• Hi, I am the owner and main administrator of Styleforum. If you find the forum useful and fun, please help support it by buying through the posted links on the forum. Our main, very popular sales thread, where the latest and best sales are listed, are posted HERE

    Purchases made through some of our links earns a commission for the forum and allows us to do the work of maintaining and improving it. Finally, thanks for being a part of this community. We realize that there are many choices today on the internet, and we have all of you to thank for making Styleforum the foremost destination for discussions of menswear.
  • This site contains affiliate links for which Styleforum may be compensated.
  • STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.

    Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.

    Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!

    Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Correct sleeve length

dbc

Senior Member
Joined
Dec 20, 2009
Messages
347
Reaction score
2
I've done my share of reading and searching about this topic but I can't seem to find a definitive answer so please do chip in.

In 2010 I discovered bespoke clothing and realised that my arms are too short for OTR clothing. To give you an idea, I recently had 3 inches of cloth removed off the sleeve of a Z Zegna shirt which fits well everywhere else.

I'm going MTM and bespoke with my shirts from now on, so the question I have is this: Is the point where the shirt sleeve should end, right after the wrist bone?

I've had MTM done at quite a few local and HK tailors, and yet while they can get jacket sleeve length right, they seem to have trouble with this
uhoh.gif


TIA for your thoughts.
 

Despos

Distinguished Member
Dubiously Honored
Joined
Mar 16, 2006
Messages
8,770
Reaction score
5,799
When the shirt cuff is unbuttoned the bottom of the shirt cuff will be approximately
1 1/2" below your wrist bone. You have to discover if this works for you but it is a basic way to start. Shape of your hand and your preferences will determine if this measure is right for you.
 

Featured Sponsor

How important is full vs half canvas to you for heavier sport jackets?

  • Definitely full canvas only

    Votes: 92 37.6%
  • Half canvas is fine

    Votes: 90 36.7%
  • Really don't care

    Votes: 26 10.6%
  • Depends on fabric

    Votes: 41 16.7%
  • Depends on price

    Votes: 38 15.5%

Forum statistics

Threads
506,903
Messages
10,592,628
Members
224,344
Latest member
marioncamachg
Top