All you did not know about peak lapels

These lapels are hot this season.

Versace jacket

Zegna tweed suit

Versace suit

They are as old as suiting itself. Designed along the models of the traditional dinner jacket, a peak lapel is your standard jacket lapel with a slight difference—the lower lapel is broader than the upper one. After a hiatus from the fashion scene for some time, the peak lapel is hot right now.

 Looking its best on a two-button suit with a low-button stance (i.e., the buttons are lower down the torso) or on a double-breasted suit (which are making a comeback on the fashion circuit), this lapel is a classic. Throwing the shoulders into relief, it also helps to narrow the waist.

The fall/winter look being that of sharp, close-fitted silhouettes, no wonder all leading designers are coming out with their own versions of the peak lapel look for their suits and jackets.

Dinner jackets

The epitome of the “refined look”—with a generous dose of the stiff upper lip—the dinner jacket (or its American cousin, the tuxedo) has long been the standard bearer of peak lapels. Although the classic dinner jacket comes with different lapels, nothing exemplifies formal partying more than a peak lapel jacket with a bow.