[arh68]

Shirts are fairly standard in size, I buy those online. Jeans have to be tried on (bad online experience). /r/mfa has okay guidelines. I stick hard to certain brands, to avoid sizing uncertainty.

I wouldn't go full Steve Jobs and only wear black turtlenecks and dorky sneakers, but a closet full of OBDs & polos seems reasonable. I would definitely try someone's recommendations, but only up to a fixed dollar limit (like $200~300). I would be prepared to bag it all up and donate it if I didn't like it.

[thisGuysAccount]

You sound average-sized, if you can confidently say shirts are standard in size. I know a lot of guys who have a hard time finding shirts that fit.

Shirts, jeans, sweaters, anything... they're all over the place in terms of fit.

With shirts, you've got different torso widths, lengths, arm hole sizes (I don't know the word), depths and widths of the neck hole. A slim fit, an athletic fit, a relaxed fit, will all vary from brand to brand.

With jeans, same thing.

Then you've got the fabric and stitching. I'm not sure I'd buy clothes online. Too many variables.

[thisGuysAccount]

Actually, there's something I'd pay $20 for.

I mail you a list of measurements. You mail me a list of brands and styles that fit.

[define_hipster]

Cool idea, but how do you account for variations on what certain brands consider a 33-length, for example?

Like for example, 32-waist Wrangler seems to be equivalent to 30-waist Gap. Only way I know this is because I tried on the jeans at the mall and found those to be the most comfortable on me.

The variation is strange and it's not just pants but also shoes sizes aren't consistent between brands either. I think the way Zappos solves this is they send you the shoes and you send them back if they don't fit well.

[thisGuysAccount]

That's part of why it's worth $20.

There would need to be some brand research done, checking the fitting and sizing of various brands, so you could know that "with a 31 inch waist, measured around the navel, I would fit in 30 inch Gap jeans and 32 inch Wranglers."

That trip to try on those two pairs of jeans cost you what, an hour? two hours?

[dllthomas]

Yeah, I found a stain on the shirt I'd intended to wear to a funeral. Went to a Kohl's and found exactly one white dress shirt in the store that fit me.