[kj] FW: About those new Killing Joke shirts..

[Brendan]

I found that putting on 20-30 lbs helped, most things fits better.
Anything a little tight becomes a show off, muscle or club kinda fit (or
what I refer to as 'your little brother's shirt), too big...isn't that big
anymore).

Except nothing standard fits my long arms / legs, or if it does, they
assume with limbs that long that you're at least part sasquatch, so you
end up wearing a marquee. The amount of times I find the perfect shirt or
pants EXCEPT for the Oompa Loompa sized sleeves / legs. In NZ we get a lot
of stuff made in China, and most of the fits are shitty as. Custom fit
stuff is a lot better. I have no idea why you have to pay 3 times as much
though for something with a decent cut...surely they can just copy the cut
from the top line stuff, without that much extra cost?


>

>   gosh,that was a detailed reply,phew :D))perhaps you should be in the rag

> trade,you appear to know alot about these matters...um....

>

>

> alot of people have the same dilemma as your self concerning correct sizes

> of items of clothing,so i dont know what else to suggest to you other than

> going for it if you want it,and if you are not sure,forget it for awhile

> or forget it altother if it causes you so much grief,life should not have

> to cause you so much stress should it

>

> as for my self,i always buy t-shirt/shirt one size up from small,as i like

> that roomy feeling.

>

> this is a bit off topic as you mentioned in your post your concern over

> the shirt maybe not fitting you properly.....well you read my reply   i

> have nothing else to suggest on this subject at the mo ,excert to repeat

> how much i like those long sleeved shirts ect--you saw the post earlier:)>

> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:38:58 -0500> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] FW: About those new Killing

> Joke shirts..> > Melinda, well, we're getting a litte off topic, but, yes,

> I have looked > into making my own Killing Joke shirts.> > For example, I

> made my own black long sleeve Joy Division shirt at > Cafepress.com. It

> arrived, and boy did the fit suck. I ordered an Adult > Medium. It came on

> a Hanes Beefy T -- thick cotton, and the wrists had > elastic, shrink to

> fit cuffs at the wrists that I really didn't like. > Even though it was a

> medium, it was large and billowy on me, so now I > use it as a shirt to

> sleep in, never to wear outside. Another company > like Fruit of the Loom,

> however, I find that their Adult Medium shirts > are not so big and fit

> just a little better, especially if it is a > cotton/poly blend, which I

> prefer. In fact, often I order Adult Small > because that ends up fitting

> just the way I like. This is all in > 'American sizes," whatever that

> means.> > It gets even more complicated when I order shirts from Europe,

> though. > They might print something on neither Hanes or Fruit of the

> Loom, so I > have no idea if their "adult small" will be super small and

> skin tight > (since a "small" in the US might take into account we're a

> nation of > obese people and thus make adult small sizes larger here), or

> if the > medium would be too large a billowy, which I don't like, either.

> I am > pretty picky. Even moreso when over $100 USD is on the online for >

> something I can't try on beforehand and would have to wait weeks for.> >

> So, in short, I have tried printing a long sleeve shirt from CafePress >

> and I really didn't like the fit, and can't recommend it to others. >

> Coffee mugs, maybe, but not shirts. Even though the well-muscled and >

> toned up model they have at their site looks just absolutely fabulous in >

> their apparel, for me it was more like getting a big baggy night shirt.> >

> > -Oliver> > > > > > Melinda wrote:> > so you have given up the idear of

> making your own from another > graffic,the one we spoke about awhile back?

> its always those hidden > little extras,like shipping charges that really

> p.....us all of/its like > buy this dvd player for instance,its a really

> good price,when you add > the cover charge for parts replacement--extra 50

> quid or so all of a > sudden,its not such a bargain after all--if you want

> it,just get it. > > what if they dont fit/the shirt--you

> said..................> > > > just get the biggest size i suppose/ ex

> large,how big are you anyway? > > theres usually ex

> small/small/medium/large/ex large--dont you go into > > any of the last

> three catorgorys listed?> >

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