MTM shirts .. cant get them to fit right!? help!!

[Geezer]

mp,

That is a picture of a model, in a carefully staged and posed shot. The back of his shirt is probably full of pins to get the shot right. The shot is the best of 100+ photos taken from that angle with a $2000 camera by a professional. The garment was then adjusted to give a "perfect" shot for the next pose. It may well be photoshopped or enhanced.

By contrast, your pics are apparently taken in a lavatory, on an iPhone, with your arm and body at unnatural angles.

Your shirts are fine. Chill.

 

[atoms]

You're obsessing. Look at people in real life who dress well, not photoshopped images of models where the clothes are clipped behind them to make them tighter. People don't wear clothes like that in real life, the buttons would pop, the seams would tear, and you wouldn't even be able to wipe your ass.

 

[Zacharrrr]

hey !

that guy has a very different body to yours. I think the wrinkles are a combination of your lat and chest, you might need more space there.

edit: do you lift?

 

[TM79]



hey !

that guy has a very different body to yours. I think the wrinkles are a combination of your lat and chest, you might need more space there.

edit: do you lift?

enabler.

 

[mp1472]

hey !

that guy has a very different body to yours. I think the wrinkles are a combination of your lat and chest, you might need more space there.

edit: do you lift?

No not anymore who has the time, I used to be very into lifting back in the day so I still have a somewhat athletic build .. at least I do now after losing tons of weight.
The interesting thing is I think theres too much material there if I pull the shirt into the center I can get about 1.5" of material bunched up and it cleans up the chest area at the arm holes.

Luxire is making a test shirt right now with reduced arm hole to armhole in front of the shirt im looking forward to seeing if it fixes the problem. I used to order from tom james back in the day and im no stranger to mtm shirts and never had this prob. Maybe im obsessing and have lost touch with reality like they say (lol) but the thing is the shirts have made a few trips to the tailor specifically to fix this problem (other adjustments as well sleeves were too long and too baggy) and yet the problem persists .

if anyone could post their pics of a well fitting mtm shirt would be cool to see if this wrinkle is there and I really am just obsessing but I swear this should not happen !!!!

 

[eluther]

Your left arm/shoulder has a pitch to it or it's being raised. That's not something you can fix with MTM and most bespoke wouldn't necessarily get it right for the first few shirts. I'm going to tell you that you are absolutely the only person who's going to notice it, though, and you are never going to get a shirt that looks like the one you posted. Ever. No matter what.

 

[mp1472]

Your left arm/shoulder has a pitch to it or it's being raised. That's not something you can fix with MTM and most bespoke wouldn't necessarily get it right for the first few shirts. I'm going to tell you that you are absolutely the only person who's going to notice it, though, and you are never going to get a shirt that looks like the one you posted. Ever. No matter what.

 

[tobiasj]



No not anymore who has the time, I used to be very into lifting back in the day so I still have a somewhat athletic build .. at least I do now after losing tons of weight.
The interesting thing is I think theres too much material there if I pull the shirt into the center I can get about 1.5" of material bunched up and it cleans up the chest area at the arm holes.

Luxire is making a test shirt right now with reduced arm hole to armhole in front of the shirt im looking forward to seeing if it fixes the problem. I used to order from tom james back in the day and im no stranger to mtm shirts and never had this prob. Maybe im obsessing and have lost touch with reality like they say (lol) but the thing is the shirts have made a few trips to the tailor specifically to fix this problem (other adjustments as well sleeves were too long and too baggy)  and yet the problem persists .

if anyone could post their pics of a well fitting mtm shirt would be cool to see if this wrinkle is there and I really am just obsessing but I swear this should not happen !!!!

I'm starting to think maybe you have a point:

 

[VinnyMac]

...shoulder looks wide. The picture that you posted is obviously editted. They clean up those wrinkles so that people, like yourself, will get excited and buy. Then, when your shirt doesn't look right, you'll think that you made a mistake, and you'll order again...and again. You have to have a very close fit in the chest and probably more muscular pecs than you appear to have to get rid of (almost) all of the wrinkles.

 

[tobiasj]



...shoulder looks wide. The picture that you posted is obviously editted. They clean up those wrinkles so that people, like yourself, will get excited and buy. Then, when your shirt doesn't look right, you'll think that you made a mistake, and you'll order again...and again. You have to have a very close fit in the chest and probably more muscular pecs than you appear to have to get rid of (almost) all of the wrinkles.

Wut?

 

[mp1472]

I'm starting to think maybe you have a point:

this looks like a very good fit pretty much the look/fit im trying to get on my shirts

 

[tobiasj]

Yah, well that is Spoo in an MTM Charvet. In case you don't know, Spoo is kiiind of a big deal around here. But I agree, it is something to aim for.

 

[Bounder]



well maybe I am but I have to think on a custom job there should be a way to get the cut right in the chest are so as to not cause that unsightly wrinkle. this photo below is pretty much how I would expect a shirt to look and fit mtm. no weird creases or wrinkles in the chest going on there.

First, the picture you are using as your ideal has exactly the same wrinkles in exactly the same place. Seriously. Look closely. Yours are a little more obvious maybe, but the problem, if that's what it is, is the same. The wrinkles in your shirts are caused by the fact that you have pecs. Having them cut so close doesn't help either. I don't think you are going to get much better MTM. A looser cut might help somewhat. Alternatively, I suppose you could stop hitting the gym.

 

[VinnyMac]

Yah, well that is Spoo in an MTM Charvet. In case you don't know, Spoo is kiiind of a big deal around here. But I agree, it is something to aim for.

The shirt looks good...a little too straight-up-and-down for my taste, but there's nothing wrong with it.