Getting a suit

[revexrevex]

I went to a store to get a suit. The tailer measured my chest, and it was 45 relaxed. He couldn't believe how someone can have 45 inch chest with 34 inch waist. He was really amazed, he even started telling other staff in the store. It made me feel really good though.. knowing that all the hard work in the gym is paying off in real life with compliments like this.

Whats funny is 44 size suit has 38 inch waist pants, they just fell right off of me when I tried it on. I guess that is their idea of an "average" man.

 

[coolcolj]

When I had mine done, the guy asked me if I did swimming - he said I had big shoulders

Said my butt was big though....

 

[DrBones]

Thats awesome man...
I'm excited to get my next suit now... lol....

 

[bigstve12]

those suit guys are funny..they always ask me if im a football player

 

[Dirty Workout]

My stats are pretty much the same (45 chest, 34 waist) I got a suit last summer and the guys said I was like his worst nightmare to fit LOL

 

[IronLion]

I'm screwed...I have to get a taylor

 

[Lord_Suston]

I'm screwed...I have to get a taylor

lol... I had to get mine what a pain in the ass, most likely I will need one next year too.

 

[Backlash]

Damn I can't wait to have that problem - I have about a 7" difference chest to waist right now.

 

[FatRat]

I'm screwed...I have to get a taylor

Tell me about it, you just cant get an off the peg suit from anywhere, and very few places will break up a set for you. Also, a normally cut jacket just hangs off my shoulders and looks like a tent leaving a load of flapping material around the back of the waist. You have to add some serious £££'s for tailoring.

 

[IronLion]

I was told that they couldn't even alter pants for me, they literally have to make it from the fabric. I can get away with the rack jacket but then like you said fatrat it looks sloppy around the middle...no matter what I am looking at about a grand for a suit that fits....casual monday-fri anyone?

 

[SofaGeorge]

I think we are going to have to include "buying suits" in the pantheon of experiences that only the Brotherhood of Iron can understand.

 

[IronLion]

that and freeballin'

 

[spatts]

I think we are going to have to include "buying suits" in the pantheon of experiences that only the Brotherhood of Iron can understand.

...and sisterhood.

 

[Numani]

Whats funny is 44 size suit has 38 inch waist pants, they just fell right off of me when I tried it on. I guess that is their idea of an "average" man.

I heard that over here clothes stores use a six inch differential between waist and chest for suits. A tailor told me thats been the standard in the UK for a very long time.

 

[SofaGeorge]

...and sisterhood.

Brotherhood does not denote the masculine - it denotes the singular.

I made the arguement years ago that sisterhood would be equally correct in denoting a singular since it would not be used to indicate gender.

Nobody liked the idea of guys being refered to as the "Sisterhood of Iron."

It is, however, technically correct.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

...and sisterhood.

& forget Euro labels... Channel, Prada & Escada jackets have tiny arms-- not made for girlies w/ muscular tris & bis

 

[FatRat]

And while we are on the subject, I am about a 34” / 36” waist (6’4” tall) but have to get 38” or 40” and wear a belt just to get any room on the thighs, I hate the baggy back side look!!!

 

[spatts]

SG: lol

MsBH: Euro Labels? Do they make baggies?

FatRat: 38-28-42, I got a seamstress years ago. Cotton is my friend.

 

[SofaGeorge]

And while we are on the subject, I am about a 34” / 36” waist (6’4” tall) but have to get 38” or 40” and wear a belt just to get any room on the thighs, I hate the baggy back side look!!!

Can you buy 501 jeans. I find that if I wear a pair that is fitted to my waist I can barely squeeze my legs into them... and then they are tight tight tight.

 

[IronLion]

I buy the beyond baggy silvertabs and I buy them 4 to six sizes too big, that makes them look like 501's on me.

 

[spatts]

I have never been able to wear Levi's because my thighs and waist are the same measurement. I can wear my husbands baggy Silvertabs, but they stopped making them, and I do look rather frumpy in them (I just call that comfortable, but you know).

The Gap used to make a pair of jeans called "reverse fit," and I would by them 3-4 pair at a time in case they ran out. It was basically 1 size smaller in the waist than the legs. So if you bought an 8, it had a size 8 waist and size 10 legs...those were PERFECT. Wouldn't you know, they pulled them off the shelves.

(sigh)

 

[FatRat]

Can you buy 501 jeans. I find that if I wear a pair that is fitted to my waist I can barely squeeze my legs into them... and then they are tight tight tight.

Nope, they get to just about knee level.

And who has been stuck in a shirt (seems to happen with short sleeve ones most) in the changing rooms of a shop and had to walk out and get two assistants to help pull it off your back and arms, only for it to turn inside-out over your head and make it even tighter...?

I don’t know, when it says XL you just go for it cos you really want it to fit, then there is no going back…

 

[IronLion]

fat guy in a little coat syndrome...I get it all the time

 

[Backlash]

Re: Re: Getting a suit

I heard that over here clothes stores use a six inch differential between waist and chest for suits. A tailor told me thats been the standard in the UK for a very long time.

I think a 6 inch differential is average over here in the US also, except the stomach is 6 inches bigger than the waist...