blazing sizing help anyone?

[warrior1]

i bought a blazer online from Banana Republic, a 40R that is too big for me and now i have to sell it back b/c i ripped the tags off. I am 5'8 and 155lbs and would like to know based on my height and weight, what is the right size for me. I know i can easily do this by going to a store and do this but i don't have time this week.

Is 38R, 38S or maybe 40S the right size for me?

 

[warrior1]

anyone?

 

[MindOverMatter]

what's your waist size?

normally, suits and blazers tend to have a 6 inch drop in sizing. for example, if you are 40R in the chest, that means you are most likely 34 in the waist. now, there are exceptions to this for example. if you work out a lot and have an overdeveloped torso but a small waist, you could easily be a 10, or 12 inch drop. also, some people who are really fat tend to have a 3 inch drop between chest and waist.

bottom line is, if you are not a bodybuilder, and are not a fat ass, your jacket size is 6 inches higher then your waist size.

however, based on your height, im not sure if you are a short or a regular cut since i don't know your arm outseam. when you buy dress shirts, do you normally buy the ones with a 32-33 outseam, or the ones with a 34-35 outseam? if it's 32-33, go for the short fitting jacket. if you are 34-35 go for the regular. if you don't know what your arm length is, go for the regular and get the sleeves shortened if need be.

if i were you, i'd go to the nearest men's warehouse sometime in the future (or moores if you live in canada), and get all your measurements taken by a suit specialist, and keep the card in your wallet (rather then ordering random sizes).

 

[warrior1]

hi thx a lot. My waist size is 32. Dress shirts i wear a medium, 15.5 Not sure if they are 32-33 or 34-35 outseem. Some poster in another forum tells me Regular or R like 40R is for people 5-7 to 6-0, so i should stick to regular and not small. I never heard of the 6 in drop in size but it does sound real accurate.

I am not fat, probably more on the skinny to the regular size.

 

[seanchai]

At Banana you probably wear a 38S. I was a suiting specialist at BR for awhile and the sizing is all wonky - I'm not a 38 anywhere else but there. I'm 6' and 160 lbs and wear a 38R.

If you're set on BR you should go into a shop and check them out. Make sure you find the best dressed guy in the store to help you - in my experience they're the ones who know how a jacket should fit. Very few women know anything about men's clothes.

MoM, in general you might be right about the 6" drop, but mine is 7-9" and I'm nowhere near a bodybuilder. Most of the skinnier guys I fitted were more of a 7-8" drop.