A bit too aggressive for me but do you my man.
Pant break is probably the most controversial thing in mens wear. Some traditional heads won't accept anything but a full break and a lot of people nowadays love the above look. I was working with my tailor to go somewhere in the middle, with a slight break. Meaning pants hemmed to touch the top of the shoe just slightly, with no socks showing while standing.
After a bunch of trial and error and a lot of $ on tailoring spent, here's what I've settled on:
-The amount of break you have is directly related to the taper of your pant leg. If you are going for a very slim silhouette, with a very tapered leg, (i.e. 7 to 7.5 inch taper at the ankle) you CAN"T have any break. Why? Cause with a very tapered leg, and pants that are long, you are going to get a stacked, bunched up look at the ankle, which looks sloppy. So if you want a full break, you have to accommodate it with a wide leg opening, which is traditionally a more classic look.
-The taper of you pant leg should be in proportion to your body size. If you are a wide dude, fat or muscular, don't get 7 inch tapered pant legs. If you are skinny frail dude, then you can probably pull off 6.5 inch tapered legs.
-Personally for me, I like to dress well, but I don't want to stand out at work for obvious reasons. I'd rather be known for the quality of my work first rather than that guy who wears such and such (good or bad.) As a slim dude who is 5'10", I wanted to go very slight break (half an inch break,) with a tapered leg opening at 7 inches. My request to my tailor was that I wanted my pant leg barely touching the top of my shoe when standing straight. This was achieved but in practical day to day life.....when you are walking, or even standing at an angle, the pants flood and show sock.
-Here was the magic trick that I'm so thankful to have found. THE ANGLED HEM. Otherwise known as the Military Hem. Basically, this is exactly what it sounds like. The hem is angled so that from the front of the pant to the back of the pant, the pants get slightly longer. For example, say for my length of pant, I get 29.5 inch inseam, well, it will be 29.5 inch at the front of the pants, and the hem will angle down 0.5 inch to 30 inch inseam in the back. This works magically because shoes will have a higher instep in the front, so that the front of your pants can be a bit shorter to catch a slight break to rest on the shoe. Now, when I'm standing, leaning at an angle, my hem is perfect from front to back, the only time you see sock is when I'm walking at a face pace or obviously when I'm sitting.
