How do you wear the flaps on you suit/sport coat front pockets? In or out?
Jacket Pocket Flaps
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Out. Really have no idea why, just do.
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"out" looks better, "in" is more practical from my experience.
"In" is more formal. Or more appropriately, they jacket would be made without flaps at all. Unless you are wearing a tuxedo, though, it probably doesn't matter so long as you get both pockets going the same way.
A good tuxedo will be made without flaps. If someone tries to sell you a tux with flaps on the pocket ... and it's probably got a notch lapel too ... keep walking.
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Interesting. "In" is definitely sharper looking. I had no idea of which was more formal.
It depends somewhat on the situation and the jacket, although I guess "in" is what I choose more often.
And then there are jackets with fake pockets, so the flaps remain "out."
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Really? That's just wrong.
I've had off the rack jackets with the pockets loosely stitched closed before but I've yet to see one with fake pockets, it seems quite sad to me that they'd make them that way.
I'm not going to vote, because I must be missing something. It wouldn't even occur to me to tuck the flaps in to a pocket, and I wouldn't expect anything to lie nicely flat if I did.
Flaps out. There must be a reason dry cleansers always press the flaps outside and down.
True double-welted pockets with flaps allow you to fold the flap inside, offering two looks for the price of one.
That is exactly how my leather blazer is made, and since I use my pockets, the flaps remain in unless it is raining.
+1. Tuck them in ? Surely, if you don't want pocket flaps, buy a suit that has been styled without them or a jacket/coat with patch pockets.
Still, each to his own....
Just saw the photographs above. Thanks for posting. Interesting, I must check my suits and overcoats to see - don't recall any of my pockets being double-usage as it were...
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I usually go no flaps on suits, but flaps on sportcoats/blazers.
That is indeed new to me.
Not sure how I feel about it. It's a bit like shirt cuffs that have buttons and holes for cufflinks. Seems to work well though.
I vote out. When its fall outside and before its time to wear an overcoat, sometimes the flaps have been in and I've found leaves in there.
Hence the origin of the "flaps=less formal" thing.
If a gentleman is out rummaging about the countryside shooting game in the rain, obviously he needs flaps. If he's at the opera, he doesn't.
I say, let the flaps flap where they may. I never knew this was such an issue.
...I've always worn my suits with the flaps 'in' (I do have a few made without flaps too). 
