a question regarding cuffs

[MTM]

I've been wondering why, when one raises one's arm, the amount of shirt cuff that peeks out of a jacket sleeve is sometimes just a half inch and sometimes a full three or four inches, i.e., the whole shirt cuff. In other words, sometimes the shirt sleeve slides with the jacket sleeve and sometimes the jacket sleeve slides further up than the shirt sleeve.

Does anyone know the reason? Does it have to do with the relative length of the sleeves, or maybe the tightness of the arm holes? Is it a function of the slipperiness of the jacket lining?

I appreciate the responses.

mark

[MTM]

This thread had some clues. http://thelondonlounge.net/gl/forum/vie ... php?t=5250

Or it may have answered the question. I'm not sure I understand, though.

Does it have to do w/ what Mr. Kabbaz, near the end of the thread, called the "undersleeve"?

Mark

[alden]

Mark,

This is the reason we prefer a shirt's cuff to be buttoned firmly with a bit of extra cloth in the forearm ie overall length. In this way the shirt remains fixed and the jacket sleeve can move in anyway without disturbing it.

Michael

[MTM]

Ah! Thank you very much, Mr. Alden. That makes sense.
When thinking of cuffs I've only thought about them being tight enough to prevent them from slipping down, never about them being tight enough to keep them from riding up--but I will now.
M