The Fit Check — the Style.It menswear blog

• Corduroy pants for men: wale, fit, and how to wear them — The fall pant jeans forget: what wale count means, how cords should fit, what to pay, and three ways to wear them without the 70s thing.
• What to wear to a football game: stands, tailgate, night game — A 1 p.m. kickoff can end at 48 degrees in the dark. The layers, shoes and team colors that hold up for four hours on cold aluminum.
• Workwear style for men: what it is and how to wear it — Chore coats, duck canvas and moc toe boots. The pieces, the fit, and three October outfits that skip the lumberjack costume.
• Are cargo pants still in style? Yes, if you get these right — Cargos came back years ago and stuck. Here's the fit, fabric and pocket setup that looks current, plus three fall outfits.
• What to wear in 50 degree weather (and 40, and 60) — Fall mornings and afternoons can be 25 degrees apart. A layering plan by the number, with the pieces and prices that make it work.
• Minimalist style for men: fewer clothes, better outfits — What minimalist style actually means, the 15 pieces that make it work, and the mistakes that make a small wardrobe look cheap.
• The flannel shirt guide: weight, fit, and how to wear it — Flannel is a fabric, not a pattern. How heavy it should be, how it should fit, and three ways to wear it this fall.
• What to wear to a fall wedding when the reception is outside — Fall weddings drop 20 degrees between the ceremony and the toasts. Here is the suit, the layer and the shoes that handle both ends of that.
• How to dress for your frame: short, tall, lean, broad — Fit is whether the shoulder seam lands right. Proportion is whether the cut suits your frame, and that is the part photos pick up.
• Merino, lambswool, cashmere: which sweater to actually buy — Wool is not one material. The gap between a $50 merino and a $300 cashmere is measurable, and it decides which sweater survives the winter.
• How to buy secondhand clothes without getting burned — A wool coat that cost $400 new sells for $45 used. Here is how to buy it without collecting a closet of things that never fit.
• Fall jackets: which one you should buy first — A puffer covers six weeks. A trucker, a chore coat and a blouson cover four months, and one of them costs $60 used.
• Streetwear for men: what it actually is and how to wear it — Most of what gets sold as streetwear is a logo on a blank. The real thing is proportion, and it costs far less than resale prices suggest.
• The sweatshirt guide: weight, fit, and the hood test — The number on the tag that matters is gsm, not the size. What weight to buy, where the hem should land, and why the hood tells you the price.
• How to make your clothes last (the dryer is the problem) — Your dryer does more damage than wearing the clothes ever will. What to wash, how often, and the storage habits that keep things looking new.
• What to wear to a job interview, by industry — Read the company's daily uniform, then dress one notch above it. Three lanes, real price points, and the details that get noticed.
• Accessories: the four worth owning, and what to skip — Belt, watch, sunglasses, bag. What each one actually does for an outfit, what to spend on it, and the extras that only add noise.
• Chinos: four fit checks and the pairs worth buying — The pant that covers everything jeans cannot: twill weight, the four fit checks, and which pairs are worth it at $40, $99 and $135.
• The overshirt: the layer that gets you through September — Not a shirt, not quite a jacket. How an overshirt should fit, which fabric to buy for fall, and the three outfits it runs on repeat.
• Beyond sneakers: the two pairs worth owning next — Loafers and boots cover the eight times a year sneakers can't. Which to buy, what they cost, and how to break them in without blisters.
• What a tailor can fix, what it costs, and what to skip — A $15 hem does more for how you look than a $150 shirt. Here is what to bring a tailor, what to pay, and what is not worth fixing.
• How to match colors: the palette that makes everything work together — Most guys do not have a style problem, they have a color problem. Here is the palette that makes half your closet work with the other half.
• What to wear to college: a starter wardrobe that lasts the semester — The campus starter kit: ten or twelve mostly neutral pieces built to survive full days of walking and laundry every two weeks.
• The jeans guide: how they should fit and which pair to buy — Most guys buy denim by color and end up with jeans that all fit wrong. Here is fit first, then cut, fabric, and where to spend.