Topic
Every GetStyleGo article tagged fit — 8 pieces across 2 sections.
Fit & Tailoring
Most people buy clothes off the rack and wear them exactly as they came. A tailor can fix the four things that make a garment look borrowed, usually for less than the price of a shirt.
Fit & Tailoring
Shoulders, chest, length, sleeve. In that order, and the first one decides whether the rest is worth discussing.
Fit & Tailoring
Pear, apple, hourglass, rectangle. The categories are crude, the advice attached to them is contradictory, and the underlying principle is simpler and does not require a label.
Fit & Tailoring
Waist size is the only number most people consider and the least informative. Rise determines comfort and proportion, and it cannot be altered.
Fit & Tailoring
Before buying anything, most wardrobes contain several garments that are almost right. Here is what a tailor can do about each of the usual complaints, and roughly what it involves.
Fit & Tailoring
Pregnancy, weight change, illness, ageing, transition. Wardrobes assume a fixed body and most bodies are not. The strategies that help are practical rather than emotional.
Fit & Tailoring
Not everyone chooses what they wear. Where a uniform, a safety requirement or a strict dress code applies, the remaining variables are fit, condition and the small number of permitted choices.
Capsule Wardrobe
After seventy-five articles on fabric, fit, colour and construction, the short version is shorter than expected and mostly does not involve buying anything.
