| Athletic and muscular men tend to have a terrible | | | | - find a good tailor, one that specializes in suits. |
| time finding suits that fit, very often they have to | | | | Talk to him ahead of your shopping trip and he |
| settle with big over sized clothes that make them | | | | cam help guide you to what type of alterations |
| look sloppy and/or pay a fortune in alterations | | | | he can do and which he would recommend you |
| and still have the end result be less than average. | | | | avoid. |
| The reason for this is that the Fashion industry | | | | - Look for suit separates. Separates allows you to |
| has a pre determined proportion standard, in the | | | | buy one size of jacket and another size of |
| case of suits they call it the "drop". The "drop" is | | | | pants.Time was suit separates were only found in |
| the ratio between the over the shoulder size to | | | | inferior brands, but today major designers like |
| the chest and again to the waist. The current | | | | Hugo Boss, Canali and Armani now offer |
| industry standard drop is 10"-4" for example: a | | | | separates. |
| size 40 suit will have an over the shoulder | | | | - Look for a slimmer cut designer. While this may |
| measurement of 50", a chest of 40" and a waist | | | | seem counter intuitive, a slimmer cut designer |
| of 36". | | | | uses a higher drop which gives you a better |
| While this may be with well with in the size range | | | | chance at less alterations. For example Prada suits |
| for most American men (give or take an inch or | | | | feature a 10-7 drop. how does this help you? Lets |
| two) this is no where near workable for athletic | | | | go back to the example of the 58" 44" 32" |
| and muscular men. It isn't uncommon to find an | | | | muscular man. This means that they can put him |
| athletic man with a 44" chest a 58" over arm and | | | | in a size 48" suit and the jacket and pants waist |
| a 32" waist. To compensate department store | | | | will be 41" compared to the industry standard |
| sales people will often try to fit you in a suit that | | | | where a size 48" will have a corresponding waist |
| is a couple sizes bigger to accommodate the | | | | of 44". |
| shoulders, but this results in pants and a jacket | | | | - If all else fails custom suits are a great option. |
| waist that now 5 or 6 sizes too big. They then | | | | This will of course will always give the best fit but |
| recommend that you just "simply" have it altered. | | | | can be higher priced than an off the rack model. |
| The finished product looks like a butchered suit | | | | though its can be argued that its better to pay |
| that still doesn't fit. | | | | more for something that looks right than pay less |
| While it is tough to find there are options to | | | | for something that doesn't fit. |
| getting the best fit: | | | | |