Ben W
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Hi folks,
I'm new to classic menswear. I'm not sure if I have garments that aren't fitted properly, or if I just have unrealistic expectations when it comes to the flexibility of such.
The problem I have is in raising an arm (or both arms) out in front of me when wearing a suit / sport coat / overcoat. I feel a binding in the upper arm (bicep) and also some at the elbow, and the jacket sleeve rides up significantly. I don't expect to be able to do jumping jacks, but I did think I'd be able to raise my arm out to a 90º angle or slightly less without extreme binding. I'm barely able to raise it at all before it starts to bind, and anything beyond about a 30º starts to become quite uncomfortable / feels like I might rip something.
I've worked with my tailor extensively on this problem. He has tried moving the shoulder out away from the body, moving it in, picking it up, lowering it, adding padding, no padding at all, letting out the back, rotating the sleeve more forward, upsizing, downsizing, etc. I really feel he has tried just about everything and I'm still in the same boat. One of the gentlemen he works with is roughly my size and put on my jacket and said it felt normal to him. This leads me to believe that this may be a case of improper expectations on my part.
I can't drive with my hands on the wheel at 10 & 2. I have a phone holder on my dash and I can't reach it. Go to shake someone's hand or reach for a glass on the other side of my plate and the jacket sleeve rides up significantly, with lots of binding. Take the jacket / overcoat off and the problem disappears (so the shirt is not restricting me). Are these just the sort of problems one expects to have when wearing these garments?
I experience this with an OTR Mens Wearhouse suit, JC Penny sport coat, MTM suit, MTM sport coat, and MTM overcoat. This was the primary reason I went to the MTM tailor after buying OTR. All of my MTM jackets and overcoat are at the tailor so they can make a couple further minor adjustments and re-press for me after we did so much playing around with the garments. I'll post some photos when I get them back if it would be helpful in answering.
Thank you for your time.
I'm new to classic menswear. I'm not sure if I have garments that aren't fitted properly, or if I just have unrealistic expectations when it comes to the flexibility of such.
The problem I have is in raising an arm (or both arms) out in front of me when wearing a suit / sport coat / overcoat. I feel a binding in the upper arm (bicep) and also some at the elbow, and the jacket sleeve rides up significantly. I don't expect to be able to do jumping jacks, but I did think I'd be able to raise my arm out to a 90º angle or slightly less without extreme binding. I'm barely able to raise it at all before it starts to bind, and anything beyond about a 30º starts to become quite uncomfortable / feels like I might rip something.
I've worked with my tailor extensively on this problem. He has tried moving the shoulder out away from the body, moving it in, picking it up, lowering it, adding padding, no padding at all, letting out the back, rotating the sleeve more forward, upsizing, downsizing, etc. I really feel he has tried just about everything and I'm still in the same boat. One of the gentlemen he works with is roughly my size and put on my jacket and said it felt normal to him. This leads me to believe that this may be a case of improper expectations on my part.
I can't drive with my hands on the wheel at 10 & 2. I have a phone holder on my dash and I can't reach it. Go to shake someone's hand or reach for a glass on the other side of my plate and the jacket sleeve rides up significantly, with lots of binding. Take the jacket / overcoat off and the problem disappears (so the shirt is not restricting me). Are these just the sort of problems one expects to have when wearing these garments?
I experience this with an OTR Mens Wearhouse suit, JC Penny sport coat, MTM suit, MTM sport coat, and MTM overcoat. This was the primary reason I went to the MTM tailor after buying OTR. All of my MTM jackets and overcoat are at the tailor so they can make a couple further minor adjustments and re-press for me after we did so much playing around with the garments. I'll post some photos when I get them back if it would be helpful in answering.
Thank you for your time.