Bespoke shirt (World Group, Bangkok) please comment

[clehuray]

Dear Boardmembers,

I purchased some bespoke shirts while passing through Bangkok on holiday. I would really like to get comments on them. I'm quite pleased with how they have turned out, but don't really know what I should be looking for to be honest. The only thing I would say is that maybe the sleaves are too big; there's quite a lot of fabric under my arms. Any constructive comments will be appreciated!

Thanks,

Charlie

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[alden]

The only thing I would say is that maybe the sleaves are too big; there's quite a lot of fabric under my arms.

That's it. The armhole of the shirt is too big and probably the wrong shape, more like a RTW shirt. Get that fixed and you should be ok. Give yourself some tie space as well so the knot places itself more comfortably.

Cheers

Michael

[aston]

Surely the arms are too long also, perhaps as much as 3/4 "? If Alden's proposed adjustments are made, then this may vary the length a tad, but currently they are too long.

[clehuray]

Gentlemen, thank you both.

The sleeves are definitly too baggy and a little too long. The cuffs are also perhaps half an inch too wide. On the latter two points, I know how much to adjust the existing measurements. However, on the baggy sleeves, I am less clear. How much slack should there be in the upper arm of a shirt? This shirt has around six inches of slack around my upper arm. Other, better fitting shirts I own have perhaps four inches of slack, but now I've started looking, I'm beginning to wonder whether those are too baggy as well. Is there an accepted standard? I used safety pins to take two inches in on my right sleeve of the shirt in the picture below. I think it is an improvement on the unadjusted left sleeve.

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[Noble Savage]

The sleeves are definitly too baggy and a little too long. The cuffs are also perhaps half an inch too wide.

Although they might shrink after a few washes.

[alden]

Yes, the smaller right armhole looks better. Your shirtmaker should understand this concept if you draw their attention to it. It is pretty fundamental stuff.

Michael