Thread: Dress Clothing for guys

Originally Posted by Jeeper

I am curious where the guys get dress clothes..shirt..suits for non-typical builds(athletic). I wear a 16.5 inch neck, 48 inch chest with 35 inch arms but a 33 inch waist. Most stuff off the shelf for that size neck and arms is like a fricking 40 inch waist and looks like a tent. Do you guys get tailored shirts? Does anyone make a athletic or similar cut shirt that you know of?

35-inch arms! WATCH OUT!

35 inch arms!

Originally Posted by MaxMirkin

35 inch arms!

Length. But then again I figure you knew that.

Now I do.

ahaha..i was like 35" biceps WTF!

have you tried Express? (used to be Structure)

Macy's

I buy the normal shirts, but dont button the top button any more I just tighten the tie intill it feels snug lol

Men's Warehouse. They don't have a huge stock yet, but they're starting to carry more and more athletic cut dress clothes.

This comes in handy. I went shopping for dress clothes today and all I came out with was a few shirts. No pants, all the freaking pants I tried where so damn tight around the legs, it really pissed me off . Come on people not everyone got little chicken legs.

Hey.. I have chicken legs!

yeah right and I'm 4ft tall

Damn... I coud have sworn you were taller haha

What can I say; looks can be deserving

Originally Posted by PreMier

I buy the normal shirts, but dont button the top button any more I just tighten the tie intill it feels snug lol

Same here. I used to wear size 16 1/2 shirts, originally up from 14 1/2, but now I wear 17-17 1/2. Even those are sometimes too tight to button the collar. Fortunately I very rarely wear a tie (weddings and funerals), so I can leave the collar open.

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Men's Warehouse. They don't have a huge stock yet, but they're starting to carry more and more athletic cut dress clothes.

Men's Wearhouse will recut a suit to fit you. My salesman told me that you fit the shoulders first, then everything else about the jacket. If the jacket and pants needs to be recut, they will do it. There's a charge for it, but it's pretty reasonable. This is one of the best ways to get a mid-priced decent suit for a hard to fit guy. I won't go anywhere else for a suit or sport jacket, ever again.

I bought some of those spring button things for the neck. It's kind of like a button with a spring loop. Give's another 1/2 to 1 inch in the collar, I think. Either way, it lets me wear shirts that fit, but gives me some breathing room in the collar.

Originally Posted by Minotaur

Men's Wearhouse will recut a suit to fit you. My salesman told me that you fit the shoulders first, then everything else about the jacket. If the jacket and pants needs to be recut, they will do it. There's a charge for it, but it's pretty reasonable. This is one of the best ways to get a mid-priced decent suit for a hard to fit guy. I won't go anywhere else for a suit or sport jacket, ever again.

Yep, they do that but the problem is that even if the shoulders fit, if the waist is too far off it won't hang right after they re-cut it. They recently started carrying an "athletic cut" suit that may still need to be fitted but won't need to be cut as much. Hangs much better after fitting. They usually don't carry shirts with necks more than 18" but they can order them and have them in stock within a week.

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Men's Warehouse. They don't have a huge stock yet, but they're starting to carry more and more athletic cut dress clothes.

They have a good selection of suits there and good prices. 42 regular for me. 33 waist, 15.5 neck, 33/34 arm.

I buy most of my clothes at Filene's (a Macy's kind of store here in the NE). I don't wear suits to work, but I do wear dress pants, dress shirts, and ties. End of season sales rock. You can get $60 dress shirts for like 75% off if you combine a sale with coupons. Outlet stores are good. Geoffrey Beene and Perry Ellis stores have some nice stuff at good prices. I love Geoffrey Beene ties.

God damn, I am a shopping whore. I must have 20 dress shirts, 15-20 pairs of dress pants, 50 ties and 10 pairs of dress shoes. I prefer colored shirts to boring-ass white shirts. I hate white shirts. I only wear one when all my colored shirts are either in the wash or waiting to be ironed. I don't take my shirts to the cleaners. Those fuckers use too much starch and it feels like I am putting on cardboard instead of a shirt. I wash all my own shirts, and ironing them all only takes an hour or so. It's worth it for a soft shirt.

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Yep, they do that but the problem is that even if the shoulders fit, if the waist is too far off it won't hang right after they re-cut it. They recently started carrying an "athletic cut" suit that may still need to be fitted but won't need to be cut as much. Hangs much better after fitting. They usually don't carry shirts with necks more than 18" but they can order them and have them in stock within a week.

Yeah, I guess if you have a chest:waist drop of more than 10", there are probably limits to recutting. An athletic cut is probably in order. It seems I'll never have that worry. My goal is to get to that 10" drop (4" and 20lbs to go).

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

God damn, I am a shopping whore. I must have 20 dress shirts, 15-20 pairs of dress pants, 50 ties and 10 pairs of dress shoes.

Sounds pretty Metrosexual to me.

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

God damn, I am a shopping whore. I must have 20 dress shirts, 15-20 pairs of dress pants, 50 ties and 10 pairs of dress shoes. I prefer colored shirts to boring-ass white shirts. I hate white shirts. I only wear one when all my colored shirts are either in the wash or waiting to be ironed. I don't take my shirts to the cleaners. Those fuckers use too much starch and it feels like I am putting on cardboard instead of a shirt. I wash all my own shirts, and ironing them all only takes an hour or so. It's worth it for a soft shirt.

I look for all the sales too. I've got at least double that number of dress shirts. Now I'm becoming a slacks whore too. Where will it end? I've weeded out the ties though, since I rarely wear one.

I wear long sleeves in the winter and short sleeves (and polos) in the summer. I know there's no such thing as a short sleeve dress shirt, but since I don't wear a tie, the're all sport shirts. Most of mine are all colors and patterns too, but I do have a few whites. White is really nice occasionally.

I have tried washing and ironing my own shirts, and they come out nice, but I always go back to my local cleaners. I can't be bothered doing it myself. I get light starch, but you can ask for no starch. The shirts will still be pressed nicely. I guess I'm lucky in that I have a really good cleaner who launders and presses the shirts on premises. And they use cold water so the shirts don't shrink. Another place I went to sent the shirts out to a commercial laundry who shrunk and stained shirts, not to mention being inconsistent with the starch. I love the people I go to now.

Originally Posted by Minotaur

Yeah, I guess if you have a chest:waist drop of more than 10", there are probably limits to recutting. An athletic cut is probably in order. It seems I'll never have that worry. My goal is to get to that 10" drop (4" and 20lbs to go).

It's funny, that's exactly the thing the salesman told me to look for. Normally the suit size vs. the pants size has only about an 8-10 inch difference. (Size 50 suit with size 40 pants.) When you're looking for a more athletic cut you look for a larger difference. (Size 50 suite with size 36 pants.) That will tell you the suit itself has a larger taper already built in and will be much easier to tailor.

Don't worry. At least you've got a goal and you're working on getting there.

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Sounds pretty Metrosexual to me.

So I shouldn't mention my biweekly manicures, pedicures, facial scrubs, and mud baths?

I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING.....or am I?

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

So I shouldn't mention my biweekly manicures, pedicures, facial scrubs, and mud baths?

I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING.....or am I?

I think ASSPHUNCTURE is falling in love with you.