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Skull · 14 Jan 2011 at 21:59

I was trying to buy some jeans today, my waist is 32 inches but I ended up having to buy a 36 waist in loose fit in order to get my thighs in

Cristian · 14 Jan 2011 at 22:19

^ uncool
I have to wear belts on every pants I've got

, it's getting so bad that I need to have the waist adjusted by a tailor on most of them.
Why do people assume that if you've got big legs you automatically need to have a massive beer belly as well.

ethan · 14 Jan 2011 at 23:33

Cristian said:
^ uncool
I have to wear belts on every pants I've got , it's getting so bad that I need to have the waist adjusted by a tailor on most of them.
Why do people assume that if you've got big legs you automatically need to have a massive beer belly as well.

its only the same with broad shoulders and large chests with 28-32 inch waists

icecold · 15 Jan 2011 at 00:22

^this!

Often to get something that fits across my shoulders and back I end up having to look like I'm wearing a parachute around my middle. Really hard to find a nice t-shirt or shirt without it looking silly.

Psycho Sonny · 15 Jan 2011 at 00:31

icecold said:
^this!

Often to get something that fits across my shoulders and back I end up having to look like I'm wearing a parachute around my middle. Really hard to find a nice t-shirt or shirt without it looking silly.

you need to start buying designer gear,

zara, diesel, ted baker all do slim fit. i think voi and bench do it too.

Morba · 15 Jan 2011 at 00:44

Psycho Sonny said:
you need to start buying designer gear,

zara, diesel, ted baker all do slim fit. i think voi and bench do it too.

slim fit is for little boys from places like them. besides, other than chavs who wears bench?!

Psycho Sonny · 15 Jan 2011 at 00:56

Morba said:
slim fit is for little boys from places like them. besides, other than chavs who wears bench?!

i think you have confused bench and voi.

bench is casual wear, voi is chav designer gear.

Morba · 15 Jan 2011 at 01:22

Psycho Sonny said:
i think you have confused bench and voi.

bench is casual wear, voi is chav designer gear.

definitely not from what I have seen. Bench is sold in low end sports shops as 'designer', therefore chavs buy it

Skull · 15 Jan 2011 at 07:52

While we're on the subject, what high-street shops sell "fitting" t-shirts with sleeves that go down further than your shoulders? I'm guessing H&M, Topman etc, but I despise shopping and don't want to go trawling through them if all they sell are "LOOK AT MY BICEPS" t-shirts.

Freefaller · 15 Jan 2011 at 09:38

Slim fit stuff is so pointless and uncomfortable.

However tailored stuff is great. Then again like you guys have said buying shirts are normally sold by collar size, 18" neck shirts you end up tucking in half a tent's worth of shirt in. Trousers are the same always go large (38") and get the waist tailored.

You have to bear in mind we haven't got average body sizes. We are disproportionate in the fashion industry.

Then again I know sod all about fashion and care very little about it!

BennyC · 15 Jan 2011 at 10:29

Buy larger shirts and then have a seamstress taper them down or put pleats in them if they're a work shirt.

Freefaller · 15 Jan 2011 at 11:24

Yup. Get someone to put pinches in works well. It's still a ball ache to have to do it though!

BennyC · 15 Jan 2011 at 12:26

Freefaller said:
Yup. Get someone to put pinches in works well. It's still a ball ache to have to do it though!

Having a mum who's a seamstress goes well with this hobby

Freefaller · 15 Jan 2011 at 12:31

Haha - my sister does it for me!

Cristian · 15 Jan 2011 at 12:36

ethan said:
its only the same with broad shoulders and large chests with 28-32 inch waists

Fiar enough, I guess I got used with the parachute for a long time, and the diference between my waist and chest is only 12" so it's a lot less worse than the pants.

Psycho Sonny said:
you need to start buying designer gear,

zara, diesel, ted baker all do slim fit. i think voi and bench do it too.

yea, up XL and 42-44inch chests. What about the bigger people?

Freefaller · 15 Jan 2011 at 12:49

I don't care about fashion, but an ex of mine insisted on going into town to get me some "cool" clothes (worse nightmare tbh) - anyway nothing fit much to my relief. I was told to go to a "specialist" store! lol! It's not as if I'm massive either :/ Not that I care really - though for work I do like to look smart.

BennyC · 15 Jan 2011 at 12:57

I stopped buying new clothes in my second year of uni. When I go out I like to look good so will occasionally buy new things to wear. However I don't 'stockpile' clothes in my wardrobe like I used to or have lots of variety because finding something that fits nicely and that I feel comfortable wearing is a ballache and very rare.

Edit: Replay t-shirts in a large fit quite nicely for me and don't give a 'parachute'. Diesel are pritty much a size too small. So if like me you're a L you'll need an XL.

Steedie · 15 Jan 2011 at 13:40

I like slim fit clothes

Needless to say at the moment I can't wear much of my old clothes. So once the show is out the way I think I will be doing a complete overhaul of my wardrobe

BennyC · 15 Jan 2011 at 14:18

You'll be suprised how well clothes that don't fit now will fit when you've finished cutting. So don't throw anything out just yet. It's probably best to have clothes that fit when you're cut up, when you're bulking and when you've let yourself go!

Morba · 15 Jan 2011 at 17:49

Cristian said:
Fiar enough, I guess I got used with the parachute for a long time, and the diference between my waist and chest is only 12" so it's a lot less worse than the pants.

yea, up XL and 42-44inch chests. What about the bigger people?

only 12" ?!?!?! thats a huge difference considering the 'average' man is 6"

and yeah, XL is small

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