Comments on: Dear Fashion Advice Guru Guy: “Custom” is the easy answer, but not the only answer for shorter men’s clothes http://shortmensclothesonline.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/dear-fashion-advice-guru-guy-custom-is-the-easy-answer-but-not-the-only-answer-for-shorter-mens-clothes/ Notes, Resources, and Style Advice from the desk of Consuelo C. Bova, Esq.- CEO of ForTheFit.com Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:47:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cbova http://shortmensclothesonline.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/dear-fashion-advice-guru-guy-custom-is-the-easy-answer-but-not-the-only-answer-for-shorter-mens-clothes/#comment-4 cbova Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:22:37 +0000 http://shortmensclothesonline.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-4 It happened again! I just received the most recent issue of my favorite men's magazine. Sure enough- a short man wrote into the advice guy asking for some assistance. This time- the question was about finding suits for a man with a 34" chest. The answer? Try shopping the boys department. Surely, an expert at a men's magazine is aware that while the chest size may match up with boys' suit sizes- the proportion will be off on the shoulders. The suit, after all, would be designed for a boy- not a man- and the body shapes differ (as does the cut of the suit), regardless of whether they share the same size chest. Instead, this reader should have been directed to shop any of the short men's retailers. All of which regularly carry suits in short and extra-short lengths, and smaller sizes . Maybe they will get it right next time! It happened again! I just received the most recent issue of my favorite men’s magazine. Sure enough- a short man wrote into the advice guy asking for some assistance. This time- the question was about finding suits for a man with a 34″ chest. The answer? Try shopping the boys department. Surely, an expert at a men’s magazine is aware that while the chest size may match up with boys’ suit sizes- the proportion will be off on the shoulders. The suit, after all, would be designed for a boy- not a man- and the body shapes differ (as does the cut of the suit), regardless of whether they share the same size chest. Instead, this reader should have been directed to shop any of the short men’s retailers. All of which regularly carry suits in short and extra-short lengths, and smaller sizes . Maybe they will get it right next time!

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