Where Do BIG GUYS Buy Their Clothes?

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

I also think some people in this thread are being a tad lenient with their waist measurements.[/quote]

you’re so deliciously passive aggressive. why don’t you just speak your mind. you sound like a chick on facebook. when do you sign up?[/quote]

I did speak my mind. I was speaking generally. I mean, if you want one directed at you also, I doubt you are as lean or as built as you would like people to think you are.

There. Now you have a call out all your own. Take good care of it and love it, squeeze it, but don’t feed it after midnight.[/quote]

LOL

The algebra here is more like basic math. X is hating b/c he’s trying to get lean, but he’s struggling with that as he loses mass which that little nerd from high school won’t give up like a favorite blanket.

Anyway, I detect a lot of bitch in your walk, and a lot of snitch in your talk - “bodybuilder”. Let me know when you’re ready to take off shirts AND deadlift. The way you looked at that straight bar was like you seen a ghost. LOL
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I’m struggling with what? I was in an accident. Getting to the gym is a struggle so you can take all of the shit you are talking elsewhere. I was in a car accident one year ago so yeah, I usually avoid deadlifts and damn sure can’t do one now.

And with all of that you still feel challenged. That says a lot. I seriously doubt you would look the same after all of that.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
Suits, Dress Shirts, Slacks.

Go to a tailor. I know east coasters all “have a guy” but out here I’m loyal to Mens’ Warehouse. Immense inventory, savvy and fast tailors, and sales staff that know what the fuck they’re talking about.

The Jeans issue.

American Eagle Relaxed fit for whatever reason are my jeans of choice, and I’m a card carrying big dude.

Levis, dickies, carhart, may fit around my quads depending on the cut but damned if they aren’t deep enough in the crotch.

American Eagle fellas. American Eagle. If they fit too big then you aren’t big enough.

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Where do you get American Eagle?

I just wear Levis some fucking number and get a size to big in the waist to fit my legs.[/quote]

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:
Where do you big guys (i’m talking well above average) buy your clothes? [/quote]

Off the rack suits cannot be tailored down for big guys – the pockets and lines get all screwed up.

Just get custom suits and shirts. Run $750-2000, shirts are $150-200.

There is no other solution.

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[quote]heavythrower wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]heavythrower wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]heavythrower wrote:

[quote]Rodimus Black wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]heavythrower wrote:
no problem the winner buys the steak and beer, let me know when you are in northern cali, but not to put qa guilt trip on you, if i take even a minor trauma to my neck now, i probably will be paralyzed. lol

( i recently have had right arm weakness and numbness issues, turns out i have 3 cervical discs pressing and flattening my central and ventral spinal cord)

don’t you feel sorry for me now?[/quote]

Your cervix is pressing against your spinal cord? how does that work?[/quote]

Just slap yourself.

Heavy, I didn’t know you were that short. And I gather you are in the medical field. What exactly do you do?

Sorry to hijack, Audio.[/quote]

i am an advance practice rn in the ed OF A a busy regional trauma center [/quote]

Heavy in Cali do you have to have your masters for advance practice?

Ever think about getting out of the ER?[/quote]

i can do things like intubation, starting IO’s, PICCS, staple wound closure, needle tracheotomy, external jugular iv’s, chest tube insertion, etc., because I have many advanced certifications, like pre hospital advanced life support, mobile field intensive care, stuff like that.

so no i do not need a masters, but it is very institution specific out here, one hospital may let the nurses do certain things, others wont.

no i do not want to leave the ed, i love my job, but several of the doctors there have been on me to go back to school and become a PA. [/quote]

Yes a bunch of my Doc friends wanted me to do the same thing PA school was out of the question due to my life situation. However getting my Masters in Nursing to be equal to a PA was doable.

