Pre-distressed cow shrinkage?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:59 pm
I'm re-measuring myself in anticipation of a new jacket, so I laid out my PD cow (a USW CE size L) and a tailor's tape. I had done this months ago, after I first received it, and it looks like all my previous measurements are inaccurate.
My original measurements came out at:
Back 26.75" (measuring from where the collar stand joins the back)
Sleeve 33" from collar to end of the sleeve (again, measured from the stand)
Sleeve from shoulder seam 25" (making the shoulder 8")
Fast forward to today
Back: 26.5"
Sleeve 32" from collar, 24.5 from shoulder
Is this normal? I'm quite positive I'm measuring from the same points. The jacket has not (yet) been treated in any way, and has seen some rain, nothing heavy, has always been hung up, wet or dry.
COMPLETE SIDE-TRACK
Doesthis make me a 42 Reg or Long (I'm a 41 chest btw, so 42 is the way to go for me). Using the Wested sizing chart (even while reading the OTR size comparisons, things fall into grey areas. they list shoulder of 6.75 (down from my 7.5, which is acceptable, it still lays below the point of my shoulder bone) and sleeves at 24.75, which makes up a quarter inch of the sleeve length I currently have, but still a half inch shorter than I have now. A long would add an extra inch.
The back is only a quarter inch shorter on a long than my current jacket.
I'm thinking I need a Long and to attempt to shrink up the sleeves a tad, rather than have a regular length that's just shy of long enough.. Ok, I've talked myself through that. Can I get my ToD jacket now please.
My original measurements came out at:
Back 26.75" (measuring from where the collar stand joins the back)
Sleeve 33" from collar to end of the sleeve (again, measured from the stand)
Sleeve from shoulder seam 25" (making the shoulder 8")
Fast forward to today
Back: 26.5"
Sleeve 32" from collar, 24.5 from shoulder
Is this normal? I'm quite positive I'm measuring from the same points. The jacket has not (yet) been treated in any way, and has seen some rain, nothing heavy, has always been hung up, wet or dry.
COMPLETE SIDE-TRACK
Doesthis make me a 42 Reg or Long (I'm a 41 chest btw, so 42 is the way to go for me). Using the Wested sizing chart (even while reading the OTR size comparisons, things fall into grey areas. they list shoulder of 6.75 (down from my 7.5, which is acceptable, it still lays below the point of my shoulder bone) and sleeves at 24.75, which makes up a quarter inch of the sleeve length I currently have, but still a half inch shorter than I have now. A long would add an extra inch.
The back is only a quarter inch shorter on a long than my current jacket.
I'm thinking I need a Long and to attempt to shrink up the sleeves a tad, rather than have a regular length that's just shy of long enough.. Ok, I've talked myself through that. Can I get my ToD jacket now please.