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After a first waistcoat, the decision of how often to wear vested garments is really every man’s choice. Any style worn without variation gets boring, so don’t be “the vest guy”— but have at least a few standing by for days when a little extra flair is called for. As a stand-alone item of clothing, a waistcoat similar to those worn with a three-piece suit is an appropriate piece of business-casual wear. Hill, Daniel Delis. History of World Costume and Fashion. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768100950. A sweater-vest can be worn to basically the same functions that a sweater can, but appears as a more conscious choice on the wearer’s part simply by being the less common option. Formal waistcoats often feature lapels, which is uncommon on most other vests. They tend to be cut much lower in the front than the waistcoats that accompany three-piece suits, leaving more of the formal dress shirt visible.

Greatrex, Tom. “Waistcoat.” In The Berg Companion to Fashion, edited by Valerie Steele. Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. Accessed October 03, 2017. https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/products/berg-fashion-library/encyclopedia/the-berg-companion-to-fashion/waistcoat. Cumming, Valerie, C. W. Cunnington, and P. E. Cunnington. “Vest.” In The Dictionary of Fashion History, 218. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2010. Accessed January 17, 2018. https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/products/berg-fashion-library/dictionary/the-dictionary-of-fashion-history/vest. The gaudy colors you sometimes see at rental outlets remain novelty items, but a rich burgundy red or deep green is appropriate enough to be worn in front of the Queen of England — and has been. The Vest in the Man’s Three-Piece Suit It serves a similar function to a casual sportcoat, adding a touch of color and style to a dress shirt and trousers without attempting to imitate the formality of a matched suit. The modern men’s vest, like many fashionable accents, began life as a functional piece of outerwear.

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For women, the vest arrives later and takes several forms before resembling the menswear garment familiar today: Wilcox, R. Turner. The Dictionary of Costume. 1st Macmillan Hudson River ed. New York: Macmillan, 1987. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456762613. Craig’s dinner suit was personally made for him by a master tailor and his stomach is as flat as a washboard. If you can’t duplicate these factors then don’t expect to duplicate his formal waistline.

The same applies to fleece activewear, and so on — these are all undress garments, made for casual day-to-day wear with friends and family. A vested style is a minor stylistic flourish and a comfortable choice for warmer weather. Worn separately, waistcoats and vests are flexible pieces of menswear that can fill roles in formal or casual wear alike. The Formal Men’s Waistcoat The versatility and unusual style of waistcoats and vests is too good for a well-dressed man to pass on entirely.The look then becomes more dressed-down, almost playful — suitable for a relaxed evening on the town rather than a serious business event. The undress vest is generally seen as a stylish flourish on whatever parent garment spawned it — and, from a more practical standpoint, is one that can be worn in somewhat warmer weather.