The Suave Owl Fit
The Suave Owl Fit
You're not hard to dress. You've just never been dressed properly.
High-street sizing is built for average proportions. If you've got broad shoulders, a big chest or a long torso, it makes you choose: fit your shoulders and swim in the waist, or fit your waist and feel it pull across your back. We stopped making you choose.
How it's cut
Room across the shoulders and chest, so it moves when you do and never pulls across your back.
Up to 32 inches in the back and 27.5-inch sleeves. It stays tucked and covers your wrist.
Taken in at the waist for a clean line. Broad doesn't mean boxy.
Finding your size
Because the cut is close through the waist, most men take one size up from their usual high-street size. That's the comfortable fit we designed it for. The "To fit chest" column below already allows for this.
- Measure your chest at the widest point, under your arms, with the tape level.
- Find that number in the To fit chest column.
- Between two sizes? Take the bigger one.
Overshirts (twill, corduroy and checked). All measurements in inches.
| Size | To fit chest | Garment chest | Garment waist | Back length | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 36–37 | 40 | 38 | 28.5 | 26 |
| M | 38–39 | 42 | 40.5 | 29 | 26 |
| L | 40–41 | 44 | 42 | 29.5 | 26.5 |
| XL | 42–44 | 46 | 44.5 | 30 | 27 |
| 2XL | 45–47 | 49 | 47 | 31 | 27.5 |
| 3XL | 48–49 | 52 | 50.5 | 32 | 27.5 |
| 4XL | 50–53 | 54 | 53.5 | 32 | 27.5 |
| 5XL | 54–55 | 56 | 55 | 32 | 27.5 |
"To fit chest" is your body measurement. The other columns are measurements of the garment itself.
Why we built it
After years of fitting men in our Bath shop, we kept seeing the same thing: athletic men who couldn't find clothes that fitted properly. So we redrew the proportions from scratch.
Still not sure?
Message us your chest measurement, height and usual size, and Tony will tell you which one to order. Or come and see us in the shop on Milsom Street, Bath.
