Are there more fat and tall people than skinny and short people?

Short answer to the title-question:

In America today....yes.

Take some HGH and get a few inches, short stuff.

^That's short and fat.

You from South Africa right? Do you not have access to a good tailor? I know there are only 4/5 main big cities, so if you live far away from one, I could see you would have a problem.

The Boks are looking strong at the world cup, If I were a betting man, would not be suprised if they won that again.

If you can't trust you're eyes

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm

Oh today 42 is considered skinny

I asked this all the time, until I found out about mtm and tailors.

And I don't think that there are that many people who fit into those sizes but more like it has been discussed on here that a typical guy who is really a size 38 will get told he is a 40 so that he "can be more comfortable" or some other hogwash.

The average human being would be a 28-year-old Han Chinese man - according to National Geographic. Additional quick online "research" says on average 145/5'5" for such group.

Hope this helps.

This.

Much has changed in the past 30 years.

It's not just the US, it's happening in the UK too. It's also getting worse. I'm a 36" chest, and even a 36" can be too big if it's a bigger cut. 10 years ago I could get most stuff in 36" although it was usually the first size that a store would run out of and sometimes I needed to go into the bigger stores in central London to find places with enough space to be willing to carry anything in 36". Now I find that many manufacturers only start their sizing at 38" and, even on the few items in a range that do offer a 36", stores often don't carry them.

 

I ran out of patience tracking down 36" RTW, or finding that my preferred jacket in a collection was one of the ones where the sizing only started at 38". For me the solution has been to go bespoke. I did tend to buy fairly expensive RTW stuff in my case it's been a bit of an eye opener as to how much more I could get for my money by going bespoke. The sports coat I am having made up at the moment is costing me less than I would have paid for many RTW jackets from people like Zegna and it will be exactly as I want it and it will fit me properly. I realise that for people with a budget of maybe £$300 for a jacket or $500 for a suit then bespoke isn't an option but once one's budget gets to more expensive RTW stuff then don't overlook bespoke because, at that level of RTW spending, it can be a very affordable alternative.

 

- Julian

 

Seems to me that casual wear is increasing in size, no?...some M now look positively huge on me (and that's what I've always bought in the past). On a recent casual linen shirt, I was forced to buy size S - and even so, my chest (about 39-40) has room and the top button closes easily (my neck size is 16).

 

Seems to me that "slim fit" is a must for me now....otherwise it looks like I'm stuffing a balloon into my pants. Sigh.

 

 

I don't think that the WAYWRN thread is statistically relevant concerning the population as a whole. My (european-based) impression is that most suits in department stores are sizes 38R to 46R and the majority of suit buyers - typically older than 30 - are demanding exactly these sizes.

Besides, I'm a size 44R and I'm considering myself neither fat nor tall. Just an ordinary guy here.

I'm 36S, and I've pretty much given up on conventional RTW. It's one of the reasons I buy vintage because at least in the 1960s and earlier 36S was 1.readily available; and 2. actually meant 36S, and wasn't just labelled that pander to flatter people's illusions. And yes, of course if I paid for tailoring etc. etc. but some of us can't afford the luxury of doing this (or not quite so often).

Wow! The average american female is under 5'4" and almost 165 lbs with a 37" waste.........now that's alot of woman!