Inner-Elbow Shirt Wrinkling

[blc456]

Is this a sign of the sleeves being too tight or is it just the nature of slimmer fitting shirts? I have some MTM shirts and I have been changing the bicep measurement by a little bit each time and I find that if I get the look I want there is wrinkling around the bend of the elbow. On one shirt, I made the arm a bit fuller than usual and I notice that the wrinkling pretty much goes away. Is there any rule or consensus on this?

 

[Blackhood]

If it doesn't wrinkle then its is FAR too large. A sleeve fits straight. When you bend the arm the inner run of fabric gets pushed into its self as much as 5 times. If you've made it large enough not to wrinkle then you've made a shirt that is so large that the fabric folds rather than wrinkles.

Caveat: If you're a body builder with a biceps measurement of say 45-50cm and a forearm measurement of say 20 then the excess space may be a necessity. Other than this, there will always be wrinkles. Its physics.

 

[nmprisons]

Some shirtings will wrinkle less than others, but wrinkles in the inner elbow are a fact I have just learned to live with.

 

[chrisb0109]

Just tell you MTM company you would like your next one made of neoprene. There won't be any wrinkling problems at all.

 

[wysiwyg]

Wrinkling is inevitable. Are you sure you didn't accidentally get a non-iron fabric that one time?

 

[blc456]

Originally Posted by wysiwyg

Wrinkling is inevitable. Are you sure you didn't accidentally get a non-iron fabric that one time?
Yeh, I did not get any non-iron fabric. The shirt that doesn't wrinkle all that much has probably about 3/4 of an inch bigger overall bicep measurement than the ones that do, but it is just fuller than I like. I was just wondering if wrinkling was an obvious sign of "too tight" or if it is just the nature of a slimmer fitting arm

 

[Svenn]

the 'accordion effect' is a natural property of higher thread-count, thinner cottons (i.e. expensive shirts). I don't think anyone notices and the greater comfort and breathiness of such fabrics makes it a tolerable side-effect IMHO.