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Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:18 pm
by snowingagain
My son is big. I mean 6 2. But also overweight. He is having a difficult time finding clothes that fit. There is nowhere near us that does stuff that fits him. Shopping online is so difficult, sizing is haphazard, XL can be XXXL. 5 XL can be just XL. Does anyone know any actual shops with people who can measure and advise? He has 50 as a shoe size. Any advice would be appreciated. Mannheim area.
Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:27 pm
by Franklan
Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:39 pm
by snowingagain
Thanks Franklan, I already knew about this shop by googling too. So going to try it. Just hoping perhaps that some people with experience could help too. I am not joking, it is madly difficult. Has an unexpected interview next week and smart clothes mad tight. Thanks. I realise he should lose weight but not having a job is not going to help him in this.
Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 8:08 pm
by Robinson100
Absolutely no experience, but Bonprix does larger sizes, in case you don´t know already:
https://www.bonprix.de/kategorie/herren ... n-anzuege/
Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:11 pm
by PandaMunich
snowingagain wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 6:18 pm
My son is big. I mean 6 2. But also overweight. He is having a difficult time finding clothes that fit. There is nowhere near us that does stuff that fits him. Shopping online is so difficult, sizing is haphazard, XL can be XXXL. 5 XL can be just XL. Does anyone know any actual shops with people who can measure and advise? He has 50 as a shoe size. Any advice would be appreciated. Mannheim area.
Have you had a look at the "Große Größen" department at
C&A?
C&A store in Mannheim, open 10am to 8pm:
https://www.c-and-a.com/stores/de-de/ba ... 1-4-8.html
I wouldn't expect any advice there (there is a reason C&A is cheap), but at least he can try on the suits on the spot.
The models in the suit photos are 185cm, 190cm and 200cm tall:
https://www.c-and-a.com/de/de/shop/herr ... iness-mode
and are wearing sizes 64 and 66 (change to the tab "Herren"):
https://www.c-and-a.com/de/de/shop/serv ... senberater
- Big sizes at C&A
- 2024-05-07 22_10_47-Größenberater _ C&A Online-Shop.jpg (207.89 KiB) Viewed 7626 times
If he needs extra long shirt sleeves, i.e. ones that are 5cm longer than standard length sleeves:
https://www.c-and-a.com/de/de/shop/sear ... 3%2584rmel
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If money is not a concern, I second
Hirmer, they are the best for advice for non-standard sizes.
But they are expensive.
Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 1:48 pm
by snowingagain
Gosh Panda, that is really helpful answer. Many, many thanks.
Re: Why are you unhappy today?
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2024 8:07 pm
by snowingagain
OK an update.
The chinos from Hirmer were good. The jacket was waay to big despite the measurements. Atm he does not need one, nor a suit. He will try C&A for chinos. Will get back to help other people in same situation. He does not want to finish his FachAbi or whatever it is. Wants to do an apprenticeship. But I would like him to have a FA incase he changes his mind later. He changes his mind all the bloody time. But obviously all I can do is encourage him as much as I can to do his best in whatever he chooses.
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 11:18 pm
by Alberto
We have the problem at the opposite end of the spectrum. My wife, same as many other Japanese, is very small by Caucasian standard. She buys clothes and shoes only when she visits Japan, not often, she keeps saying her sizes cannot be found here. I still don't get it, after all she's not smaller than many children here....
Oh well, trying to understand the spouse...
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:30 am
by bramble
Alberto wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 11:18 pm
We have the problem at the opposite end of the spectrum. My wife, same as many other Japanese, is very small by Caucasian standard. She buys clothes and shoes only when she visits Japan, not often, she keeps saying her sizes cannot be found here. I still don't get it, after all she's not smaller than many children here....
Oh well, trying to understand the spouse...
Google Kurzgrößen Damen. I'm pretty small (1,52 m) and ordering clothes online in Kurzgrößen has been my solution for years.
Kurzgrößen Damen
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:59 pm
by snowingagain
OK, another update. Most of your clothes ideas worked really well, thank you so much. But, about 10 days before his new placement they announced they needed suits. I have no idea why C&A are fine for shirts and coats and whatever, but their suit jackets were way too small. His shoulders were too big for anything they had. Tried online, and another place in Hamburg, with no luck. Ended up at Hirmer who measured him really well and said his shoulders were ridiculously big. They had one jacket which worked for his shoulders but much too big even for his waist size. Trousers were not a problem, though they were a different make but a very close, if not identical match. The jacket was a bit eye wateringly pricey.
So, it needs adjusting. They offer it in house, I told him to go with that, if they cock it up they will probably give him another suit
He wore it for 2 days, it is madly big! I have asked him, please, do not try to eat his way into it.
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:11 pm
by AlexTr
Try itailor.com. Long delivery times, but prices are reasonable.
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:18 pm
by snowingagain
AlexTr wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:11 pm
Try itailor.com. Long delivery times, but prices are reasonable.
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:47 pm
by Alberto
Reminds me of my Oma. A tailor by trade. She loved me immensely, partly because I looked like my dad when he was my age. During my grundschule she made almost ALL my clothes. I remember spending infinity amount of time getting measured shoulder arms bla bla. A boring torture.
And the few clothes that I bought, she always claimed they didn't actually fit so it was her mission to modify them.
Now decades later I know she was making things up and it was all excuses for her to spend time with me. Fair enough. It's a kind of love, isn't it.
Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:31 pm
by tor
Another place to check for suits is Policke. I am 195, suit size 60, and I walked into one.
i also often find big stuff at Kik.