While my stomach is larger than I would like, I don't consider myself as being particularly fat. Older man with a bit of a belly is my preference to describe me.
I was in our major department store Myer buying third birthday cards for the twin great nephews , when I thought to have a look for a couple of new shirts. Up a level I went to menswear and I immediately saw a couple I quite liked. I took a large of both shirts to the change room, and wow they were 30% off.
They were too tight to be flattering. Cheap shirts can be undersized, but expensive shirts are normally ok.
At the age of thirty I was Small Mens. At the age forty I was Mens. At the age of fifty I became Large Mens. Now it seems I am damn well Extra Large Mens. How had this travesty happened?
I am not sure if I would have bought the shirts anyway, Gant label, $200 each with 30% off. For a really nice shirt, I might spend up to $60. I will return to modernise my wardrobe, which is full of ten year old shirts, with suitable shirts for a Large old man.
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It's also possible that the shirts were cut skimpily. I've noticed this even in more pricey brands. It used to be that cheap clothes were skimpy, more expensive ones generously cut. So a person could be a medium in a good brand, but a large in a cheaper one. You know my solution: make my own by hand. But I don't think that's your path.
ReplyDeleteYou are not an old man...you are the same age as me!!
ReplyDeleteBoud is right. Different brands cut their styles in different ways so some are more snug than others. I bought a very expensive Barbour jacket for P one Christmas as a surprise..his usual size...but it was very snug indeed so he never wears it. Stupid mistake.
Ouch. And I believe that they are being cut more skimpily now. Or that is both my excuse and the one I apply to himself.
ReplyDeleteunless you keep the total muscle mass as you age, it is inevitable to have slower metabolism with increasing age
ReplyDelete$200 for a shirt is not for me ... unless it's the best shirt ever made and will always fit and never go out of style!
ReplyDeleteGo to Country Road sales Nice shirts quality fabric, often Australian cotton . Gant is overrated , Ralph Lauren is good quality as well, so my son tells me
ReplyDeleteWe ran around so much as young people and played sport all the time, so the clothes were slim and cute. With every decade there is less physical activity and the clothes look pudgier :(
ReplyDeleteDo lots of age-appropriate gym! Me too!
I know how you feel. ~sigh~ My husband's old shirts are what I wear to the gym and gardening. I need to go clothes shopping as items age out, but it's not fun as in my thirties or even forties. I dread the ordeal, in fact. lol Best wishes, my dear.
ReplyDeleteOh dear..
ReplyDelete$200 for a short? No, not even with inflation
ReplyDeleteIt must be all that muscle you have developed from walking and playing with the boys 😎
ReplyDeleteI went from being a size 6 to being an extra large. Sizing seems to be decided by monkeys on crack.
ReplyDeleteYes, sizing is all over the place. Refreshing your look. Go for it. Andrew!
ReplyDeleteEven within the same brand, the sizing can be off. It's irritating, though.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they put the wrong size label on the garment…..
ReplyDeleteA sign of a safe and happy life.
ReplyDeleteTwo hundred bucks sounds like a lot (though a 30 percent discount puts them in the tolerable range). I'm still wearing mostly the same shirts I wore when I worked at The New York Times, before 2009!
ReplyDeleteOn, and a note on sizes -- sometimes a shirt can be "large" but slim cut or tailored in some way that makes it seem smaller. If your old "large" shirts still fit you, you may just need to find the right shirts rather than go up a size. Know what I mean?
DeleteI forgot about 'slim fit'. I think you are right Steve.
DeleteEven with women's clothing different brands have different sizes. I'm usually a Medium, but have clothes from Small to Large.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, From your icon picture, you look just right.
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Today it's 3 years that Rick passed away, time flies by so quickly. After his dead I put on weight like I have never done in my whole life, I have always been slim. But I made it to 80 kg !!! and then suddenly it stopped and I lost weight, very quickly and I didn't do any diet ! And suddenly I had my usual weight back 65 kg for 1.71cm. I am feeling much better and still love living in "my" castle.
ReplyDeleteOh dear me, Andrew. Never mind, I went for very slim to being rather large these days. That's life.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain! I started adulthood as a size 10. I'm now a 16 or 18
ReplyDelete$200 for one shirt!!!! Yikes.
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