How To Wear Houndstooth, Dogtooth and Pepita In Menswear

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to the houndstooth pattern in menswear, covering its definition, historical origins in tweed fabrics, and practical styling advice. They explain how to wear houndstooth well across various garments—from sport coats and suits to shirts, ties, and accessories—while offering specific recommendations on color combinations, pattern scales, and pairing strategies to avoid clashing.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team defines houndstooth as a symmetrical multicolored broken check pattern distinguished by jagged edges formed by twill lines, traditionally woven in wool but now available in many fabrics and color combinations.
• The Gazette team argues that houndstooth is an underrated, versatile pattern well-suited for autumn and winter wear and outdoor activities, but too rustic and informal for traditional white-collar business settings.
• The Gazette team recommends avoiding wearing a houndstooth jacket with a houndstooth tie simultaneously, and suggests pairing houndstooth with solid colors, subtle patterns like macclesfield neats, and textured knit ties instead.
• The Gazette team advises choosing smaller-scale houndstooth patterns for suits to maintain a distinguished appearance rather than a costume-like look, and recommends subdued boutonnieres and pocket squares to complement the boldness of the pattern.

Episode details: published October 29, 2018 · 88K views · 18:05 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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