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Selecting a Watch Allowance
If you’re adjusting the cuffs of your dress shirt to be fairly tight to your wrists and consistently wear a watch on your left or right wrist, you may want to consider specifying a watch allowance. How...
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How to Select the Optimal Dress Shirt Shoulder Slope
How it should fit A perfect fitting dress shirt should drape smoothly across the upper chest, without any pull lines from the center button out to the shoulders or from the armpits towards the back of...
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Choosing the Optimal Neck Posture Setting
How it should fit The collar should fit comfortably on your neck when you stand up straight with your arms at rest. There should not be a bump behind the collar or a gap between the back of the neck...
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Selecting One-, Two-, or Three-Pleat Forearm
One Pleat / Two Pleat / Three Pleat / Three Pleat underside view What do Forearm Pleats Do? Forearm pleats are very subtle .5″ folds of fabric at the cuff of the shirt used to determine the rate at...
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Very Tailored vs Tailored vs Full Shoulder-Armpit Fit
Full Shoulder/Armpit Fit (A), Tailored Shoulder/Armpit Fit (B), and Very Tailored Shoulder/Armpit Fit (C) What does ‘Shoulder/Armpit Fit’ do? The Shoulder/Armpit Fit option will adjust the shape of the...
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Advanced Tips for Perfect Dress Shirt Fit
Your first custom dress shirt is likely to be the best fitting shirt you’ve ever owned. If it’s the right fit in the collar, the sleeves are the right length, and the body isn’t too baggy around the...
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Tucked-in Dress Shirts vs Untucked Casual Shirts
With Proper Cloth you can order custom shirts in any size and style you desire. Perhaps you have your dress shirt fit perfected and are looking to create a casual shirt to wear untucked outside of the...
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How to Achieve the Perfect Polo Shirt Fit
The Proper Cloth Custom Polo Shirt The Polo Shirt Fit: Relaxed and Not Too Slim Since polo shirts will fit differently from your typical dress shirts, we recommend you adjust your usual shirt size and...
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The Camp Shirt: History & Fit
The Camp shirt is an easy casual piece that’s made a comeback in recent years. It calls to mind the carefree style of icons like Ernest Hemingway and Sean Connery as James Bond circa Thunderball—men...
View ArticleTips for Short Sleeve Custom Shirts
General Short Sleeve Shirt Tips Before ordering a custom short sleeve shirt from Proper Cloth: Convert your ideal saved long sleeve shirt size -OR- Take the Smart Size Quiz (again, if applicable) The...
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