| 1B | One-button (jacket/suit) |
| 2B | Two-button (jacket/suit) |
| 2.5B or 2-1/2B | "Two-and-a-half" button (jacket/suit) |
| 3B | Three-button (jacket/suit) |
| 4x1 | Four-button with one working (double-breasted jacket/suit) |
| 4x2 | Four-button with two working (double-breasted jacket/suit) |
| 6x1 | Six-button with one working (double-breasted jacket/suit) |
| 6x2 | Six-button with two working (double-breasted jacket/suit) |
| AA/AAAC | Ask Andy About Clothes (another clothing forum) |
| AE | Allen-Edmonds (shoes) |
| A&F | Abercrombie & Fitch |
| AFAICS | As far as I can/could see |
| AFAICT | As far as I can/could tell |
| AFAIK | As far as I know/knew |
| AKA | Also known as |
| APC | A.P.C. (Atelier de Production et Creation) Brand jeans |
| A&S | Anderson & Sheppard (Savile Row tailors) |
| AS | Alfred Sargent (shoes) |
| Bal | Balmoral shoe |
| BB | Brooks Brothers |
| BD | Button-down (button down shirt collar) |
| BDU | Battle Dress Uniform (military clothing) |
| BR | Banana Republic (clothing company) |
| BS | Ben Silver (clothing company) |
| CB | Chester Barrie (clothing company) |
| CdG | Comme des Garcons (clothing company) |
| CF | Carlo Franco (tie / clothing company) |
| C&J or CJ | Crockett & Jones (shoes) |
| CK | Calvin Klein |
| CMT | Cut, Make, Trim -- providing one's own material to a tailor for a suit or other item of clothing |
| CT | Charles Tyrwhitt (clothing company) |
| DB | Double-breasted (jacket/suit) |
| D&G | Dolce & Gabbana (clothing company) |
| DH | Dior Homme (clothing company) |
| DJ | Dinner jacket (i.e., tuxedo) |
| e.g. | Exempli Gratia (Lat. "for the sake of example") |
| EG (MC) | Edward Green (shoes) |
| E&R | Ede & Ravenscroft (clothing company) |
| FC | French cuff |
| FIH | Four-in-hand (tie knot) |
| FIHTies | Four-In-Hand Ties (clothing company) |
| FW | Full Windsor (tie knot) |
| FWIW | For what it's worth |
| HB | Hugo Boss (clothing company) |
| HF or H-F | Hickey-Freeman (clothing company) |
| HF | H. Freeman & Co. (clothing company, not the same as Hickey-Freeman) |
| H&H | Harvie & Hudson (Savile Row tailors) |
| H&H | Holland & Holland (firearms maker and outfitters) |
| H&K | Hilditch & Key (shirt / clothing company) |
| HL | Helmut Lang (clothing company) |
| H&S | Holland & Sherry (suiting fabric company) |
| HSM | Hart Schaffner & Marx (clothing company) |
| i.e. | Id Est (Lat. "it is" roughly equiv. to "in other words") |
| IIRC | If I remember correctly |
| IMMSMC | If my memory serves me correctly |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion |
| IMNSHO | In my not so humble opinion |
| JAB | Jos A. Bank (clothing company) |
| JFTR | Just for the record |
| JL | John Lobb (shoe company) |
| J&M | Johnston & Murphy (shoe company) |
| KC | Kenneth Cole |
| KFS | Kilgour French Stansbury (clothing co.) |
| LE | Lands' End |
| LL | London Lounge (another clothing forum) |
| LLB | L.L. Bean (clothing company) |
| LMFAO | Laughing my (F__) ass off |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| LP | Loro Piana (fabric and clothing company) |
| MOP | Mother-of-pearl |
| M&S | Marks & Spencer (dept. store) |
| MTM | Made-to-measure |
| NB | New Balance (athletic shoes) |
| NB or N.B. | Nota Bene (Lat. "note well") |
| NM | Nieman Marcus (dept. store) |
| NTTAWWT | Not that there's anything wrong with that |
| OB | Ozwald Boateng |
| OCBD | Oxford cloth button-down (shirt) |
| OMG | Oh my God |
| OP | Original Poster (poster of the first post in a forum thread) |
| OTC | Over the calf (socks) |
| OTR | Off the rack |
| OTT | Over-the-top (too much, garish) |
| PDC | Paper Denim & Cloth (jeans company) |
| Perf | Perforated (usu. shoe detailing) |
| PoW | Prince of Wales (often referring to the check pattern named after him) |
| PRL | Polo Ralph Lauren |
| PS | Paul Smith |
| PS | Paul Stuart |
| PS | Pocket Square |
| R&B | Rag & Bone (denim / clothing company) |
| RJ | Richard James (Savile Row tailor / clothing company) |
| RL | Ralph Lauren |
| RLBL | Ralph Lauren Black Label |
| RLPL | Ralph Lauren Purple Label |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling on floor laughing (my ass off) |
| RTW | Ready to wear |
| SB | Single-breasted (jacket/suit) |
| SF | San Francisco |
| SF | Style Forum |
| ST | Supertalk (another clothing forum) |
| STF | Shop The Finest (online clothing merchant) |
| STP | Sierra Trading Post (online clothing discount store) |
| T&A | Turnbull & Asser (shirt / clothing company) |
| TTTT | To Tell The Truth |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator (web site address) |
| VCH | Virtual Clothes Horse (online clothing merchant) |
| WCC | World Class Consignment (online clothing merchant) |
| WRT or W/R/T | With respect to; with regards to |
| W&S | Whitcomb & Shaftesbury (Savile Row tailors) |
| WTF | What the f___ |
| YMMV | Your mileage may vary |
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