed jacket and people act like I'm out in tails
Yeah if I wear a blazer/Chino combo to the office people think I'm pretentious. Sad that our dress code is jeans and a company polo.🙄
Have same issue... What to do when you are prober dresset to the situation, and all the other men are dressed in jeans ore something in that categori?
@@ABCABC-gv1gc just have one or two nice jeans and a few simple polo or other shirts to wear in these types of gathetings.
i have a few shirts that have very simple designs and are usually coloured beige, white, black, red, etc that go well not only with jeans but also with classic trousers and any skirts, and i think the same will work with men's clothing.
Yeah, I went out with some acquaintances and one said “And who’s wedding are you going to?” I laughed it off cause it was a joke but also I was kind of annoyed because I was wearing a cream linen jacket, gray chinos, a blue shirt and chelsea boots. Clearly a casual outfit! So many men are ignorant to fashion these days.
@@billysinge8977 🤣 Once a couple of guys spotted us on the street and said "Wow, they are well dressed!" and the other one "C'mon they're going to a wedding!" He was right, but I wear the same suit going out during the sommer! And I didn't buy it for the weding, I had it since years!
Super Zusammenfassung - vielen Dank!
Thanks always love your talk informative, interesting and friendly ✌️from Dubai
Hi Raphael,
nice guide, I really appreciate your videos! Keep going!
But in my opinion you cannot wear a button down shirt with a tie - at least not over here in Germany.
Nevertheless I am glad I fund your channel a few days ago. Finally a TH-cam channel that is worth every click.
Best regards from Germany!
I wear a lot of SMOKING JACKETS with ascots and waistcoats (complimented with pocket watches)... I needed this, thank you!
Love this channels videos, but kind of wish you guys would also give advice on how to dress stylish for the every day. Suits and jackets are great, but they just don't account for the majority of settings that I am in.
A video on dressing for a formal occasion but having to get semi/casual in a pinch, USING THE SAME OUTFIT. Thank you!
Wow, really appreciate the work!
I enjoy dressing formal items in casual fabric & color & detail. It look dapper without too ''by the book'' or ''all bussiness'' association. Like a lightblue, gentle plaid sport jacket.
You went all out on this one! If you want practically everything in one video, this is it.
Well done. Now go and recharge, I bet this was exhausting.
Best channel on youtube👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️
Excellent video
there’s a reason 007 was in a tux, because it is better to be too formal than informal
007 wears a tux to formal, black-tie events, not the rest of the time lol. Your comment is entirely irrelevant.
He wears a dinner jacket, not a tux. And in the evening, to black tie. However, I indeed wear a “tux” to the gym, yup.
Always interesting.
I went grocery shopping… I wore a vintage styled navy waistcoat and blazer with vintage style gray trousers, burgundy spats, styled suit, antique 1920’s silk top hat, butterfly wing collar and a burgundy 1860’s style bow tie I sewed last night.
Been watching your videos they are fantastic just have a question though. Do you think its possible to pull a bowler hat off for 9-5 wear in 2020? They use to be everywhere in london in the 60's and 70's yet are scarcely scene now.
I just bought myself a full black tuxedo with a tailcoat and white tie and a pique vest
I often feel that causal wear got its form in britain which the gulf stream make the weather more mild. When its really cold formal clothing because hard to wear. also when thing really hot a suit is impractical to wear.
Hi! The video with shopping carts is from Romania. Hi from here!
Would it be possible to do a Canali quality review please? Love your videos
Incredible, I feel much better informed in men’s attire now
I wanted to visit some horse racings but they all demand dress codes (I'm a student and most of my clothes are sports wear). Now I guess I have some ideas. Thank you, sir.
Is it looked down upon to have your ankles showing because i dont like pants that look baggy around the ankle
1:45 "Shades of brown were not worn in town." I am still waiting for the rest of the limerick.
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I really like the suit from the james bond film 'the man with a golden gun' worn by christopher lee as the character 'francisco scaramanga'. Could you have a look?, what do you think?
What about Bostonian Men's Espresso Bicycle-Toe (square) Oxford in black or brown, how would those shoes fit on the formality scale?
