Luxire Custom Clothing - Official Affiliate Thread - Page 48

Originally Posted by emptym 

Ezlau, are the shirt cuffs buttoned? I ask because with your left arm bent, the shirt sleeve looks exactly the right length. There should be enough length in the sleeve to allow the cuff to stay right at your wrist when you bend your arm. If an unbuttoned cuff ends at your wrist when your arm is straight, it will ride half way up your forearm when bent. If the sleeves are the proper length and the cuffs are unbuttoned, they should end right about where yours are on your right arm, or maybe a bit higher. To prevent sleeves of the proper length from falling down and covering your hand when the arm is lowered, the cuffs should hug your wrist. So if the right sleeve is buttoned, the problem is more that the cuff is too wide, imo at least.
Regarding the bicep measurement, sleeves should be wide enough to allow you to bend your arm without rubbing too hard against the elbows, which would cause tearing there relatively quickly. The shoulder width looks perfect to me. It ends right where your shoulder does.
Of course, everything I said applies to classic guidelines. If you wanted a tight shirt for clubbing, that's a different story...
Btw, by "professional tailor" do you mean a local dry cleaner or alterations tailor or someone who makes custom shirts for men?

Originally Posted by emptym 

Ya, if the cuffs are buttoned, then the cuffs are the biggest problem, although I agree that the sleeves may be a bit long. Have you washed and dried the shirt though? They tend to shrink a bit in the first few cycles, particularly in length.
Regarding the cause of the large cuffs, before your edit, your post said "the 'meaty part' of your wrists" not your palms. Did you send them measurements of your hands instead of your wrists?
If so, maybe that's where the Sam Cavato tailor measured. As we all know, most alterations tailors like to make jacket sleeves cover the hands a bit, since that's where most men like to wear their jackets. (Although, Thom Browne and the recent fashion swing toward extremely short, tight clothing is changing that.) In general, I think it's best to measure oneself. There was a thread here a while back in which people argued that tailors who aren't making the garment themselves have little incentive to do a good job and may even take bad measurements to get you to buy something from them.
And actually, even better than measuring oneself, imo, is to send measurements of a garment, particularly if one has a vision of how one would like something to fit. Body measurements are good only if everyone involved has the same idea about how tight or loose, long or short, the garment should be.

Originally Posted by ezlau 

I made the edit because according to Luxire's measurement, that's where I'm supposed to measure it up to (meaty part beside your pinky when you clench your fist) - about halfway down my palm. I usually only measure my sleeves up to my wrist + a little, so I was a little surprised by the sleeve measuring instructions when I first saw it too, but thought it would be adjusted accordingly. ***Regarding the 'meaty part' I was referring to the sleeves measurements instruction (from base of neck to the meaty part of a clenched fist, right beside the pinky)
Also, I found out that the tailor probably adjusted the cuff a little too much for my watch, I'm about 1 inch off from what I should have given to Luxire.
Also, apparently Luxire makes their shirt with pre-washed fabric, and it wont shrink, but these shirt are fresh out of the box. Will give them a wash this weekend and hopefully it will shrink a wee bit Nothing sucks more than having an otherwise nice shirt that don't fit exactly right.

Originally Posted by luxire 

Yes, brushed and super soft. Weight per meter sq: The one on the left is 240 grams, right is 180, middle one is about 160

Originally Posted by luxire 

Its a shawl collar vest.

Christmas orders on track.