help with wested sizes

Indiana Des · Post by **Indiana Des** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:31 am

I can't figure their sizingchart out.. their shouldersize is ranging from 6.55 to 7.20 inches but that doesn't fit in at all when I measure my shoulders in centimeters. Neither does the sleeve measurements, so I figure that either do I measure absolutely wrong or that I'm not used to imperial measurements.

so does anyone know what size I should have if my measurements are these in centimeters:

height: 183 centimeters
chest: 87 when measuring exactly (should be 90 or something when loosefit I guess?)
sleeve: 66 centimeters
back: 57 centimeters from neck to the waist (probably should add another 10 cm for a jacket)
shoulders: 42 centimeters (when measured across the back)

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:00 pm

I've tried the 6 meals a day before....unfortunately it seemed have settled around my waist line. Are you saying I'm supposed to be exercising as well!

Are you out of your MIND??!!!

Regard! Michaelson

Indiana Des · Post by **Indiana Des** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:03 pm

yeah, I know..

It's hopeless, I can eat like a horse and not gaining a pound, but on the other hand I never loose weight either. I got to find some ancient ruins with deadly traps to adventure in so I get some workout which leads to muscles and well..uhrm... hopefully some weightgain.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:05 pm

Don't worry Des. Enjoy your size and weight while you can. I was just like you until my mid 20's, then jumped from 135 pounds to almost 180 in just a year....and either stayed there....or went up.

Regards! Michaelson

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:42 pm

Like I've told you before, _....I'm a shadowy reflection of you....You're built like an inverted triangle, me...a pyramid!

Regards! Michaelson

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:45 pm

_, 50 grams of protien is a bit high for the average man. I would go no more than 35 grams.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:45 pm

Why 'Long' if he's just 6 feet? Are we after a TofD jacket ?

I'm almost 6 feet 2", and I've never ordered a long length myself. Never needed to, and the standard jacket length hit me perfect at below the beltline.

Regards! Michaelson

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:50 pm

Oh, ok. Just curious.

Regards! Michaelson

Indiana Des · Post by **Indiana Des** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:02 pm

I was thinking of getting the Raiders-style jacket.. hmm.. but a 38L does indeed sound right after one heck of a calculating-session.

Doesn't really matter, I like both the Raiders and the ToD jackets.

I guess when ordering with Westeds online-thingy that they'll get it right since one has to specify sleeve-lenght, and what "indy style" as well, and just put a 38L in as jacket size and they hopefully get it all right in the end.. ...i hope.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:06 pm

Personally I'd take all your info in your opening post and send them to wested@wested.com and ask Peter/Gemma directly as to what you need.

Why guess?

Regards ! Michaelson

Indiana Des · Post by **Indiana Des** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:14 pm

Michaelson wrote:Personally I'd take all your info in your opening post and send them to wested@wested.com and ask Peter/Gemma directly as to what you need.

Why guess?

Regards ! Michaelson

*doh* Never thought of that...

That's what I'm going to do! Thanks for the help guys!

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:37 pm

Indiana Des wrote: *doh* Never thought of that... That's what I'm going to do! Thanks for the help guys!

Nothing to 'duh' about, my friend.

Sometimes we can't see the obvious solution when we're standing so close to the 'problem'.

Yep, let us know what they say.

Regards! Michaelson

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:43 pm

Michaelson wrote:Personally I'd take all your info in your opening post and send them to wested@wested.com and ask Peter/Gemma directly as to what you need.

Why guess?

Regards ! Michaelson

always the best way to go.

orb · Post by **orb** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:08 pm

Whatever you order Regular or Long make sure you get the extra inch in front. This will look much better than having the back longer or same length as the front.