Just wondering been meaning to ask you, I hope to have some job sites in Cali in the years to come. [/quote]

no problem! will help if I can.

ya, situational wise the PA thing is not for me. First I support 2 households with my income, plus I spend about 8-10 grand a year traveling back to Alabama to see my kids, so I cant really afford to quit working all the overtime I work now to go back to school.

second, I really am not a good student. not very disciplined, poor study habits, there is a reason I dropped out of graduate school and decided to become a trades-person, lol

third, I am at the top of the pay scale here where I work, and nurses make pretty good money in northern cali, with PA’s starting at about 90 thousand a year around here, that would be a very significant pay cut to have to suffer for several years, and I am 44 years old, no spring chicken. [/quote]

I just paid my last child support payment for my daughter last month, I understand about two households. Plus I married a RN who also got her APN like me, so I have a leg up in that regards.

You dont seem burnt out about ED like I was so some people are made for that, I had the love/hate thing with ED.

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ya, i get that, the constant frantic pace of the ED often wears on me some, but I am sort of an adrenaline junkie, when an ambulance crew pops in with no warning and dumps a 10 month old baby in full arrest, most people shit their pants, stare like a deer caught in the headlights, or run the other way, I get a hard on and jump right in and get to work. i love that shit, i guess i am sick and twisted that way, lol

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:
Wasn’t exactly sure where to put this thread. Anyway, where do you big guys (i’m talking well above average) buy your clothes? Because of my build, it’s always been difficult for me to find clothes that fit well and look good, but at my current size of 6’3, 265lbs, it is damn near impossible to find clothes i like that fit ok, mainly when it comes to shirts/jackets.

I have to wear XL or XXL depending on the brand in order for it to fit in the shoulders and chest, however these clothes are clearly made for obese people cause they are long as fuck and baggy as hell in the waist.

So can some BIG GUYS give me examples of where they shop? Clothes shopping is such an infuriating experience over the last couple years and im ready to just wear sweat suits 24/7 (not really)

If you are 5’8 and 170 lbs, please dont respond.

If you’re chest does not measure significantly more than your belly, please dont respond. [/quote]

sounds like you need this: http://www.shopmusclemag.com/product.asp?productid=1753

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]Blackaggar wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
LOL @ Affliction t-shirts. Didn’t know that was still “in”.

I’m the last guy to give fashion tips, but I did find a few good fitting t-shirts at Hotbodz website and if you look real hard, you may find a polo or something that does not look like a douche in a club would wear it.

Other than that, if you plan on having a chest over 50" and a waist under 40 you might as well accept that you will have to pay more to look right.

That is why you rarely see guys that big in dress clothes to begin with.

You can bet every suit you saw Ronnie Coleman in cost a good chunk of that posing money.

I mean, you may have some size on you but you by no means look freakish enough to be having that hard a time with shirts.

I also think some people in this thread are being a tad lenient with their waist measurements.[/quote]

I have a 50 inch chest and a 35 inch waist currently. not freakish, but still a damn pain in the ass finding anything that tapers like that.

Edit: Actually just remeasured cause i havent in a while, chest is 51.5 inches at the nipples :slight_smile:

As far as waist goes, the pants i wear are 36x34, and i use a belt to snug em up just a tad which is where im getting the 35 from[/quote]

ummm…we’re about the same and I weigh 40lbs less than you. how is that possible?
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maybe the height difference?[/quote]

I’m 6.1. And no, my wheels aren’t small…skinny calves but that’s it. I’m guessing I have more density - particularly in the back.[/quote]

I guess were all built differently, if i was 220 Id look fairly small at 6 foot, but then i know I would also be sporting sub 30 inch waist…

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

You’re a beastly dude now, would have wanted to see you at your biggest.

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Meh, at my biggest, I would have NOT been impressive (physique wise) by the standards of this board. despite some fairly decent athletic accomplishments, and a little more than decent numbers in various lifts, I probably would have been considered very FAT by most here.

google image search AsashÅ?ryÅ« Akinori

he is the current sumo grand champion. I was built a lot like him. in fact, one of my nick names in college was “Sumo-Mike” lol

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[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:
Where do you big guys (i’m talking well above average) buy your clothes? [/quote]

Off the rack suits cannot be tailored down for big guys – the pockets and lines get all screwed up.

Just get custom suits and shirts. Run $750-2000, shirts are $150-200.

