Shortlist of mensware in NYC for the smaller framed gent

and no, it's not about me bragging that I'm skinny, I have a compact frame whether I'm fat or anorexic.

Dude just eat a fucking cheeseburger

burt_stanton sure loves style

It's not that I don't weigh anything - 5'8 150 lbs. A lot of places don't cut clothing for lean, narrow frames, though. and I'm starting school again, so I'd like to look nice. For work I'd usually just wear different ties.

bblessing

otm burt. i hate shopping for mens clothes at cheap stores cuz all they have are bags.

but baggy will be back soon, i promise. til then tho i'm open for suggestions as well. what about that place on downtown, uniqlo or something? japanese i think? i've been there once, it's huge. the cuts are ok and it's moderately cheap.

benetton

benetton is mad expensive now tho, right?

have you tried buying a size "s" or "xs"

my family used to manage a chain of benetton stores. back then everything had benetton written all over it.

"s" stands for "small" and "xs" for extra small," fyi

burt wants tight threads

Hahaha Burt is DENSE! I am also around 5'8" and slightly less than 150 lbs, but my shoulders and hips are always a little too broad for super narrow cuts.

I don't want clothing that's tight; a lot of small and extra smalls are either too long or too wide in the shoulders, making it boxy. Sadly, Urban Outfitters has been the best as far as collared shirts go.

it's funny, sweaters on the other hand I'm a medium. It's just tough finding a well fitting collared shirt.

agreed

well, w/out paying too much $$

i think burt has hit on a real fashion mystery i.e. the scarcity of casual menswear designed for people with lean, narrow frames esp. in NYC. when oh when will designers wake up and start providing the kind of clean, tailored items that suit people with this body type? and when will retailers start stocking them?

maybe "big and tall" should open a "short and small" store

WON'T ANYONE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY HEAR THE CRIES OF BURT STANTON?????

Totally bell_labs. My best fitting shirts are old vintage ones from the early 80s, so there was a time when they were made. I guess today there isn't much economic incentive for stores to stock clothing like that anymore... it's totally niche.

I totally understand Laurel's sarcasm there, but ... well, for one thing, this is different between fashiony clothes and off-the-rack, and it's different between men's a women's clothes. Women's clothes in non-expensive chain-type places is still absurdly targeted at lean people, but men's stuff often runs the other way! I mean, I can't think of much reason a person my size should fit into extra-small sizes at chain stores.

I...I...I.......I haven't even posted in this thread!

xpost - whoah, WTF, sorry -- did I just misread Lamp's comment as yours? sorry!

Burt is also right that Urban Outfitters is one of not a ton of stores where I feel comfortable in the size range, and not digging frantically through the rack hoping there's a tiny version somewhere. I went into a Banana Republic this spring and was told they flat-out didn't carry some pants I was looking at in anything under a 32!

xpost - whoah, WTF, sorry -- did I just misread Lamp's comment as yours? sorry!

haha i did this too

I went into a Banana Republic this spring and was told they flat-out didn't carry some pants I was looking at in anything under a 32!

-- nabisco, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:00 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

awful

crazy

im a 30 and can rarely find shorts that i like that fit, either they straight up don't carry the waist size (esp when my mom takes me somewhere that is on sale) or the length is too long/short

thankfully i don't wear menswear in a traditional way yet so i don't feel ur pain burt, american apparel tees hold me over

urban is good for skinny dudez tho

right AA is good for skinnies, no?

ha, i think dov charney is a fit model for AA so yeah

aa is only for skinnies

though they are slacking on new shit for dudes, they are basically now just acid washing all of their old shit

also selling horrible dan deacon glasses

i kind o have a crush on dan deacon. depending on how sweaty he looks at the moment

well, i dont really have much problem finding stuff that fits me, but mostly because i have fucked up priorities and dont mind spending $$$ on clothes, and also I go to Tokyo at least once a year now...

okay i wear a 30/32 depending on the fit and i almost never have problems finding pants that work? although i wouldn't bother shopping at banana republic, i guess. i really like lacoste (the shorts are ace) and they're not much different $-wise from br. i do spend $$$ on clothes but i also manage to find decent-priced stuff pretty cheap that fits well.

xpost costume national have some of the best fitting shit i've ever bought and i guess my build is not that different from the handome mr. stanton

HANDOME

My problems finding pants that work tend to have less to do with the small waist and more to do with the small waist + ass thing; men's pants are just not much made for the ass-having in this country.

It's shirts (and jackets! oh blazers especially!) where this is the thing, in terms of needing them not to hang all over you.

YES. at stupid mens warehouse (i know, this isn't the place to go, but that's the point -- i don't want to have to travel across the city to find a crappy suit), they had 3 suits in the whole store that would fit me!