Shirting
Tell the house your sex, your height and your weight. It estimates the chest the garment has to clear and returns the size cut for it. The chart below carries the measurements if you would rather work from a tape.
The chart
Body chest is the measurement the size is drafted to fit. Garment chest is the piece itself, laid flat and measured under the arm — the difference is the ease the knit is meant to carry.
| Size | Body chest | Garment chest, flat | Body length |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 82 — 88 cm | 50 cm | 64 cm |
| S | 88 — 94 cm | 53 cm | 66 cm |
| M | 94 — 101 cm | 56 cm | 68 cm |
| L | 101 — 108 cm | 59 cm | 70 cm |
| XL | 108 — 116 cm | 62 cm | 72 cm |
| XXL | 116 — 126 cm | 66 cm | 74 cm |
Height and weight give a chest measurement, not a certainty. The house uses a straight estimate from both — weight carries most of it, height the rest — set slightly differently for men and women because the same frame measures differently across the bust. Where you land within two centimetres of a boundary you are told so, and given both sizes. A tape around the fullest part of the chest, under the arms and level at the back, beats all of it.
The Sceptre Crew is cut for a straight body line and sized the same for men and women. The sex you give is used only to estimate your chest from your height and weight — it does not send you to a different block, because there isn't one.
Take the larger. Twelve-gauge cotton and merino relaxes across the chest over the first few wears and will not come back; the smaller size is only right if you want the piece close and are prepared for it to stay that way.