Sculpt Your Body...with Patterns! (Tips for All Body Types)

About this video

The Gazette team explains how to select fabric patterns based on body type to create visual proportionality. They debunk the myth that horizontal stripes make people look wider, then provide specific pattern recommendations for wider, thinner, short, and tall gentlemen to help each body type appear more balanced and proportional.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that horizontal stripes appear 6% thinner on 2D shapes but make people look wider on 3D bodies because they guide the eye outward
• The Gazette team recommends wider gentlemen wear vertical stripes, thick stripes, and large check patterns while avoiding micropatterns and bright colors
• The Gazette team suggests thinner gentlemen wear thin or medium-spaced stripes, medium checks, and micropatterns to create the illusion of greater width
• The Gazette team advises short men to wear vertical stripes and micropatterns including micro-houndstooth to emphasize height, while tall men should wear horizontal stripes and large checks to emphasize width

Episode details: published May 31, 2021 · 38K views · 11:05 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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