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Welcome to the forum.
The preferred way of carrying a 1911, like I think most guns carried concealed, is just behind your strong side's hip in the 3:30 to 5:00 o'clock positions (if you are right-handed) and 9:30 to 7:00 o'clock positions (if you are left-handed).
The type of holster is totally dependant on your mode of dress and comfort level.
Ostensibly, an in-the-waistband (IWB) holster is more concealable that an out-of-the waistband (OWB) holster since the IWB conceals the body of the holster and gun inside of your pants. You can pretty much have a jacket or untucked shirt ride up the edge of your pants and your gun still be concealed. The OWB requires a shirt or jacket cover the holstered gun and not ride up at all lest your gun is visible for all to see.
The problem with IWB holsters is that you need to ensure your pants are at least a size (two is better) bigger than the pants you currently wear...if not, carrying a gun using that mode can get very uncomfortable.
There are other modes of carry (shoulder, in a "man bag" and/or fanny pack, and deep concealed like a Smart Carry holster) and in alternate places on the body like pistol butt forward and opposite your strongside (crossdraw), but the IWB and OWB holsters behind the hip are the most common.
There are lots (and lots) of holstermakers here on this forum...so you sir are definitely in luck!
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