The lapel / collar does not manage well

Probably best to say:

"The lapel/collar does not behave itself."

I would just say that the suit/collar/lapel is poorly cut.

Hi Mister Micawber,

Thank you for your suggestion. Do English speaking people use "manage" in this way to describe "one of the lapels does not manage well"?

Thank you.

Tinanam

No, I have never heard 'manage' that way. Perhaps 'manage' as an active verb with an explanation in context: 'I can't seem to manage this collar. I think it's cut wrong.'

Hi Mister Micawber,

Thank you for your correction. I'm sorry I have yet one question.

In an active verb with manage, handle, (about one dresses themselves, or chooes their style), can they be used:

I can't manage / handle this dress, it is too bold for me. (To mean it won't look good on me)

Thank you.

Tinanam

Neither seems right to me, really. 'Manage' sounds wrong and 'handle' sounds like 'like'.

Can you tell me why students in these forums are so often putting forth words and asking 'Can I say this?' seemingly randomly? That's how I perceive it, at least, because the phrases just don't collocate reasonably most of the time. Why do you not search Google or the on-line corpora, where there

Hi Mister Micawber,

I think "can I say this" is like "is it correct to say this in English" in my mother tongue. Lately I have just heard a lot of the customers say "I can't handle / manage this dress" and I just want to know if these usages are correct because you hear it all the time, and we can be misguided, and we will never be corrected and learn the correct usage. I understand we

1--What customers? They are native speakers? And what are they doing when they say that? Perhaps the item is too expensive: that would explain the use.

2-- Use [url=http://corpus.byu.edu]COCA[/url], then.

Hi Mister Micawber,

1. Some are local Hong Kong people, some are Singapore and Malaysia people, like tourist.

2. Thank you for the site.

Tinanam