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I have a very hard time finding anything to fit me as a 5'8" slim male it's nearly impossible. I am somewhere between medium and small sometimes one or the other or in the middle.

I've had pants tailored and they were amazing it was like I was part of the human race having actual pants that fit it's amazing how much it affects your personality and how ill fitting clothes make you feel.

But shirts that's something I've never had tailored. If I could afford it I'd have all my clothes tailored to fit.

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Tailoring shirts can be very inexpensive. Good shirts can be purchased in your choice of arm length and neck size; from there any half-decent tailor or seamstress can take in any 'billow' in the body and sleeves so it fits perfectly. (Sleeves can obviously be shortened as well, if necessary, but it often won't be.) At least here in western Canada, about $15 would be a reasonable price to have a shirt fully altered.

I'm about the same size. Men's shirts are usually just Small-Medium-Large, and even Small often fits me like a tent. I've done some custom, and it's not that expensive compared to the time and cost of finding and buying clothes that fit.

T-shirts, yes. Dress shirts are generally collar size / sleeve length, with a handful of companies (Brooks Bros. and Charles Tyrwhitt, off the top of my head) offering 3-4 different body cuts as well.

As a 6'4 dude with a 32 in waist and a 35/in inseam, I just said fuck it. Let people think what they want about my clothes. Finding pants that 'fit' is a joke. It cracks me up that women don't think men have this problem.

Ah shit, its 2015, I shouldn't say that.

Where are you shopping?

Try looking at higher end raw denim. It often comes unhemmed and around a 36" inseam. You'll need to get it hemmed a bit, but otherwise should be OK.

Have you tried Cabelas, Duluth Trading, or Filsons? They do a good job for me, and it sounds like we have similar pants sizes. I bet you also have the same problem as I have with non-tall shirts: they're always too short in the torso and sleeves when they're the "right size" instead of baggy.

> Finding pants that 'fit' is a joke. It cracks me up that women don't think men have this problem.

Funny mainly because they don't think that?

> Ah shit, its 2015, I shouldn't say that.

Really you shouldn't say that because it makes zero sense and has absolutely nothing to do with the article.

The article is about how women's garments are sized completely differently (and totally arbitrarily) compared to men's. And plenty more women have problems finding clothes that fit due to garments being cut for arbitrary chest sizes. So, your sexist comment not only makes no sense, it's totally out of place.

I have similar measurements (34" waist, I'm also taller) and I find gap/old navy fits perfectly. Order online, choose the "tall" tab on the product page and choose 36" inseam there.

Old Navy Jeans fall apart way too fast for me and I don't even wear them very hard. I've stopped buying them after the last two pairs wore holes within 6 months. Maybe I just got unlucky but examination of the material shows them to be much thinner than a pair of Levi's or Wranglers.

Same measurements. Patagonia's 34" inseam runs long. Bonobos will sell you a 36" inseam in most styles.

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