The Tailors' Thread: Fit Feedback and Alteration Suggestions - Page 189

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Originally Posted by tubby34 

Any chance I can get an opinion? I need to wear a suit to an interview and I'd like to look my best.

Thanks.

If it's all you have, it's all you have.

Don't wear that shirt/tie combo tho.

Wear a light blue shirt, pale yellow/blue striped tie, black belt, black shoes

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Originally Posted by Shen 

I was thinking, taking in the back, making the sleeves a tad narrower and shorter. Any suggestions? 

 

 

 

 

 

Take it in, yes, but I don't know about the sleeves being shorter. Maybe the left sleeve by a hair. Right sleeve is a hair too short it appears.

Hello,

Any thoughts on this one?  Thanks

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Originally Posted by walkman 

Hello,

 

Just ordered and received a 42R (52 Euro) Marco Valentino suit.  I think the the jacket is too big (especially the shoulders).  I plan to exchange for a 40R (50 euro), but looking for confirmation/thoughts on the jacket size. Pics aren't great, but hope they show enough.

 

Thanks

^Walkman: the jacket is far too big.  Get the 40R and see how it fits.
 

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Originally Posted by walkman 

Hello,

 

Any thoughts on this one?  Thanks

And the back is short causing it to fall down. You have very erect posture with a prominent chest. Don't know what you paid, but it's tough to fix especialy in the chest

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Originally Posted by tubby34 

I do have another suit, but I almost would prefer to wear the gray. The blue/yellow idea is a nice one I didn't think of. I may go that route.
I do have a navy suit, and burgundy shoes but I'd rather not go that route because it looks too formal. Black and navy is too dark in my opinion as well.

Thanks for the advice OTC!

The grey suit gives you perceived wisdom. Grey does that. You're a young guy and that's what you want. An older guy would wear navy to make himself look younger.

The yellow/blue striped tie will chisel away at the fullness in your face making you look thinner. The colors depict friendliness, trustworthiness, and energy. The blue shirt is a fair canvas to plant the tie on and the black belt/shoes will bring the whole picture back down to earth and allow you to show some respect to your interviewer.

No cologne.

Conservative watch.

Shine those shoes.

Get that tie knot right.

Make sure your socks match your pants.

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Originally Posted by OTCtailor 

And the back is short causing it to fall down. You have very erect posture with a prominent chest. Don't know what you paid, but it's tough to fix especialy in the chest

Many thanks for the reply OTC.  Can you help me out and tell me what you mean by the back is short?  Would moving down a size cause additional problems in the chest?

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Originally Posted by walkman 

Many thanks for the reply OTC.  Can you help me out and tell me what you mean by the back is short?  Would moving down a size cause additional problems in the chest?

I think I meant to say that the back is LONG, not short. Your actual back is shorter than your front. Consider the midline of your shoulders where your traps are. Travelling down the front of your body, there's more total length than going down the back of your body. It's from the erect-ness of your back posture. It's just a straighter line.

The jacket, however, is long in the back because the back part of it is cut for a longer back which you would find on someone with a more "normal" posture. In the pics you can see this. Just notice how the back seems to be longer than the front.

Moving down a size will definitely cause problems in the chest but the rest of it will fit altogether better. Your best bet is to try different brands on if you can to see which fits in the chest, shoulders, etc while needing the least amount of alterations work. Making the chest bigger isn't possible. Making it smaller is VERY work intensive and doesn't guarantee a great result. Shortening the back is more possible than anything involving chest/shoulders.

If you don't have the option of trying jackets on, you may want to go MTM.

The erect-ness in posture and prominence in your chest will make it very difficult and time consuming to find something that fits well off the rack.

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Originally Posted by katabatic 

This is the E. Zegna Milano suit that I scored at Nordstrom Rack for a song last week. It's reallly comfy - I could get used to this.

 

The only thing I've had done so far is get the pants hemmed w/1.75" cuffs, and had the left sleeve shortened about 1/4". I'm wearing it with AE Fifth Street boots in these pictures - the trousers keep catching on the boot laces, so either I'm going to need to get shorter laces, or just wear it with shoes instead. 

 

Yeah, look at my shiny head disappear into the lighting! Please ignore the awful things that are happening with my shirt collar. 

 

 

 

Is this evidence of shoulders being a touch wide? This is an EU 52. I know if I go down to an EU 50 it will be way too tight at the button. 

 

 

 

Finally, attempting to Do The Spoo. This will take some practice, clearly. 

 

The "divot" at your shoulder is probably from tightness across the blades which we can't tell for lack of a picture. It could also be pressed there. Wouldn't go down a size it'll make it worse.

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Originally Posted by IanE 

Hi,

 

I'm interested in what your suggestions are for this suit (36S J crew factory thompson) and blazer (36S BR tailored). I am 5' 7'', 143 pounds. Neither have been tailored, so the sleeves have to be shortened on both and the suits pants have to be hemmed for less of a break. Neither have been worn or steamed, hence some of the odd wrinkles. 

 

 

I just noticed that there is this odd wrinkle around the button. I think that appeared because the jacket is slightly pulled to the side. It isn't usually there.

 

 

Same reason why there is that odd wrinkle here.

 

 

 

Here you can see how it is pulled to the side/.

 

 

 

Thanks for any feedback on fit/possible alterations. 

did you cut the butt flaps opened yet?

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Originally Posted by OTCtailor 

The "divot" at your shoulder is probably from tightness across the blades which we can't tell for lack of a picture. It could also be pressed there. Wouldn't go down a size it'll make it worse.

Thanks - I couldn't get an over-the-shoulder shot of the back worth a damn :) It's actually much, much less noticeable when I don't have my other arm raised trying to take an awkward iPhone photo. I'll try to get a back photo, but I suspect you're right.  I'll see how it settles out after a few wearings. 

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Originally Posted by PaaPanf 

did you cut the butt flaps opened yet?

Not yet, which is why (particularly on the second jacket) there is that weird fall at the back.

Question for the tailors,

does the p2p measurement of a jacket change once the waist has been suppressed? My tailor pinned the sides of my jacket, will this change the chest measurement? I forgot to ask him, It just occurred to me