Please critique the fit of this dress shirt, for my future ModernTailor orders

[LDub2010]

This is not a custom-fitted dress shirt, it's OTR from a department store. It's fairly close to the fit I want, but it's not perfect. I'd like your critiques as to where it could be improved For starters, the sleeves are obviously too baggy for my skinny arms (though I really like the length, especially with a suit jacket on).

And if you want to really help me out, you could specifically say what measurements I should adjust slightly when sending in the measurements of the shirt to ModernTailor. But any sort of advice at all is helpful.

Sorry that I am somewhat limited in the picture angles I can provide. I only have an iphone, and there's nobody else here who can take the pictures for me right now.

Thanks in advance.

 

[LDub2010]

Horrible internet failure on my part. Hang on.

 

[bleachboy]

Actually, I think that OTR looks just fine to me. The sleeves don't look outrageously baggy.

You do need to pull your pants up, though. Your belt buckle shouldn't be pointing at the ground.

 

[LDub2010]

Originally Posted by bleachboy

Actually, I think that OTR looks just fine to me. The sleeves don't look outrageously baggy.

You do need to pull your pants up, though. Your belt buckle shouldn't be pointing at the ground.

Good call on the pants. I thought it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the sleeves were too baggy. Maybe I've got a skewed perception of what they should look like.

 

[acecow]

Originally Posted by LDub2010

Good call on the pants. I thought it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the sleeves were too baggy. Maybe I've got a skewed perception of what they should look like.
No, you have not. Different people have different ideas of how clothes should fit. I think they are too baggy. You do too. Bleachboy doesn't. But only your opinion matters in the end since it's your shirt. Make sure the collar sits firm around your neck when it's buttoned. I think you need a lower shoulder measurement. Lower chest, lower waist and lower armhole measurements too. Maybe you can ask someone to pin the shirt for you until it fits your the way you want it and then measure it?

 

[LDub2010]

Two more pics I forgot to include:

Sleeves still look ok? How about the underarm area? Too baggy, or just right?

 

[bleachboy]

Those arms-out shots are the ones that caused me to say the sleeves looked okay (I just went to imageshack and saw them).

acecow is totally right, though. If you're going to do MTM, make the shirt fit the way you'd like it! Personally, I think if the arms are too fitted it ceases to look like a classic dress shirt, but that's just me.

 

[LDub2010]

Originally Posted by bleachboy

Those arms-out shots are the ones that caused me to say the sleeves looked okay (I just went to imageshack and saw them).

acecow is totally right, though. If you're going to do MTM, make the shirt fit the way you'd like it! Personally, I think if the arms are too fitted it ceases to look like a classic dress shirt, but that's just me.

I think what I'll probably do is take the armhole size down just a bit, but less than I would have on my first instinct.

It's a good point about losing the "classic" look if they get too fitted around the arms. I'm trying to strike a nice balance between getting my shirts fitted and still maintaining a fairly conservative, traditional look.

 

[marco_rol]

Originally Posted by acecow

No, you have not. Different people have different ideas of how clothes should fit. I think they are too baggy. You do too. Bleachboy doesn't. But only your opinion matters in the end since it's your shirt. Make sure the collar sits firm around your neck when it's buttoned. I think you need a lower shoulder measurement. Lower chest, lower waist and lower armhole measurements too. Maybe you can ask someone to pin the shirt for you until it fits your the way you want it and then measure it?
+1 If you're going to do MTM/bespoke get it exactly the way you want. I'd also suggest that you button the top and have someone else take the photo with both arms down at your side, etc. It's a little hard to judge with you holding the camera. Edit: duh, just read the OP again - didn't see the last line about not having anyone else to take the photo. mea culpa

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Sleeves seem way too baggy to me. I may enjoy a more tight fit around the arms than some but that fit just screams OTR.

That said, aside from the sleeves the fit isn't terrible.

 

[twosnapsandgo]

Hey if you are going to buy OTR there are optins called slim fit/ modern fit. It you are looking for that nice stream and fitting look. It will also look better with the sleeves. Does your shirt look horrible? No. Can you find better shirts OTR? Absolutely.

 

[chasingred]

Sleeves seem a touch short.

 

[Jay Gatsby]

It's great for OTR. If you wear a jacket pull the slack out of the sleeves and the length will be find.

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]

Originally Posted by marco_rol

Edit: duh, just read the OP again - didn't see the last line about not having anyone else to take the photo. mea culpa

Most cameras have a timer function; I've no idea whether the iPhone does but it would be a bit of a failure on Apple's part if it doesn't. Just prop it up against something, set the timer, and get in position...

 

[wj2009]

looks a bit baggy to me but I guess it is personally preference. I would slim down the sleeves and maybe the chest a bit too.