ChasingStyle
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Is this fit of the armhole something that can be done comfortably with a mtm garment vs a full bespoke? I am working with a local tailor on my suits and would like to achieve something like this without stepping up to his bespoke, as its twice the price. He makes the mtm garments in house
Here is the calculation we used for my armholes, but I still dont get results like yours:
1/8 chest + 1/16 height + 0.5cm
I’m a 41 inch chest. I’m 70 inches tall. That would put the armhole at 5.125 inches+4.375 inches + .2 inches = ~9.75 inches.
I'm no expert in MTM, so my educated guess is that the answer depends on how close the pattern is to your actual body, and how much adjustments the tailor will do at cutting time.
As I understand it, usually MTM patterns will have a wider armhole, to allow for a more "universal fit", so if the MTM approach is to cut the pattern that fits your size, and then adjust at 1st fitting, the armhole will have already been cut to big for what you want.
Now, if you get them to already cut a tighter armhole from the pattern they have, then you'll get what you want.
I'm sure others can give you a better answer.