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How To Get Your Clothes To Fit Better
Understand why your clothes don’t fit your body shape and what you can do about it.
Why is it that you rarely find clothes that fit you well? Unless you are what’s termed a ‘clothes horse’ with a standard size and dimensional body (a person who loves clothes and generally looks great without effort) then, like almost everyone, you will have variations in your body shape and measurements which are not standard. And thank heavens for that, it celebrates our uniqueness!
We are not all the same and one size does not fit all. The economic limitations of making ‘off the rack’ garments for retail sale require manufacturers to produce ‘standard’ sizes, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL etc. These generic sizes are based on ‘dress sizes’ for women and chest and inside leg measurements for men.
To get your clothes to fit well(i.e. in all areas) then you have three choices: get your retail purchases altered by a seamstress, invest in buying Couture or make them yourself.
Alterations can be done fairly cheaply by a good seamstress, making a garment look several times its cost when it fits well. This can be something as simple as reducing the fullness or length of a sleeve. It’s a small investment for a huge return.
