Shirt size question

[togi]

I am size 15.75 and hence my options for good fitting OTR dress shirts have always been limited. My question is: if you were my size would you also consider size 16 shirts, realizing that the fit of the collar will be far from perfect. Yes or No answer would do.

 

[Tomasso]

Yes

 

[Omegablogger]

No.

Plenty of 15.75 shirts around, see shopthefinest or virtualclotheshorse.

 

[Taxler]

Look for Euro sized shirts rather than US sizes. 40cm is very close to 15.75"

 

[Aristocrat]

+1, and Yes.

 

[togi]

This is all started when I realized that all my good fitting shirts started to show their ages and hence I didn't have the luxury to wait for Jantzen shirts for 6 months. So I decided take action and order 5-6 shirts from TM Lewin, which I thought would serve me alright till I get my Janzen's. However, when I was ready to order I realized that they didn't have size 15.75, and it had to be either 15.5 or 16.

This is one of these situations where having a 15.75" neck and a 44" chest is not helping one, there was no way size 15.5 would fit. So it was either size 16 or nothing. Out of frustration I went back to my wardrobe to see how bad my size 16 shirts, which I rarely wear, looked. Not so surprisingly, they didn't look good at all. I was able to insert two fingers between the collar and neck and then another two fingers, even two more fingers were a possibility with enough motivation.

All in all this is one sad story. I really wanted to push this order button.