There is no other solution.[/quote]

I buy off the rack. Save the $$ that I’d pay for custom and put it into Food. Then I grow into the suit. Swolegasm!!!

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men talking about clothes.

like wimmenz talking about cars.

hilar.

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[quote]Edgy wrote:
men talking about clothes.

like wimmenz talking about cars.

hilar.[/quote]

Men typing “hilar”

Fast Forward to 3:46

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[quote]Loudog75 wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
LOL @ Affliction t-shirts. Didn’t know that was still “in”.

I’m the last guy to give fashion tips, but I did find a few good fitting t-shirts at Hotbodz website and if you look real hard, you may find a polo or something that does not look like a douche in a club would wear it.

Other than that, if you plan on having a chest over 50" and a waist under 40 you might as well accept that you will have to pay more to look right.

That is why you rarely see guys that big in dress clothes to begin with.

You can bet every suit you saw Ronnie Coleman in cost a good chunk of that posing money.

I mean, you may have some size on you but you by no means look freakish enough to be having that hard a time with shirts.

I also think some people in this thread are being a tad lenient with their waist measurements.[/quote]

I have a 50 inch chest and a 35 inch waist currently. not freakish, but still a damn pain in the ass finding anything that tapers like that.

Edit: Actually just remeasured cause i havent in a while, chest is 51.5 inches at the nipples :slight_smile:

As far as waist goes, the pants i wear are 36x34, and i use a belt to snug em up just a tad which is where im getting the 35 from[/quote]

Dude, How the hell are you fitting into 36 inch pants? Those things must fit like skinny jeans on you lol. I have to buy 38/40 inchers just to get some space for the legs. If I don’t leave my shirt hanging out over my pants I look like a well dressed homeless man.[/quote]

Obviously you’re legs are bigger than mine lol. My legs could definitely use a little more lovin’ my thighs are only about 27" , so not bad at all really but not on par with some of my upper body measurements.

I also just have found a good style that fits particularly well i guess, they are by no means “baggy” but they arent skinny jeans either. I have tried on some 36x35 at places like kohls and couldnt even pull them up over my ass.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Loudog75 wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
LOL @ Affliction t-shirts. Didn’t know that was still “in”.

I’m the last guy to give fashion tips, but I did find a few good fitting t-shirts at Hotbodz website and if you look real hard, you may find a polo or something that does not look like a douche in a club would wear it.

Other than that, if you plan on having a chest over 50" and a waist under 40 you might as well accept that you will have to pay more to look right.

That is why you rarely see guys that big in dress clothes to begin with.

You can bet every suit you saw Ronnie Coleman in cost a good chunk of that posing money.

I mean, you may have some size on you but you by no means look freakish enough to be having that hard a time with shirts.

I also think some people in this thread are being a tad lenient with their waist measurements.[/quote]

I have a 50 inch chest and a 35 inch waist currently. not freakish, but still a damn pain in the ass finding anything that tapers like that.

Edit: Actually just remeasured cause i havent in a while, chest is 51.5 inches at the nipples :slight_smile:

As far as waist goes, the pants i wear are 36x34, and i use a belt to snug em up just a tad which is where im getting the 35 from[/quote]

Dude, How the hell are you fitting into 36 inch pants? Those things must fit like skinny jeans on you lol. I have to buy 38/40 inchers just to get some space for the legs. If I don’t leave my shirt hanging out over my pants I look like a well dressed homeless man.[/quote]

Yep yep. Another reason I don’t believe some of these numbers. My waist is small enough right now to claim a pant size like that, but I can’t even pull a pair of 36" jeans up far enough to reach my waist so I am amazed at anyone claiming a chest over 51" but can actually slip on a pair of 36" jeans.

I have to wear a size 42 just so they fit over my legs and ass.

I think some tape measures are broken or people aren’t as swole as they think they are.[/quote]

You want a picture brah? Got nothing to hide here. And as i just explained to Loudog, my legs need a lot more work. My thighs are 27", some brands with a 36 inch waist i can get up no problem, like the ones i currently wear, other brands i cant even get up to my ass.

