The Case for Cotton Suits + Proper Cloth Dress Pants Review

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

Great content, Subtle Sartorialist. Looking forward to seeing your next upload. I crushed that thumbs up icon on your video. Keep up the fantastic work! Your insights on cotton twill suits were super helpful. Have you found any particular styling tips that work best for transitioning these suits between seasons?

[@subtlesartorialist]

You're too kind 🙏🙏! There are only humid summers where I live but I'd imagine for the summer fall transition, I'd play around with mixing pieces from those seasons. Eg. Flannel shirt and espadrills, t shirt and Chelsea boots, chambray shirt, sweater vest and Tyrolean shoes.

[@Plague_Doc22]

The pants do look quite nice. Where it allows you to wear it a bit more casual and more formal. Always like versatility in my clothing, as I extremely rarely buy an item I can only wear in one setting.

[@subtlesartorialist]

For sure! imo cotton suits are more versatile than linen as separates.

[@Plague_Doc22]

We need a new video my man! Maybe do a Uniqlo Arigato haul? Since it is a big time for sales and people love Uniqlo lol.

[@subtlesartorialist]

My man thank you for the support! Been busy the past few weeks but hoping to get back into the groove soon. Unfortunately nothing in Uniqlo caught my eye these past few months. Also don't quite get all the hype around the Uniqlo C collection... but there's a Collaro sample sale in 2 weeks so maybe I'll do a video on that!

[@Plague_Doc22]

@@subtlesartorialist Sounds good man. Yeah I agree about the C collection. The hype around the wide synthetic sweatpants is the dumbest one to me. $50 for plastic sweatpants is insanity to me.

[@HahaDamn]

What other brands do custom pants by the way? Thanks for the vid tho!

[@subtlesartorialist]

Thanks for watching! Check out suit supply, spier & mackay, collaro, lanieri.

[@hermanteo7544]

Ehhhh for SG context, 245 USD for a cotton trouser that fits poorly... LOL thanks for the honest review. I suppose can iterate for a better fit but there are certainly cheaper and better options in our part of the world.

[@subtlesartorialist]

Yeah, not the best value, unless you're compelled by the fabric (more so for their shirts) or the added features.

[@Plague_Doc22]

Commenting before watching. Usually my issue with cotton suits is that they lack the structure that wool has. This can be compensated but ends up looking too obviously structured in my opinion. And as someone with very broad shoulders, when they add that structure to clothes it makes me look insanely V shaped that ends up looking off. I cant buy a blazer with shoulder padding in it for this reason.

[@subtlesartorialist]

Agreed, adding structure to cotton looks strange for the most part, with the exception of maybe a light shoulder padding.

[@Kiennguyen22360]

cotton wears hot af tho

[@subtlesartorialist]

Yeah I only wear it where there's air conditioning... Also helps that it's unlined and unstructured

[@Kiennguyen22360]

@@subtlesartorialist cotton linen blend just too good. harder to find tho :(