- The single breasted jacket tends to elongate the body, while the double breasted jacket makes it look wider.
- The jacket with tails, or tailcoat, is the most formal style for jackets. This is appropriate for high-end formal occasions and for the groom in a formal wedding.
- The cutaway is also known as the morning jacket, and grooms often wear an ascot tie with this half-step down from the more formal tailcoat. This style gained in popularity in the late 1800s.
- A stroller jacket is the same cut as the common business suit jacket. It is the less formal version of a morning or cutaway coat and was made popular during the 1940s and 1950s.
- The mandarin jacket was originally only worn by solders of the Eight Banners during the Qing Dynasty. Afterward, wealthy men wore this style, until it filtered down to commoners and became a more casual style of jacket.
- Wool is the most popular single fiber in suit jackets. The ideal fabric content for cooler climates and seasons is 100 percent wool. Blends such as wool and rayon, wool and cotton or wool and polyester have gained in popularity because of their durability, wearability and ease of care.
- Suit coat collars come in a variety of lapel types. The most popular and common type is the notch lapel that has an indention cut into it. A lapel that has an upward point is called a peak lapel. The shawl collar has rounded lapels.