Another reason that there was distinction between town and country is because most people if they were anyone your families with on the country Estates and a town house or mansion. Hunting and shooting in the country I’m looking after the estate agriculture and Attending the opera and House of Lords in the city of London.
I've wanted this video for two years
This is a great channel for 1950's fashion
1950s fashion? Are you dumb ? It's for formal clothing doesn't matter the generation
I wanna watch this video all day
Another awesome video! Except nothing on hats! 😭
My favorite was tuxedo and morning suit but l like smoking jacket in house
The worst think is casual
6:28 Mr Schneider looks a bit like a mafioso😂
I read somewhere that the small pocket on a pair of Blue Jeans were orginally for a man's pocket watch
My great grandfather was a watchmaker from the french part of Switzerland. I still have some of his pocketwatches at home and use them daily on my jeans. It just gives them a special flair.
I have a beautiful lady's tux jacket with cream shawl lapels and a peplum. It had loose black tuxedo trousers with a black silk stripe down the outside of each leg. I love that jacket and wore it to fancy work events when I preferred to wear trousers or a black skirt instead of a gown. I could wear it with heels or flats. I could put a cream, white or black shell underneath it and I was warm enough without getting too warm. I could accessorize it with pearls or a pendant necklace. I don't fit into that outfit anymore but I can't bring myself to get rid of it. I don't have any daughters and my nieces are either too short and slender or too heavy. I'll pass it on to the right person at the right time. Maybe my sister?
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13:15 oh no, the terminators are real!!!
I think preston needs to take his suits to a taylor (obviously after the pandemic). They look too big and somewhat floppy.
Learning to tailor is also very nice, because then you can do it at home.
Detective Davis yes in deed, i actually practice with some of my more worned out shirts.
@@TheCuriousFinch how difficult is it to learn though? Especially for people who aren't very talented with their hands
Nah, that's how he always wears them.
That applies to everyone on this channel most of the time, they probably like it.
What was the navy jacket with ticket pocket at 9:56? RLPL? Attolini?
How formal is the club collar (with and/or without bar)?
Perfect timing
8:58 Amazing jacket. I just need to have it.
Could you give us any item recommendations
Does anyone know where to purchase a white tie ensemble?
Why is black tie with a shiny satin bowtie less formal than white tie which has a matte cotton bowtie? Apart from the texture, also the material seems to be less "festive" in white tie than it is with black. There must be some historical reason, but I am interested to know whether it is an exception to the formality rule or whether I am assuming a false logic here. ;)
Awesome!!! How will I integrate face mask in my daily outfit?
Find one that suits your clothing generally for example I wear a plain charcoal one, because it's boring and doesn't stand out.
A tip worth mentioning is to not wear striped ties as usually it is accociated with a school that you didn't attend.
Genuine question here, why don't you get your trousers and jackets abit more fitted?
Could you please do a more detailed breakdown within the suits-to-business casual area that I think we're mostly interested in? I'm specifically concerned about "matching" shoe formality with that clothing. Is it acceptable to wear monkstraps or loafers with a double-breasted or a three-piece suit? Would these shoes be appropriate courtroom attire? Are Oxfords TOO formal for certain suits, like flannel or linen or seersucker or even sharkskin? How much do brogues step it down? Derbies? etc.
If you haven’t gotten an answer yet, you could try emailing them directly 👍👞
How do brogans stack up to other shoes?
Very informative. (y)
I’ve got a dark gray suit jacket and pants is that OK to wear for a formal interview.
Country wear is life.
Sven Raphael Schneider how do you lose weight and stay stylish in this quarantine?
Here I am, a 20 something with exactly one suit only worn for funerals and weddings, who will probably not attend many formal events, and the most formal thing I do on a regular basis is go to church. Sitting here think about how I can apply this to my three shirts and four pants I mix and match to go to church in
Now that we’ve established the Formality Scale.
Can you do a video on shoulder pads?
I actually like center vents much more but that might be just because I wear frock coats instead of suits.
Hi Sven. I think it’s a good idea to make a video “is it worth it” Brioni suit.
This comment was uninformed and has been removed.
@@MrSmithers "is it worth it" is a series made by this channel.
@@aliens858 well, my apologies for my mis-understanding comment.