If you live near a college or a university, you may have noticed something odd: young men are wearing vests again.

The retro thrift-store look has made room for waistcoats and dress shirts on stylish young urbanites.

A dress vest is a garment we usually associate more with older, dignified gentlemen of means, so for the time being it’s an eye-catching look as well as an increasingly popular one.

We’re fans of waistcoats here ourselves, so it’s great to see them out there but young men and old should be aware that there are a few basic rules of wearing a dress vest correctly.

Men’s Vest Fashion