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Originally Posted by
Reevolving 
MC, can you elaborate? I have thought this in the past about myself. Some of my shirts seem to "ruffle" at the button placket after being taken in on just the sides.
Would it be better to slim the sides less and add darts? Would this eliminate that ruffled bib effect?
the way I see it is you can take a shirt in from the sides but often there's more to 'fit' then just measurements. what makes a shirt comfortable or not and good fit is about
shape, which doesn't mean the front and back panels are the same. So in my case, I have a slightly hollow back and the start of a little belly (not really but just a little). So for me, darts work much better because it pulls off extra fabric but mostly off the back and it leaves the front, which fits fine, alone. if I take the same amount off the front and back both, then the front becomes too tight and the buttons gape and it shows the stomach too much. That's just been my experience anyway. Plus darts are generally cheaper to do (I had about 20-30 shirts to do so it's like $12 for darts instead of $25 for slimming body and sleeves), and also they can be taken out (I now request the tailor leaves some more fabric on the sides when they take it in from the sides but even with 1/2 an inch x4 there's still a limit to what can be undone)
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Originally Posted by
gettoasty
darts do not look as clean
eh, I can see where the sentiment comes from. With non-see-through fabric, and on shirts without patterns it's better, otherwise it becomes quite obvious.
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Originally Posted by
GreenFrog
I feel fine with my pants right now.. but my shoes do look ridiculously big when I cross my legs and the hem moves up, exposing my socks/ankle portion. My skinny ass ankles + size 11 shoes make them look pretty ridiculous, lol. Strangely, though, only in the Norwichs. In my Park Aves, they're fine. I guess it's because the Norwich is a tad bit chunkier. They also gave me blisters on my ankle today (first time wearing them out since purchase) so I'm considering returning them. They were not comfortable, at all.
I've found that with new shoes they're usually close, like 75% comfortable out the box but it takes a good 10-15, even 20 wearings to really break them in. When the sole is stiff, as your foot bends the shoe stays straight so it rubs the heel a lot and pinches the toes, plus the footbed hasn't molded yes. They'll probably get a lot more comfortable with time.
