Custom Made Dress Shirts - Continued

Below you will find specific information about our custom made dress shirts by Individualized Shirt Company.  For more information or to schedule an appointment for fitting

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The Fit in the Body

Next, we will turn our attention to the fit of body of the dress shirt.  Since we all have different shaped physiques, we break down the fit in the dress shirt body to three important areas: the chest, shoulders and waist.!

We will take an exact chest measurement and then have you try on a preshrunk chest size model shirt.   Once you have the try-on size that fits the best, we will then adjust the yoke area of the shirt.  The yoke of a shirt is the piece of fabric that fits across the top of the shoulder area above the shoulder blades that attaches to the base of the collar.  Increasing or decreasing the yoke length affects the fit of the shirt in the arm holes.  Lastly, we will focus on the fit across the stomach area that affects the shape in the body of the shirt.    A standard shaping in a typical full cut dress shirt is minus 4 inches meaning the waist size is 4 inches smaller than the chest size of the shirt.  This can be increased or decreased depending upon your individual build and desired comfort.  For example, a person with an athletic build may want a body shaping of minus 7 or 8 inches while a portly individual may want a minus 2 to 0 inch difference.

Finally, we will measure and determine the optimum shirt tail length for you.  We want to make sure the shirt tail is long enough to stay tucked into the waist without being a nuisance.

Pockets & Other Features

First you choose whether to have your shirt designed with a pocket or not.  If so you choose the pocket style you like the best (view pocket styles).  Other features like button sleeve plackets, shoulder pleats, and monograms (view monogram colors & styles) will be addressed as well.

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