
How to Measure Yourself for a Suit, and Why You Can Be a 40R Here and a 40S There
A suit size is a chest number and a length letter. A 40R is a jacket for roughly a 40-inch chest in a regular…
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A suit size is a chest number and a length letter. A 40R is a jacket for roughly a 40-inch chest in a regular…
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Lace Oxfords with straight bar lacing, which shows neat horizontal bars and hides the verticals inside, and use straight or criss-cross lacing on Derbies,…
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Dry clean a suit only when it needs it, which the tailors in this guide put at about three times a year at most,…
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An alterations tailor can take cloth away and move seams within the cloth that exists, so shortening sleeves and hems and taking in waists…
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Measuring yourself for clothes takes a soft tape, a mirror and, for some measurements, a helper. The chest goes around the fullest part with…
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Poplin is a smooth plain weave and twill is a diagonal weave; both make good business shirts, so judge the actual shirt rather than…
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Button-up describes the front of a shirt and button-down describes its collar, so most button-down shirts are also button-ups.
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Shirt stays are concealed straps or bands that help hold a tucked shirt down, and they work best on a shirt that already fits,…
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Pack a suit with as little compression as possible, hanging in a garment bag or folded gently with the shoulders nested, knowing that no…
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