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

I’m 6.1. And no, my wheels aren’t small…skinny calves but that’s it. I’m guessing I have more density - particularly in the back.[/quote]

If you have the same measurements and weigh less, then you have less density, not more.

Also, OP has stated that he is basing his guesstimate for his waist measurement on the size of jeans that he wears, not on anything resembling an actual measurement. His waist is probably closer to 38" than 35".

No disrespect intended, OP, but waist sizes on jeans are not in inches.[/quote]

Yeah i know, thats why i gave you guys a pants size instead of an actualy measurement, so ya’ll have an idea. Im sure im bigger around the belly button than that, but im far from fat.

and to BG, i dont know, how much do you think those extra 2" in height i have on you add?

And are you saying you dont think my measurements are the same as yours, or you’re surprised they arent bigger since i weigh more?

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Loudog75 wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
LOL @ Affliction t-shirts. Didn’t know that was still “in”.

I’m the last guy to give fashion tips, but I did find a few good fitting t-shirts at Hotbodz website and if you look real hard, you may find a polo or something that does not look like a douche in a club would wear it.

Other than that, if you plan on having a chest over 50" and a waist under 40 you might as well accept that you will have to pay more to look right.

That is why you rarely see guys that big in dress clothes to begin with.

You can bet every suit you saw Ronnie Coleman in cost a good chunk of that posing money.

I mean, you may have some size on you but you by no means look freakish enough to be having that hard a time with shirts.

I also think some people in this thread are being a tad lenient with their waist measurements.[/quote]

I have a 50 inch chest and a 35 inch waist currently. not freakish, but still a damn pain in the ass finding anything that tapers like that.

Edit: Actually just remeasured cause i havent in a while, chest is 51.5 inches at the nipples :slight_smile:

As far as waist goes, the pants i wear are 36x34, and i use a belt to snug em up just a tad which is where im getting the 35 from[/quote]

Dude, How the hell are you fitting into 36 inch pants? Those things must fit like skinny jeans on you lol. I have to buy 38/40 inchers just to get some space for the legs. If I don’t leave my shirt hanging out over my pants I look like a well dressed homeless man.[/quote]

Yep yep. Another reason I don’t believe some of these numbers. My waist is small enough right now to claim a pant size like that, but I can’t even pull a pair of 36" jeans up far enough to reach my waist so I am amazed at anyone claiming a chest over 51" but can actually slip on a pair of 36" jeans.

I have to wear a size 42 just so they fit over my legs and ass.

I think some tape measures are broken or people aren’t as swole as they think they are.[/quote]

You want a picture brah? Got nothing to hide here. And as i just explained to Loudog, my legs need a lot more work. My thighs are 27", some brands with a 36 inch waist i can get up no problem, like the ones i currently wear, other brands i cant even get up to my ass. [/quote]

Yeah, your legs need more work. I’m way shorter than you and when my legs were 27" they were small. At my heaviest they were over 31". I don’t need another picture of you. I’m not degrading you. Because of your height you may need to find a tailor…but don’t expect guys bigger than you to really follow along as you complain about how clothes don’t fit how big you are.

Any guy with some real size on them already knows shopping at the Gap is a waste of time.

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actually, I was pleased as punch that I have trimmed up so much that I actually can wear some Gap xl stuff.

sounds pussy to some of the LARGE people on this board, but when you have been as fat as I have in the past, it made me happy.

as a matter of fact, the shirt i am wearing in my current avatar is a gap xl v neck t.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Loudog75 wrote:

[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
LOL @ Affliction t-shirts. Didn’t know that was still “in”.

I’m the last guy to give fashion tips, but I did find a few good fitting t-shirts at Hotbodz website and if you look real hard, you may find a polo or something that does not look like a douche in a club would wear it.

Other than that, if you plan on having a chest over 50" and a waist under 40 you might as well accept that you will have to pay more to look right.

That is why you rarely see guys that big in dress clothes to begin with.

You can bet every suit you saw Ronnie Coleman in cost a good chunk of that posing money.

I mean, you may have some size on you but you by no means look freakish enough to be having that hard a time with shirts.

