Correct Sleeve Length For Dress Shirts, Jackets & Suits + 8 Mistakes To Avoid

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00:00 Introduction

Shirt cuff should fall to the base of the thumb, but that requires many considerations to get it right. Basically every feature of a dress shirt – the cut, the armhole size, the cuff button placement, the width of the cuff – will affect the length of the shirt sleeve.

00:32 Sleeve Length for French Cuff Shirts
It should always end at the root of your thumb. Opt for a shirt armhole that is big enough to make you comfortable but small enough to keep the shirt cuff at the right length.

Considerations to make regarding French Cuff or Double Cuff Shirts

01:04 French Cuff Shirts Should Have a Horseshoe Shape Cuff
01:27 The French Cuff Buttonhole Should Be Positioned Closely to the Edge of the Cuff
02:49 Shirt Cuff Must Not Be Too Wide Otherwise It Slides Down
04:34 French Cuffs Should Not Be too Narrow Otherwise it Throws Off the Proportions

Now that you know how long a shirt should be, the question is, how much shirt cuff should you show?

If you go through history, and if you consult different people, you realize different lengths are considered proper by different people.

For example, Allan Flusser suggests you show a half an inch of cuff, shirt cuff that is, underneath your jacket sleeve. On the other hand, Bernhard Roetzel, famous author of the book "The Gentleman" suggests just one cm which is about 2/5 of an inch. To learn more about him, check out our video interview here.

If you go back to the 50's, you find guys that suggest just a quarter inch or about 0.6 cm or alternatively, 2 cm which is 4/5 if an inch or almost an entire inch.

We, at Gentleman's Gazette, believe that it's a matter of taste and personally, I prefer anything in around half an inch, maybe a little bit more. What's more important than an exact measurement is proportion. Ideally, you want the amount of shirt cuff you show here to correspond to the amount of shirt you show on the back of your neck. So if you have half an inch on the back of your neck, you should show about half an inch on your shirt cuff. It's much easier to adjust the sleeve length of the jacket or a shirt, rather than adjusting it on the neck.

If you decide you don't want to show any shirt cuff at all, make sure that the sleeve length is not too long but rather proper and ends right past the little crease in your hand or the root of your thumb.

The other problem a lot of men face is having a large shirt cuff fit into a tapered jacket sleeve. That leaves you with a cuff bunching up and it simply looks terrible. if you have a barrel cuff with buttons on your shirt, you definitely want a more tapered jacket sleeve otherwise, it looks disproportionate.

Traditionally, button cuffs were a bit more casual so with the more formal double-breasted suit, you would always wear French cuffs or double cuffs with cuff links.

Today, you can basically wear anything you want but if you want to adhere to the classic dress code you should always go with barrel cuffs for more casual ensembles and French cuffs for more formal outfits.

In my opinion, Prince Charles does a very good job in balancing his shirt cuffs, his sleeves, and his neck. Next time you see a picture of him or see him on TV, pay attention to that.
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