Should chinos show ankle

Proper pant length and the amount of break is ultimately a personal style choice.

Let’s start with a definition.

The break in a pair of dress pants (or jeans or chinos, for that matter) is the fold or creasing of the fabric above the bottom of the front of the pant leg where it meets your shoe.

“Proper” pant length is matter of much discussion when it comes to the rules of style.

Ultimately, however, the length of one’s pants – or how much or little break one’s pants have – is a personal style choice and very much a matter of personal preference, aesthetics and body type.

Here are four of the most common pant breaks and hemlines you’re likely to see as well as some guidance on choosing what pant length is right for you.

No Break

Thom Browne’s shrunken suit forever changed the face of men’s dress pants.

While the above-the-ankle style can only truly be pulled off by some, many guys feel comfortable with a “no break” hem, where the pant leg just kisses t

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