Tough Proportions to Fit

[Towers]

I have one of those bodies where finding clothes that actually fit me that it is extremely difficult.

For instance; I usually wear a 40R through the chest and waist, but fit ~19.5" across the shoulders, so jackets tend to be loose in the body if I size up to fit my shoulders, or really tight through the shoulders if i fit to my chest. I have a 16.5" neck, but a slimmer chest, waist and arms so shirts, even a lot of the MTM shirts I've tried (Maxwell's, justwhiteshirts.com, etc.) tend to fit like Seinfeld-esque pirate shirts through the sleeves and body. And I have a condition known as 'hockey thighs and ass' from years spent at the arena which means that pants have a tendency to fit tight up top, but loose at the ankle.

I know I can't be the only one with this issue, so I'm asking what other people with difficult proportions do. How much can you expect a tailor to be able to take out of a jacket? How many of your dress shirts are ruined because the person doing your alterations thought the pin-and-sew method was best? How many of your pants are loose through the waist but tight through the thighs and back to loose again in the ankles?

What are your suggestions?

 

[Nicola]

Try different brands. Avoid brands cut with slim shoulders.


Get pants that fit in the butt and aren't cut slim. Have the waist taken in.

Look for shirts cut athletic and not slim.

Other then that consider finding a tailor who can make things that actually fit you. Online isn't likely the best choice.

 

[phxlawstudent]

So, you have enormous shoulders and normal size everything else? Sorry, no one makes anything that fits that body.

If you mean athletic though, there are many makers. Not for suits though. Well, maybe H&M. Depends on how fit you are and proportions.

 

[alliswell]

Made to measure. Try mytailor.com for starters.

 

[ktrp]

Originally Posted by Dr.Demento

Wait until you grow up and your bones develop into a manly size before buying a suit.
And stay away from buying "monkey suits" with sleeves that are too short and those stupid looking high armholes that make you look like you belong in the film, Saturday Night Fever

Links to OTR suits with stupid high armholes plzthx.

 

[phxlawstudent]

Originally Posted by ktrp

Links to OTR suits with stupid high armholes plzthx.

I'd be interested in such garments as well.

Older Oxxford's and Hickey Freeman's had high arm holes. Not sure if Oxxford is still the same, but HF is most certainly not. That said, they aren't "stupid high."