Advice Sought! Suit and shirt fit - fixable or not?

[spi02]

Interviews are coming up and my interview suit seems terribly ill fitting. I think the shirt fits nicely, but the sleeves are a bit short. The suit jacket has a bunch of things wrong. The shoulders don't seem fit, the top of the sleeves are wrinkle a ridiculous amount, and the quarters don't lie flat. The shirt collar also seems too high relative to the jacket collar. Easy fix or should I just give up?

Shirt:

Suit:

From the pictures, it seems that the shoulders are a bit too large - but I think it has more to do with the amount of padding and 'ropedness' of the shoulders, which causes the suit to stand above my shoulder and fall strangely off of it, if you get what I'm saying.

Anyways thanks for your help. Your advice is appreciated.

Regards.

 

[embowafa]

the shirt fits fine, IMO.

the jacket fits your torso just fine, but those sleeves......

I wouldn't even know where to begin with that.

 

[Talbina]

You ass is popping out too much.

 

[Eccentric]

Originally Posted by Talbina

You ass is popping out too much.

This. Un-************ posture will help immensely.

 

[fashion_newbie]

Agrred, shirt fits well, I don't mind the shirt collar but the jacket sleeves need work.

Also, before the interview - pretty sure 'saught' is not a word!

 

[dragon8]

Agree that something odd about the way you are standing.

there appears to be too much padding on the shoulders but the shirt looks good.

 

[a tailor]

was this altered?

 

[spi02]

Originally Posted by Eccentric

This. Un-************ posture will help immensely.

Trying to pose for the camera. For everyone's viewing pleasure, I removed the stick from ****** in the pics below.

Originally Posted by fashion_newbie

Also, before the interview - pretty sure 'saught' is not a word!

fixed

Originally Posted by a tailor

was this altered?

The sleeves were shortened, but I believe they were shortened from the end since the buttons aren't working. If they were shortened from the top, that would explain some things...

Pics:

 

[EL72]

Perhaps the sleeves can removed and reset by a really good tailor but I wouldn't hold my breath. Otherwise, I think that suit is a write-off.

 

[embowafa]

Originally Posted by spi02

The sleeves were shortened, but I believe they were shortened from the end since the buttons aren't working. If they were shortened from the top, that would explain some things...

bingo. It literally looks like someone ripped the sleeves off and stapled them back together.

 

[TheFoo]

I think the jacket is too small in almost every dimension. The shoulders could stand to be a bit wider, if anything. I definitely don't think they are too narrow. The sleeves obviously need help (wait for Despos or JeffreyD to diagnose them for you). The jacket is too tight around your torso--you can see it bunching, particularly in your side profile. But maybe the worst problem is the buttoning point--it looks like it's about four inches higher than your waist. Heck, your bottom button looks closer to correct than the upper one.

Maybe this being too nitpicky, but the vents also look short, more like what you'd see on a woman's jacket.

 

[spi02]

Thanks for the input everyone.

mafoofan, I thank you especially. I think you are right about the shoulders being a bit too narrow as they stand now. Combined with the substantial padding, it's definitely contributing to some of the upper sleeve problems. I think the bunching that you're seeing in the side photo is actually from the top lines of the ticket pocket and regular pocket - unless you're talking about how the left quarter flares outwards when it overlaps with the right quarter. In that case I fully agree.

I've never given much thought to the buttoning point since a lot of three button suits are buttoned as high or higher than this suit. Now that I think about it, most two button suits and 3 roll 2 are buttoned at the waist. Is having a two button buttoned this high an egregious mistake?

Thanks again for the help - it'll definitely help with my next suit purchase.

 

[penguin vic]

I think the main problem is the jacket is too tight in the body - chest, waist, everything. That may adding to the screwed up sleeves.

 

[AndrewRogers]

Shirt seems good. The rest seems too small.

 

[Shirtmaven]

the jacket is a disaster.
where did you get it?
Was it made for you?
if from a store, then you need to take it back and complain.
Carl