[nchlswu]

> The problem that I'm increasingly encountering is that everything (up to XXXL) in shirts is too small for me. There's nothing that can be tailored to fit.

> Jeans simply don't tailor well on account of seams and other factors. Slacks can be, but again, you've got to have the material to start with, and today's "skinny" styles don't.

I'm curious. What are the types of stores you shop at? Although I'm sure styles have been slimmed down across the board, there are plenty of stores I see with regular fitting clothes.

and FWIW, jeans tailor fine usually, you just need a tailor that knows what they're doing and obviously cost may not be worth it.

[dredmorbius]

I prefer not to state for a number of reasons, but multiple large national chains, both department stores and clothing stores, ranging from discount to upscale. I finally found a menswear store which carried shirts that fit, mid-market, as well as dress slacks. Jeans turned up at a large retailer.

I also confirmed the sizing changes with multiple store managers at multiple retailers. It's possible they were lying, but comparisons with identically-sized earlier purchases showed that the sizes had been modified.

It's also become rather evident that numerous large retailers are in all sorts of hurt. Ironically it's the ones which are furthest behind the fashion curve which tend to have sizes that fit, but the in-store organization, stock, and staffing are abysmal at many of these.