ForTheFit.com

Great looks depend on great fit. Your perfect fit depends on finding clothes in the right sizes, styles and cuts to best fit you. How? That’s where we come in! Just click the links below:

Feature Article, Spring 2006: Getting to Great Lengths: The Truth About Hems
Sizing Charts: Your guide to selecting For the Fit, Inc. merchandise
Instructions for taking your own Measurements
Find My Fit ^TM: The advice of a Personal Shopper, provided free of charge at www.ForTheFit.com
Other Valuable Style Resources

Feature Article, Spring 2006: Getting to Great Lengths: The Truth About Hems
(adapted from Esquire Magazine, October 2005 "How To Wear Pants")

In a world where perception is so often reality- how you look goes a long way to establishing who you are (at least in the eyes of others). Indeed, who “wears the pants” in a situation may depend on whose pants look best. There is a proper length at which pants should be hemmed. Pants hemmed too long or short look borrowed or shrunken- basically the opposite of smart and confident. But, the proper length for pants varies depending on the style of pant in question. So what’s a guy to do? Print this page out and take it to your tailor. Or better still, save some time (and a trip to the tailor) by measuring your inseam (for instructions, click here) and then choose the perfect length from among our many pre-hemmed pant selections at www.ForTheFit.com

back to top

To see a photograph of how NOT to wear your pants, run your cursor over each image below:

	Chinos or Casual Slacks: The bottom 2 or 3 inches should lie in a casual heap on your shoes.
	Jeans: Jeans should break around the ankle and just barely cover your shoelaces. They should crumple, but not to the same degree as chinos. Jeans should NEVER fall so low you step on them with your heal. Also, jeans must fit off-the-rack, or with the preserved original hem. Nothing looks worse than a home-made hem. Our apologies to Mom and your tailor- but it’s true.
	Uncuffed Suit Pants: These should be just long enough to create just a small break in the front crease. If there is no break, your pants are too short. Multiple or deep breaks mean your pants are too long. Also, the hem should slope toward the back.
	Cuffed Suit Pants: Unlike uncuffed pants, your trouser leg should be straight and the cuff should fall cleanly without a break or crease. It should not slope towards the back.

back to top

Sizing Charts:
We did the hard part- we found the best clothes in a wide range of sizes. Here comes the easy part- just find your size in the chart below and order away! To learn how to take your own measurements, click here. Also, our clothes are available in various cuts to best fit your style and shape, look below for a glossary of terms.

			Center Back Arm Length
	Neck	Chest	Regular	Short	X-Short
X-Small	14	34	31 ½	30	28 ½
			32	30 ½	29
Small	14	36	32 ½	31	29 ½
	14 ½		33	31 ½	30
Medium	15	38	33 ½	32	30 ½
	15 ½		34	32 ½	31
Large	16	40	34 ½	33	31 ½
	16 ½		35	33 ½	32

back to top

Regular, Tailored and Trim, Oh My!

Regular: A gentlemen’s cut, with a 6” Drop from chest to waist ( ie. if your chest is 38, the garment would be 32 inches at the waist)

Trim: Cut a littler leaner than a Regular-cut garment; results in a crisp. modern, tailored look.

Extra-Trim: Our hippest cut! Cut extra trim, this style is ideal for the ultra-stylish (or simply those guys who are more slender than average).

back to top

Measurements:
Finding your fit is easy- just find a soft tape measure and get to work!

Neck: Simply measure around the base of your neck, or measure the collar on your favorite shirt (from the center of the collar button to the far end of the button hole). The measurement in inches is your collar size.

• Tip: If you intend to wear the shirt with a tie, the size you select should closely match your exact collar measurement. However, a shirt to be worn without a tie may be purchased slightly larger for comfort and a more casual look.

Chest: Relax your arms at your sides. Measure around the fullest part of your chest, with the tape measure at the armpits. This is your chest size.

• Tip: When buying a jacket or sportcoat, also measure around your chest and arms (at the highest point of your shoulder blades). This is your overarm measurement. Subtract your chest measurement from your overarm measurement. If the difference is 7 or more inches, we recommend ordering one size larger for comfort and a better fit in the upper arms and shoulders.

Arm: Bend your elbow 90 degrees and place your hand on your hip. Hold the tape at the center back of your neck. Measure across your shoulder to your elbow, and down to your wrist. The total length in inches is your sleeve length.

Waist: Measure loosely around your natural waistline. You should not hold the tape measure tightly, remember you’ll want to eat and breathe in your pants!

• Tip: For belts, order a size 1-2 inches larger than your actual waist size.

Inseam: Find a pair of pants that fit well (see our Feature Article for tips). Measure from the crotch seam (where all the fabric meets), down the pant leg all the way to the bottom. This is your inseam.

Rise: Rise refers to the distance between the top of a trouser’s waistband and the crotch (the top of the trouser leg’s inseam). You can measure along the seam of your favorite pair of pants.

• Tip: For the Fit offers pants in regular and short rises. If your regular pants fit fine, continue to order a regular rise. However if they feel or look too baggy or you are 5’7” tall or less, you may want to consider pants that offer a “short” rise.

back to top

Find My Fit ^TM:
What can we help you find? Do you have questions about what to wear on a special occasion? Or what types of styles and cuts might fit you best? Just ask! A Fit Consultant^TM will get back to you with some advice and helpful suggestions, including what items are available at ForTheFit.com to fit your needs. Just send an e-mail to findmyfit@forthefit.com *

Other Style Resources & Links:
Sometimes we come across other resources we think our customers might find valuable and we are happy to pass those along. For example, most recently- we discovered a website that specializes in providing style advice to men under 5'9". At TopDuke.com*, you will find articles about what to wear (and more importantly, what not to wear)to look your best. You may also submit your questions to be addressed directly. Check it out!

back to top

Need more help?
Simply Contact Us or send an e-mail to a Fit Consultant.