I also think some people in this thread are being a tad lenient with their waist measurements.[/quote]

I have a 50 inch chest and a 35 inch waist currently. not freakish, but still a damn pain in the ass finding anything that tapers like that.

Edit: Actually just remeasured cause i havent in a while, chest is 51.5 inches at the nipples :slight_smile:

As far as waist goes, the pants i wear are 36x34, and i use a belt to snug em up just a tad which is where im getting the 35 from[/quote]

Dude, How the hell are you fitting into 36 inch pants? Those things must fit like skinny jeans on you lol. I have to buy 38/40 inchers just to get some space for the legs. If I don’t leave my shirt hanging out over my pants I look like a well dressed homeless man.[/quote]

Yep yep. Another reason I don’t believe some of these numbers. My waist is small enough right now to claim a pant size like that, but I can’t even pull a pair of 36" jeans up far enough to reach my waist so I am amazed at anyone claiming a chest over 51" but can actually slip on a pair of 36" jeans.

I have to wear a size 42 just so they fit over my legs and ass.

I think some tape measures are broken or people aren’t as swole as they think they are.[/quote]

You want a picture brah? Got nothing to hide here. And as i just explained to Loudog, my legs need a lot more work. My thighs are 27", some brands with a 36 inch waist i can get up no problem, like the ones i currently wear, other brands i cant even get up to my ass. [/quote]

Yeah, your legs need more work. I’m way shorter than you and when my legs were 27" they were small. At my heaviest they were over 31". I don’t need another picture of you. I’m not degrading you. Because of your height you may need to find a tailor…but don’t expect guys bigger than you to really follow along as you complain about how clothes don’t fit how big you are.

Any guy with some real size on them already knows shopping at the Gap is a waste of time.[/quote]

Yes, thanks for reiterating what i already said about my legs…

As far as my chest measurements go, it sounds like you’re just trying as hard as you can to convince yourself that there’s no way i have a near 52 inch chest. You state in like 3 posts that you dont believe it and blah blah but you dont want me to actually prove it either, so not sure where you were going with that but whatever.

And i dont get how you are spinning this like some cry for attention on my part, like i am expecting big guys to “follow along.” If you look at my posting history you’d see that i rarely ever create threads – that would be because i only do so when i feel there’s a legitimate use for it.

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i just measured my legs, just a tad under 27". I have a 34 inch waist, and I have no trouble getting old navy relaxed fit jeans over my thighs.

I know by most standards 27" thighs is NOT big, but remember how short I am. so I doubt all the claims by so many members of this board that they have to buy pants 2-3 sizes too big to get them to fit over their legs.

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Dude, you’ve already said you are very tall. That is why you don’t look the part. This thread is 6 pages long so you got all of the attention you were after…and we helped.

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

I’m 6.1. And no, my wheels aren’t small…skinny calves but that’s it. I’m guessing I have more density - particularly in the back.[/quote]

If you have the same measurements and weigh less, then you have less density, not more.

Also, OP has stated that he is basing his guesstimate for his waist measurement on the size of jeans that he wears, not on anything resembling an actual measurement. His waist is probably closer to 38" than 35".

No disrespect intended, OP, but waist sizes on jeans are not in inches.[/quote]

Yeah i know, thats why i gave you guys a pants size instead of an actualy measurement, so ya’ll have an idea. Im sure im bigger around the belly button than that, but im far from fat.

and to BG, i dont know, how much do you think those extra 2" in height i have on you add?

And are you saying you dont think my measurements are the same as yours, or you’re surprised they arent bigger since i weigh more?
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I’m just curious that’s all. I assume most MEN don’t have shit to lie about so you’d never see me switchin’ my ass like a faggot and “calling you out” about some stupid measurements :).

I just measured this morning; chest 50" and waist 35 (right around the belly button). Weight hovering around 225. I’m sure the height does make a difference. And, people carry weight differently. I leaned out a bit thru the glutes and legs too since coming down in weight. Still can’t wear “normal” jeans but I fit fine in loose/baggy 36 x 32.