calmloki
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Last month I got hauled in to Men's Wearhouse and left with a dark charcoal suit, a pale grey jacket, and a cashmere jacket that jumped into my arms and said "love me". Like I told the girl, its not that I hate shopping for clothes, its not trying on anything that fits. 42 extra long jacket.
So now I'm set up with suit wear, but not appropriate long-sleeved shirts. I'm a long guy with 36-37" sleeve length, a 15 1/2" pencil neck, and I guess the wrong width shoulders, because a 16 1/2 x 36 shirt's shoulder width works while a 15 1/2 x 36 shirt's shoulders are too small. Costco's Kirkland branded dress shirts are a very nice, wrinkle resistant all cotton fabric, very nice cut and touches, but their 15 1/2 neck size only goes to a 35" sleeve - too short. Going to a bigger neck size is not good - look like the tortoise in the old tortoise and hare cartoon. Found some Calvin Klein 15 1/2 x 36-37 shirts, but the cut and tailoring was not a patch on the Kirkland shirts, the shoulders were too narrow, the fabric wasn't wrinkle free... Should mention that the Mens Wearhouse salesman, dollar signs dancing in his eyes, had four shirts and matching ties that he wanted to send home with me - but no chance to try them on. At over $50/shirt I wasn't swayed to pay just to try them.
My normal annual clothing expenditure is probably on the order of $150, mostly on underwear and socks - having dropped the bucks on the suits I want to look good in them. Anyone have suggestions?
Back in the early seventies there were Hong Kong tailors that took measurements and would then make pretty much whatever one wanted and mail out the result - A possibility?
So now I'm set up with suit wear, but not appropriate long-sleeved shirts. I'm a long guy with 36-37" sleeve length, a 15 1/2" pencil neck, and I guess the wrong width shoulders, because a 16 1/2 x 36 shirt's shoulder width works while a 15 1/2 x 36 shirt's shoulders are too small. Costco's Kirkland branded dress shirts are a very nice, wrinkle resistant all cotton fabric, very nice cut and touches, but their 15 1/2 neck size only goes to a 35" sleeve - too short. Going to a bigger neck size is not good - look like the tortoise in the old tortoise and hare cartoon. Found some Calvin Klein 15 1/2 x 36-37 shirts, but the cut and tailoring was not a patch on the Kirkland shirts, the shoulders were too narrow, the fabric wasn't wrinkle free... Should mention that the Mens Wearhouse salesman, dollar signs dancing in his eyes, had four shirts and matching ties that he wanted to send home with me - but no chance to try them on. At over $50/shirt I wasn't swayed to pay just to try them.
My normal annual clothing expenditure is probably on the order of $150, mostly on underwear and socks - having dropped the bucks on the suits I want to look good in them. Anyone have suggestions?
Back in the early seventies there were Hong Kong tailors that took measurements and would then make pretty much whatever one wanted and mail out the result - A possibility?