Three tips for the oval man

Happy Monday and welcome back to our weekly appointment: continue our journey to discover the garments that can enhance the man according to his body type. As you have read in the previous episodes of the column, for the man who loves good taste and beauty, being aware of your body type can be useful when choosing a tailored garment, be it a suit, a jacket or trousers, but also in the selection of accessories and patterns. As always, we specify that these are not hard and fast rules and that the most important thing is to wear something that makes us feel at ease: however we think that being aware of your body can help to do just that. Today we see the particularities of the man with an oval physique and which garments can best give you if you think you belong to this type of physicality.

We therefore define first of all who the man with an oval physique is: to recognize him we can say that he is characterized by having sloping shoulders and sturdy arms, while the center of gravity is usually low and thin legs. This type of man therefore tends to have a cylindrical shape. The advice we therefore give to this type of man is to look for garments that give a feeling of greater width to the shoulders and legs, and that on the other hand try to slim the belly.

To achieve this effect we can therefore recommend a button-down shirt that creates greater concentration on the upper part of the shoulders, combined with a jacket perhaps with two slits in the back, called "double vent". On the other hand, vertical stripes such as pinstripe, or light paintings such as window pane or Wales are perfect as patterns. As for the trousers, we recommend a model with pleats, soft and light that will certainly give a feeling of comfort. For the oval man it is not recommended to use the belt, which would break the figure in half, while the braces help to slim him especially if with vertical stripes.