How It Should Fit: Above your wrists, never past the heel of your palm The Proper Cloth rule of thumb holds that a jacket sleeve should expose 0.25”- 0.50” of your dress shirt cuff for a stylish, universally appropriate look. … Continue reading →

We offer three hem shape options for your custom shirt design: the Rounded Hem, Straight Hem, and Polo Hem. The Straight Hem and Polo Hem are great options for casual shirts you intend to wear untucked, as they’re considered less … Continue reading →

In order to maintain equal Shirt Front and Shirt Back Lengths when applying a posture adjustment to an existing shirt size, we suggest adjusting the Shirt Back Length. The front shirttail length is controlled automatically, based on several other sizing … Continue reading →

While taking your Tailored Clothing to your local tailor is a great option for small alterations, there are some limitations to keep in mind before you go that route. Overall, a garment should fit so the fabric creates a silhouette … Continue reading →

With Proper Cloth you can order custom shirts in any size and style you desire. Perhaps you have your dress shirt fit perfected and are looking to create a casual shirt to wear untucked outside of the office. Below are … Continue reading →

Proper Cloth offers the ability to adjust how high or low you’d like the first button below the shirt collar to be placed, but it may not be obvious why you would like to adjust this part of your shirt. Typically, … Continue reading →

Problem description The dress shirt is too tight at the stomach, causing it to pull uncomfortably or simply look unflattering. This could be a problem at all times or primarily when sitting. Solution The answer to this problem is fairly … Continue reading →

Problem description There are noticeable lines running from the arm-pits up towards the back of the collar.  Generally this will be most noticeable when the shirt is worn buttoned all the way up.  This is frequently a problem with guys … Continue reading →

Problem description You like to move around but you feel trapped – raising your arms over your head causes the shirt to move up considerably.  This causes it to come un-tucked too frequently, make you feel as though you are … Continue reading →

The Problem You have visions of wearing your shirt open-collar and looking as sharp as Clooney/Pitt/Beckham, but for some reason your collar isn’t on the same page. It’s folding over, flopping to the side, or sliding down rather than standing … Continue reading →

Problem description The placket of the shirt just below the collar button seems to pop out slightly making a gap.   Potential Solutions It’s difficult to say exactly what causes this in all cases, but some adjustments that have worked … Continue reading →

Problem description It feels like the sleeves are coming down too far over your hands.  Perhaps when you wear a jacket you are showing too much cuff, etc. How the sleeve length should fit With your arms hanging relaxed at … Continue reading →

Problem description Standing straight up, with your arms at your sides, the sleeves of the shirt are not quite reaching the large wrist bone. How the sleeve length should fit With your arms hanging relaxed at your sides and the … Continue reading →

Problem description You want to wear the shirt untucked, so you are going for a shorter shirt length, but somehow it just feels too short. How it should fit Generally speaking we think the shirt tail of an untucked shirt … Continue reading →

Problem description The dress shirt comes untucked during the day.  Even with just a little bit of moving around you notice that the shirt is coming out of your pants and looking sloppy. Lengthen the shirt If you intend to … Continue reading →