The Importance of Choosing the Right Suit Fabric

People see what you drive and they will create an opinion. How you dress, how well your clothes fit are just as important as how you stand and carry yourself. The way your suit hangs and fits do make a difference; and the better the quality of fabric the better you will look in your clothes.

Men?s suits are either wool or non-wool. Regardless of whether you are buying ?off the peg? or tailor made, choosing the correct fabric is the right place to start.

Non-wool suits consist of mainly polyester, linen or silk. Polyester is a man-made material and it would certainly not be most peoples first fabric choice. It can (and often is) used with wool to help lower the cost of buying a pure wool suit.

As a suit fabric, linen can be very stylish and is also light and cool. It does crease easily though, and can easily show dirt and stains. Spending a day sitting at a desk wearing a linen suit can result in very creased trousers. Additionally, dry cleaning costs for a linen suit can be high.

Often, men wish to own a silk suit. Stories abound of visitors to Hong Kong having made to measure silk suits completed in record time and delivered to their hotel room. Silk is soft and strong and can be blended with linen or wool. A pure silk suit is both cool to wear and a thing of beauty. Alas, nowadays an expensive thing of beauty.

The best fabric to choose for your suit would be wool. Mixing the quality and natural material with polyester will decrease the price and the wrinkles; but a 100% pure wool suit would be another good investment, and last as long as you can wear it.

Tweed is a choice that many older men like, and almost everyone can identify this material. Tweed is warm in the winter, and very heavy. It is a good idea to get a second opinion on tweed because many of the styles can be unflattering.

Worsted is very hard wearing, making it an ideal choice. Depending upon the weave it can be made into light or heavyweight suits which are resistant to creasing, and can be worn year round. Of all the popular suit fabrics, Worsted has proved itself to be the best choice.

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