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First Suit Fit Check?

jeff13007

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+ several!
And don't buy from that shop again - no self respecting commission grasping sales assistant should have allowed you out with that.


Lol i always get a kick from reading your posts GBR
 

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Thanks. The lighting was not conducive to good cell phone pictures. When it comes in the mail I'll post some higher quality pics.
 

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As far as the first suit is concerned, the body of the jacket and the sleeves look a bit full, and the jacket and sleeves are both too long.


Too long now? The 40R seemed too short so I went up to an L. I thought I could shorten the sleeves a little if needed but that the length needed to be longer.

http://imgur.com/jI68Q

This is an image of the same jacket in a 40R instead of L. Sleeves look decent with that shirt (though I am not sure if the shirt's sleeves are long enough or not). But the actual jacket seems to still end kinda high, don't you think?
 

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It's tough to tell, but the new jacket does not look that long to me. It's way better than the last one. The pics are a little blurry though. I would shorten the sleeves a little, about to where your wrist bone sticks out. Your shirt cuffs will stick out a half-inch or an inch, which is a good look.

Make sure you feel comfortable in it. If it feels uncomfortable, something is probably not right.
 

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This is an image of the same jacket in a 40R instead of L. Sleeves look decent with that shirt (though I am not sure if the shirt's sleeves are long enough or not). But the actual jacket seems to still end kinda high, don't you think?
That one looks too short.
 

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Are you able to tell me what exactly is terrible about it so I know for the future?
Is the second link the same as the old one from before? I believe so but just checking.
In any case, the skirt of the jacket barely gets to the break in your wrist.
That is awfully short. Not a stretch in the style of now, etc. just disproportionate and looking terrible.
That is what jumps off the page. I did not even bother to look at anything else in much detail with this jacket.
And I am one who will push a bit with a modernist look, short jacket, et al.
This one is out. Rubbish it and the thought of anything that fits like it on you.
 

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