Darts -- On MTM Shirt

[Bespokecranberry]

Is there any advantage to having darts on a mtm shirt? I would think no, since the waist measurement will already be as slim as necessary. Thoughts?
BC

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Originally Posted by Bespokecranberry

Is there any advantage to having darts on a mtm shirt? I would think no, since the waist measurement will already be as slim as necessary. Thoughts?
BC

I had this argument the other day with a friend. I pretty much think darts on a MTM shirt are for the look. To me it looks altered and on a MTM shirt I don't want it to look like I took it to a tailor to get taken in.

 

[Infrasonic]

Depends on a few things.

How form fitting you want the shirt, and following on from that:
What environment the shirt is to be worn in. Sat in an office all day is going to need more allowances in fit than stood up all night socialising...

How dished (concave ) your lower back is.

Whether the shirt is to be tucked or not. If tucked the lower back concave becomes more prevalent with regard to "spare" cloth.

The "correct" waist measurement won't necessarily achieve the look you are after depending on the above variables, so darts may or may not be desirable or necessary. There is no "correct" answer.

 

[Master-Classter]

^^^ Yes. I have a reasonably concave back and at a certain point, the waist measurement becomes too tight on my front but when tucket I get a billow of fabric at the back. The best solution is darts.

 

[whatsinaname]

If you put darts in the back of the shirt, the piece of fabric will no longer be flat. So, in some fundamental sense, darts are different than subtracting an amount from the side seams. In a more practical sense, if you want a really fitted shirt back or you have more lower-back curvature than is typical, darts may be the right answer, MTM or not.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

^^^ Yes. I have a reasonably concave back and at a certain point, the waist measurement becomes too tight on my front but when tucket I get a billow of fabric at the back. The best solution is darts.

See, I think this could be that you are tucking in your shirt unevenly from front to back. Like it is tucked in really taught in the front, but not the back. If you distribute the hem evenly, (so the placket lines up all the way to the hem and stand straight and pull your pants over the hem this won't happen. If you let the placket spread open in the front when tucking you get this issue.

 

[Master-Classter]

^^ I'll give it a shot, I do know what you mean. I just have a slight hunch plus concave back and have found darts give the cleanest silouette.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

^^ I'll give it a shot, I do know what you mean. I just have a slight hunch plus concave back and have found darts give the cleanest silouette.

I recently noticed I had this habit and my life changed when I learned to properly tuck in my shirt. Haha.

 

[1969]

I would skip it unless you have scoliosis or some other unusual body shape that benefits from darts. Darts disturb the pattern of your shirt (if there is one) and create seams that can't be pressed as perfectly as fabric without.

 

[blazingazn]

i'm a fan of darts myself.

when i wasn't skinny fat, really slims the silhouette of a tucked in shirt/pants.
there isn't much bellowing from movement.

 

[blahman]

Just wondering...

- The front of the torso (yo belleh) is more convex and the small of your back is concave.
- The shirt front and back are both flat and same width without darts.
- To remove the blousey back and give more room for beer gut with that shirt would mean to move the side seams forward when tucking the shirts in?

That would result in lots of ripples and pulls starting from under your pits as a result of moving the side seams from their natural positions would it not?

 

[Dewey]

Darts are a ***** to iron. Have some sympathy for your maid.

 

[maomao1980]

darts are there for shape, not for slimming per se....though by having a closer shape, it will also be slimmer.