Sometimes more modern ones will have a tag inside the inner breast
pocket. Otherwise, button the suit, flatten it out, and measure from
armpit to armpit, making sure that the center front doesn't gape.
Multiply that number by two and subtract four. That's basically the
size chest the
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] men's suit size?
Sometimes more modern ones will have a tag inside the inner breast pocket.
Otherwise, button the suit
Unless there have been extreme alterations:
Chest: Around the chest (!), a line pretty much level with the bottom of the
armpits;
Jacket length/back length/waist length: From the bottom of the collar to the
waistline (usually the narrowest part of the jacket).
Trousers can be more difficult
