Just because you wore a size 15 shirt and size 38 jacket when you were eighteen it does not mean you will still do so at twenty-eight or thirty-eight. No matter how fit you are and how close your weight is now to that of your twenties, your body will have changed both its shape and measurement. The neck will probably have thickened, the waistline certainly, and the bottom will have sagged just that little bit. It is a sad fact of life that most men’s stomachs and waistlines will change even if they are careful about diet and what they eat. At this age only constant exercise keeps a waistline slim and a stomach flat.
The most common fault in dressing is the fit of the clothes yet it is one fault that should never happen nor be allowed to. For unless you shop exclusively in chain stores where you may have a problem, all shops readily exchange an item if it is the wrong size and most shops and boutiques expect to carry out alterations in order to get a perfect fit whether it is a matter of shortening a jacket’s sleeves or taking in the seat and waistline of a pair of trousers. Many neighbourhood dry cleaners also carry out simple, inexpensive alterations.
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