Much regards

orb

Rixter · Post by **Rixter** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:09 pm

orb wrote:Whatever you order Regular or Long make sure you get the extra inch in front. This will look much better than having the back longer or same length as the front. orb

I've continued to hear this suggestion off and on almost from the first day I joined this forum and I've 'never' been able to understood it or find a plausible explanation for why this is necessary on a Wested . I've gone back and read past threads by MK and others, and, although I haven't ever purchased a Wested (which I would think by now would automatically be incorporating this apparent pattern flaw into their design if it were the problem as some has suggested) I have not found this to be the case for any of my Expeditions.

In the past, I've even read that you need to add as much as two inches to the front. This just does not seem like a practical way to purchase a jacket if you have to worry about things like that to make a jacket fit correctly.

orb · Post by **orb** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:24 pm

I also have added around 2 inches to the front on my last Wested order. I think it's really necessary because IMO does Wested add at least 1 inch not enough in the front on their Raiders & LC jackets. You should give them the exact measurements you want also the backlength and the front should at least be an inch longer as the back. At my first few orders I never gave Wested these measurements and ended always in a too short jacket. I mean too short to be screen accurate.

Much regards

orb

Indiana Des · Post by **Indiana Des** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:29 pm

thanks orb for the reminder. I did ask Wested in the email regarding extra requirements, what it would cost etc, and it was your options in that other thread I had in mind when I did it..

FLATHEAD · Post by **FLATHEAD** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:22 am

I would think by now would automatically be incorporating this apparent pattern flaw into their design if it were the problem as some has suggested) I have not found this to be the case for any of my Expeditions.

In the past, I've even read that you need to add as much as two inches to the front. This just does not seem like a practical way to purchase a jacket if you have to worry about things like that to make a jacket fit correctly.

Its not a "flaw". If you take your Expedition, zip it up, and lay it flat on
your bed, with the zipper facing up, check to see if the front of the jacket
and the back of the jacket are even with each other. I bet they are.

Then, turn the jacket over, so the back is now facing up. Check it again.
I bet the front and the back line up with each other.

Wested's Indy jackets do this also. Its the way a jacket is made.

However, humans are NOT made like this. If you get someone to
measure you, from the center of your shoulders, down your back to
your waist, you will get a different measurement than if you measure
from the center of your shoulders down your front to your waist.

The front measurement will be slightly LARGER than the back. Probably
by about an inch or so.

Why? Because down the back is fairly straight down, while going down
the front you have to go over your chest and in some cases, over your
stomach if you have any kind of gut.

Now, when you put a jacket on that has the front and the back that line
up with each other, and zip the jacket up, it will look slightly shorter in the
front than in the back because your body measures more in the front than
in the back.

To prove this to yourself, do this. Put on your jacket, zip it up, and stand
sideways in a mirror, and stand as straight up as you can. Then take a
picture of yourself.

Then, post that picture for us to see. I will bet you any amount of money
you have that the front of your Expedition is higher than the back if you
stand up straight and don't slouch.

This is what we all refer to as "Ride up". And that is why people ask for
an additional inch or so to just the front of a jacket.

I have done this with my Wested Indy jacket, My Aero Redskin B-3 and
my Aero Californian jacket.

It just helps the jacket look more "level" when you are wearing it.

This phenominon only happens on jackets with open bottoms. Meaning,
they don't have any rib knits to hold the bottom of the jacket tight
against your body like an A-2 or any type of windbreaker with some
elastic at the bottom hem.

Take the pictures of yourself and post them for us to look at, or, you
can do a search on this site for people who have posted pictures of
themselves.

In EVERY SINGLE side view picture, the people who do NOT have the
extra inch in front, the jacket is higher in the front than the back. The
less of gut you have the less this shows up, but it does show up. Just
check out the pictures.

Thats why its suggested to get an extra inch to inch and half in just
the front of the jacket.

Flathead

Indiana Des · Post by **Indiana Des** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:10 pm

No reply from Wested yet, but I ain't in a hurry so I wait a while longer before trying again... anyway, went out and bought another leatherjacket to wear in the meantime. Not exactly screen-accurate (not at all actually.

) but it's a nice jacket anyway. It definitly fits the other clothes I wear daily, in a sort of urban-modern-indy way.