How do I know if a shirt fits me?

Clasp your cuffs and try to run two fingers perpendicular to your arm between your shirt and your wrist. You should meet resistance and achieve it only with difficulty...

The arms

Clasp your cuffs and try to run two fingers perpendicular to your arm between your shirt and your wrist. You should meet resistance and achieve it only with difficulty. Taking into account that on the left cuff, some shirts, it is left slightly wider than the right for people who wear the watch.

The next step is to flex the arm to 90 °: the fist should reach more or less at the height of the wrist joint, if it "enters" the hand more than a couple of centimeters it is too long, if it stops more than 2 or 3 cm before the joint is too short.

Now raise your arms: you have to check that the shirt does not come out of the pants, even if you lean forward or to the sides (in this case the shirt would be too short).

Always with your arms raised, stand in front of a mirror and check the amount of fabric that hangs in the area between the armpit and the elbow. It has to be enough to guarantee freedom of movement, but not too much.

The neck

The ideal neck size is one that, once all the buttons (including the top one) are fastened, allows you to breathe comfortably and slide a couple of fingers between the shirt and the front of the neck.

Correct fit of the shirt collar is especially important if you are wearing ties.

The back

On the perfect shirt, the sleeve fit is just above the shoulder bone.

And how does it work together?

In general, "how tight" to the body a shirt needs to be is primarily a matter of taste. A shirt can be leaving room for chest and waist movements and elegant at the same time. By pulling the fabric, it will separate from the body by several centimeters (usually between 8 and 15).

You will know that it is too narrow if an "X" is formed on the chest, while it is too wide if, put in the pants and with the arms raised at 90 °, you have a final effect similar to an "air balloon".