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Do I have a short or regular or long torso?

iroh

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I was planning to order some dress shirts online and there was a section to select your torso length. So I'm 73 inches tall and my hip bone is around 41 inches off the ground. Which option do I choose? How do I tell?

And what is the proper torso length for a male?
 

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Look at your inseam instead. Long inseam for your height=short torso and vice versa
 

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Originally Posted by pebblegrain
Look at your inseam instead. Long inseam for your height=short torso and vice versa

Good advice. For your height a 32" inseam is about regular. A shorter inseam would mean a longer torso, and vice versa.
 

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Originally Posted by iroh
And what is the proper torso length for a male?

I'm going to have to take exception with the use of "proper" to describe body dimensions.
 

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Post a pic and set up a poll for the SF to decide.
 

iroh

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Originally Posted by Matt S
Good advice. For your height a 32" inseam is about regular. A shorter inseam would mean a longer torso, and vice versa.

How did you figure this out?
 

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There's short torso, medium torso, long torso, and then Reevolving torso (clinically defined as 90% of height is torso)
 

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