The Tailors' Thread: Fit Feedback and Alteration Suggestions

[a tailor]



I just bought my first blazer in preparation for employment. What do you guys think of the fit? How could it be improved? I'm a total beginner. Ignore casual chinos.

first, are wearing your trousers down on your butt ? it should be up on your natural waist. thats just above your hip bones.
if you are not, the blazer looks about 10 inches too short. are you just spoofing us?

 

[cxbxw]



first, are wearing your trousers down on your butt ? it should be up on your natural waist. thats just above your hip bones.
if you are not, the blazer looks about 10 inches too short. are you just spoofing us?

I said 'ignore casual chinos'.

I wasn't preparing for work, more, I was slouching around the house, and threw on the blazer for a fit picture. Why are you commenting on my trousers when I asked questions Re. my blazer?

 

[Despos]

first, are wearing your trousers down on your butt ? it should be up on your natural waist. thats just above your hip bones.
if you are not, the blazer looks about 10 inches too short. are you just spoofing us?

I said 'ignore casual chinos'.

I wasn't preparing for work, more, I was slouching around the house, and threw on the blazer for a fit picture. Why are you commenting on my trousers when I asked questions Re. my blazer?

Because you can't critique something unless you take careful pictures of how it will actually be worn. if you want good feed back there needs to be good photos to judge from. There were tips at the beginning of this thread of what and how photos should be submitted.

 

[New Shoes1]

Looking for any tips from the tailors on what needs to be done to make this jacket fit better. Just got it back from Brooks Brothers and was happy with what I saw in the mirror, but am not happy with how big it looks in the pictures. I see excess fabric around the shoulder blades and there does not appear to be any v to the jacket. Does the chest/shoulder blades need some sort of suppression? Any thoughts?

Any advice from the tailors on how to improve this fit would be greatly appreciated. For example, is the jacket too long? Too big around the shoulder blades and under the arms? Appeciate all that you do for SF members.

 

[Despos]

^ Did you try on other sizes, this looks to big to begin with

 

[jrd617]

Too big in the shoulders/blades? This is a Samuelsohn suit, and I've sized up to a 40R.

Obvious corrections are collar length, sleeves, and possibly the length by about a half inch (balance permitting)

 

[New Shoes1]

^ Did you try on other sizes, this looks to big to begin with

Yes, this is a 43L. I tried on the 42L and it bowed out significantly in the lapels. The shoulders fit very well in the 42L and seem to fit fine in this one as well, but the chest seems to have too much room. Could the bowing of the lapels have been fixed to fit me in the 42L?

 

[Despos]

Sometimes the bow can be corrected depending on the cause. Several things could contribute to the bowing, some correctable some not. This jacket doesn't bow out over your chest but everything else is off. A front shot with the jacket unbuttoned will help.

 

[New Shoes1]

Sometimes the bow can be corrected depending on the cause. Several things could contribute to the bowing, some correctable some not. This jacket doesn't bow out over your chest but everything else is off. A front shot with the jacket unbuttoned will help.

I do not have the jacket with me at the office today, but will take a picture with it unbuttoned tonight. If it also helps, I'm still a little larger in the chest and shoulders due to a long history of lifting weights (not so much lifting anymore, but still a little larger).

 

[Despos]



Too big in the shoulders/blades? This is a Samuelsohn suit, and I've sized up to a 40R.

Obvious corrections are collar length, sleeves, and possibly the length by about a half inch (balance permitting)

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

You need shoulder and collar work for your square shoulders

 

[Velazkez]

Any advice from the tailors on how to improve this fit would be greatly appreciated. For example, is the jacket too long? Too big around the shoulder blades and under the arms? Appeciate all that you do for SF members.

This jacket fits similarly to how BB fits me. Is the button placement on this jacket too far above the waist, or is that just the style that this type of suit goes for?

 

[jrd617]



You need shoulder and collar work for your square shoulders

Thanks, Despos. By shoulder work do you mean narrowing?

 

[Despos]

No, your shoulders look to be high/square and the jacket shoulders are sloped so the two angles don't mesh. That's why you have the roll under the collar and maybe feel pressure at the end of your shoulder. Also see tension across the blades. This could all be done by correcting the shoulder.

 

[gettoasty]

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Thanks in advance!!

So is it true that one of the tailors who have been more than wonderful in helping with critiques in this thread is from San Francisco? I am going to my tailor this weekend in Los Gatos, would definitely postpone the trip to make it out and see one of you gentleman in the North Bay instead.
I ask because I have 2 suits, similar to the one I will show, that I am getting tailored. I like the suits in general. I would not categorize them as "power suits" by SF standards, more like work horses good enough for my starting career. But as I am planning to get the remaining two suits tailored, I am also venturing out to more jackets/ sport coats.
I am posting to see whether the jackets currently are too big/wide in the shoulders on me. The jacket allows "perfect" layering of a variety of combinations: shirt +/- sweater +/- light down jacket!
I am just wondering if I should
A) Stick to the same shoulder measurements, or go .25" smaller. Currently 17.5" shoulders on jackets in general.
B) Should I slim down the jackets?
Again, I like the overall fitting currently but I am asking out of curiosity in question B, and more about fit with question A.
Appreciate the feedback!​

PHOTOS!:

Layering the jacket here:

Honest opinions please, but keep it relevant....these suits are not MC approved by any measure FWIW.
THANK YOU! ​

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[TuckerSon]

Is it possible for a tailor to shorten the part where my dress shirt is attached to the sleeve? (so my shirt won't hang below my shoulders)