dah328
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The oft-quoted guideline for the amount of shirt cuff shown beyond the jacket sleeve is 3/8 to 1/2 inch. I assume this guideline applies when standing with your arms at your side.
How does this look when you bend your arms? Consider that the correct sleeve length on a shirt should include enough extra length to prevent the cuff from being pulled away from the wrist when the arm is bent. A jacket sleeve has no such extra length. If it is sized to show 1/2 inch of cuff when the arm is straight, the jacket sleeve will retract when the arm is bent and show considerably more than 1/2" of shirt cuff.
I assume that's the way it is supposed to be, but I ask this because it's like pulling teeth to get a tailor to cut a jacket sleeve short enough to show anything more than a millimeter of cuff when standing. It's almost as if they intend for shirt cuff to be shown only when the arm is bent.
Regards,
dan
How does this look when you bend your arms? Consider that the correct sleeve length on a shirt should include enough extra length to prevent the cuff from being pulled away from the wrist when the arm is bent. A jacket sleeve has no such extra length. If it is sized to show 1/2 inch of cuff when the arm is straight, the jacket sleeve will retract when the arm is bent and show considerably more than 1/2" of shirt cuff.
I assume that's the way it is supposed to be, but I ask this because it's like pulling teeth to get a tailor to cut a jacket sleeve short enough to show anything more than a millimeter of cuff when standing. It's almost as if they intend for shirt cuff to be shown only when the arm is bent.
Regards,
dan