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payodpanda
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ChurchillW
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payodpandaI thought regular fit shirts were for people that had rectangular rather than trapezoidal bodies. Typically on slim fit shirts the shoulders stay the same, but it tapers down the torso and the sleeves, and the armholes get higher.
payodpanda
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ChurchillWI've been living a lie
ChurchillW
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payodpandaIf you look here at the Brooks Brothers fit differences, I don't think the shoulders change: http://www.brooksbrothers.com/dressshirtfitguides/dressshirtfitguides,default,pg.html
payodpanda
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ChurchillWWhere do you see the shoulder measurements for the shirts on that page? The table shows neck, chest, and shirt length. If you read the image descriptions, each fit that's slimmer than another gets a major amount removed from the chest, with comparatively little change in the waist. eg:
For extra-slim fit (Milano): "Compared to our regent fit, 3" slimmer chest, 1" slimmer waist"
Slim fit (regent): "Compared to our Madison fit, 2.5" slimmer chest, 4" slimmer waist" (okay for this fit I stand corrected)
Madison is the regular fit, and compared to Madison, the extra slim fit is 5.5" slimmer on the chest, and 5" slimmer on the waist.
Actually, I just assumed that for 14.5" neck size, the Madison fit has 38" waist (and 45" chest). So running calculations on proportions, the extra-slim fit really is more trapezoidal than the regular fit, albeit by a small margin, but the slim fit is substantially more trapezoidal. I stand corrected.
I guess I've been thinking that because of my general slim structure - I float in regular fits but the slim / extra slim fit my torso better, but I guess that's because of the mid-section and chest rather than the shoulders. So the slimmer fits are simply for slimmer people - if, for instance, an xs size slim / extra slim fit shirt fits you, you will essentially float in a regular fit shirt of any size.
For extra-slim fit (Milano): "Compared to our regent fit, 3" slimmer chest, 1" slimmer waist"
Slim fit (regent): "Compared to our Madison fit, 2.5" slimmer chest, 4" slimmer waist" (okay for this fit I stand corrected)
Madison is the regular fit, and compared to Madison, the extra slim fit is 5.5" slimmer on the chest, and 5" slimmer on the waist.
Actually, I just assumed that for 14.5" neck size, the Madison fit has 38" waist (and 45" chest). So running calculations on proportions, the extra-slim fit really is more trapezoidal than the regular fit, albeit by a small margin, but the slim fit is substantially more trapezoidal. I stand corrected.
I guess I've been thinking that because of my general slim structure - I float in regular fits but the slim / extra slim fit my torso better, but I guess that's because of the mid-section and chest rather than the shoulders. So the slimmer fits are simply for slimmer people - if, for instance, an xs size slim / extra slim fit shirt fits you, you will essentially float in a regular fit shirt of any size.
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Also, about the fit, isn't the whole point of slim / super slim fits to have a shape where there *isn't* much gradient from chest to waist? This is so that the shirt fits narrow framed people (like me) whose body structure is a rectangle rather than a trapezoid.
I appreciate this fit being introduced here, tbh, but I'm not going to buy *another* blue shirt and the faded brick doesn't slot into my wardrobe that easily. I would have totally bought a white variant though (can never have too many whites).
Edit. But... Wait. The xs is 13.5/32.5? That's... REALLY small for a slim fit with 36" chest and 17" shoulder :(
I think I've moved to the "this sizing looks a bit wonky to me" bandwagon, haha.