All men want to look neat and crisp, isn’t it? However, many of them don’t find the shirt that fits them very well. Result- they end up in wearing long, sagging sleeves with neck squeezed by collars. They look just like unmade beds! If you are one among them, don’t lose sleep over this issue, as we are here to provide you the tips to get the best fitting shirt.

Neck: Here is a quality check for the right fitting of neck. Slide two fingers down the neckband. If the collar of your shirt, while buttoned, allows you to slide your fingers without gagging your throat and collar, this means the fitting of neck is all right. The fabric of many shirts shrinks when they are washed. Therefore, the shirt should have an extra ¼ - ½ inch to allow for shrinkage.

Shoulder: Your shirt shouldn’t hinder the free movement of your arms. If you find it too hard too lift your shoulders and literally, pull the shirt uncomfortably across the shoulders, then this denotes a wrong fit.

Body: The body of your shirt should not be baggy and shapeless. This will give you the feeling of wearing a bedspread! So, ask your tailor to make the shape of the shirt in accordance with your body.

Cuffs: Ideally, the cuffs of your shirt should hang over your hand. You should also ensure that you don’t slip your hands through the cuffs without unbuttoning them.

Sleeves: Your cuffs should end slightly below your wrist bones. The cuffs should provide enough room to bend your arms with ease. 

Shirt-tail: The long shirt tail bunches up when tucked in. Therefore, the shirt tail should be ideally short but not too short that it comes out of your pants when you raise your arms.

Tags: Fit, Collar, cufflinks, cuffs

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