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Sport Coat Fit: Am I a 38 or 40?

AxlJack

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Amongst the options:

J crew 38

I dunno why but it still looks a bit weird but that just might be me


+1 on sleeve alteration
 

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Originally Posted by Dewey
Chest measure should be about 3" bigger than your actual chest measure. Maybe 2" if you are built like Adonis, 4" if you are built like Al Bundy.

Like you said, the tagged size is misleading. A JCrew 40R might measure 41" ...

If the vent splits open, the fit is awful. The model looks hilariously bad. They should get more for whatever money they put into those photo shoots. Whoever was in charge, was incompetent.

In the two pictures, the JCrew looks fine from the front. The RL looks not good in the front and in the back.


My chest measurement is 38".
Actual measurement of the RL 38 is 20" from underneath the armpits, so I guess 40". But the fabric is stretchy so not sure how accurate that is.
 

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