Most men own a suit that almost works. The shoulders are close enough, the cloth isn’t terrible, but something about it reads slightly off and they can never quite put their finger on why. We can. It’s usually the lapel roll, the suppression through the waist, or the trouser break doing something it shouldn’t. These are small things that add up to the difference between looking dressed and looking like you’re wearing a suit.

What we’ve pulled together here are suits where the construction decisions have actually been thought through. Not just sharp on a hanger, but coherent on a body. We’ve looked at fit across chest and seat, at canvassing versus full fuse, at cloths that have enough weight to drape properly without making you miserable in a warm room.

A well cut suit is one of the few things in a man’s wardrobe that does the work for you. These are the ones worth building around.