Men's Dress Shirt Styles - How To Choose the Perfect Collar, Placket, Cuff & Fit

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to men’s shirt construction and styling, covering fit categories from classic to slim, placket styles, collar types suited to different face shapes, cuff options, and back details. They emphasize how each design element affects both appearance and comfort, and argue that modern or contemporary fit offers the best balance between aesthetic appeal and wearability.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team recommends modern or contemporary fit as superior to classic or slim fits because it tapers the silhouette while maintaining comfort and mobility, whereas super skinny fits are uncomfortable and should be avoided
• Collar choice should flatter your face shape: oval faces benefit from slightly spread collars to balance proportions, while round faces suit pointed collars that direct the eye downward
• The Gazette team argues that French or American plackets are the most versatile options for dress shirts, while fly front plackets for evening wear are less practical than using decorative shirt studs

Episode details: published January 27, 2017 · 320K views · 12:35 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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