The Definitive Guide to Slim Fit Shirts - Page 113

Originally Posted by Vecna

General dress shirt question: If you expect to wash a shirt yourself, and it's 100% cotton, do you size up expecting it to shrink? Do you take measures to prevent shrinking? If you size up - by how much?

Any additional dress shirt upkeep advice would be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by mkarim

I buy my correct size. Just make sure its just a little loose in some places. Shirts don't shrink one whole size unless they are very cheap ones. Also I dry my shirts on Low for only 10 minutes and then hang them. They don't shrink that way.

Originally Posted by Phrost

H&M Easy Iron shirts fit me really well. For ~$15, they are pretty good beater shirts for unbuttoned casual workplaces. Instead of darts, these shirts have two felled seams running down the back from shoulder yoke to shirt tail. When worn, they're noticeable but not bad imo. The shirts have high armholes, slim sleeves, and square cuffs. They have small straight collars that I have to leave unbuttoned. IMO, these small collars only look good on guys with smaller necks/faces. These shirts are great for tucking in.

Zara Slim Fit shirts fit well also. The necks are a little smaller on these ime. They have hidden back darts that leave a smooth back when tucked, no back pleats, rounded cuffs, high arm holes, and slim sleeves. These shirts also have similar small straight collars that look too contemporary fully buttoned up imho. ~$40-60

No chest pockets on either the Zara or H&M shirts.

I'm looking for a medium light/sky blue H&M Easy Iron shirt. The large one that I have is definitely too big for me. The sleeves are too long and loose and the body is billowy.

Originally Posted by dagman1

I have a Boss Slim Fit, Brooks Brothers Extra Slim Fit, and J.Crew Regular Fit (apparently the slimmer one) dress shirts.

I am 6' with about a 6-8" drop. I wear a 15.5/34. My favorite, all things considered, is the Boss shirt at $95. Then BB ESL at ~$70.

Boss is the slimmest fitting shirt of them all, likely because it has two darts in the back, while not being to tight in the chest. I would describe the fit as being close to perfect. The collar/cuff construction is great.

Brooks is the next slimmest, but my complaint is that they are slightly to slim in the chest, and slightly too large in the waist. They work, but they could be better is all. I think the reason is that they ado not have darts. If you work out, I would probably avoid, but if you are all around slimmer these would probably be good. But the exception would be the Supima oxford. The fit is the same. But the shirt is made in USA and the material is great. The collar is one of the better I've seen.

J.Crew is meh. The back is too tenty (not brutal but not great). The collar/cuff construction is flimsy compared to Boss and BB. That said I recently bought a J.Crew shirt because I got it on a steep sale. I will probably get all my J.Crew shirts darted, which I think will greatly improve on them.

Haven't tried much else worth mentioning. I will probably keep picking up Boss going forward. At $95 its well worth it.

Originally Posted by phatty123

Assuming you are wearing a dress shirt untucked... how long should it be in inches below the waist? Of course its suppose to be tucked in but if not untucked... how many inches? I heard 7' was good. The reason why i ask this is because i wore a dress shirt and i thought it was way too big because it was too long below my waist. The fitting was fine but it was just so long from top to bottom.

Originally Posted by sentenza

Try BB extra slim, they have higher arm holes I believe. I know they only get them at the outlet from time to time, but you can always try online.