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Need to find clothes that mean X-Large when they say it

robotbeboprobotbebop Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm not a skinny guy by any means, but I'm not quite overtly obese. Just very stocky with a large mid-section.

In the last two days I have bought four shirts from a local store. The first two turned out to be those stretchy type shirts that you can only really wear if you're built like Daniel Craig. I have returned them and bought two more. These ones aren't explicitly stated as close-fitting but they're not extra large by any means. I would be hard-pressed to call them large in fact.

This is all from a local retailer known as Mark's Work Wearhouse. Historically they've had clothes that fit the way I like for a reasonable price, but it seems that has changed; unless I want to buy more bland monocolor shirts with nothing interesting on them.

Other retailers in my area are not options because they either fail to stock clothes that fit anybody that isn't a skinny teenager, are too expensive, or a combination thereof.

So I feel that what I'm left with is the internet. Are there any decent places online I can buy clothes that will fit me, are somewhat affordable and aren't bland?

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Are you 100% sure that you haven't just gone up a size?

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  • robotbeboprobotbebop Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Pretty sure; all my current x-large shirts fit me the same as they have for the last year.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Sometimes your shirts stretch out as you wear them over time.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    What kind of shirts are you looking for? Tshirts? Dress shirts?

    Close fitting means just that, it's going to be against your skin, there's not going to be any movement of the fabric.

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  • robotbeboprobotbebop Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    What kind of shirts are you looking for? Tshirts? Dress shirts?

    Close fitting means just that, it's going to be against your skin, there's not going to be any movement of the fabric.

    T-shirts specifically.

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Slim fit t-shirts are this season's fashion. What this means for anyone with any sort of girth is that you're going to have to go up an additional size.

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