Online Support for Distance Education/Part-time Studies. Distance/Part-time Postgraduate Programmes. Distance/Part-time Undergraduate Programmes. Distance Education/Part-time Requirements. One thing is clear, though: There’s clearly a market looking for better-fitting T-shirts, and the first person to cater to it will make more than a shmedium amount of money. He, however, does not: “Shoulders should fit, and I should look jacked af,” he replies.Ĭould it be that there’s no right answer? Maybe. (At $25 per plain tee, I agree.)įor the final word, I ask another friend, Ashish Gurnani, who started a clothing company in India, for his thoughts, figuring he’d have a detailed selection process. Moreover, he’s found companies like Hugh & Crye that offer custom shirts based on your measurements, though he notes they’re too expensive for his taste. My friend Niko Hatzis, who resides in Boston, says he tends to buy large shirts, because his arms and shoulders are too big for mediums. And 1976dave, who says he’s an inch taller and five pounds heavier than me, calls the Eddie Bauer Legend Wash Short-Sleeve T-Shirt “his favorite shirts by a mile.”įor more of an IRL perspective, I contact the other shmediums in my life. Unbeknownst to me, Muji, purveyor of fine knick-knacks like aroma diffusers and wicker stationary trays, makes a commendable T-shirt for the shmedium man, according to one commenter. Uniqlo also came up, though historically, they’ve been too delicate for my frame. Such as: Hanes Beefy-T’s, which I respect on the name alone. I also got a handful of specific brand suggestions. Someone mistaking me for a “fitness bro douche” may interrogate me for my weightlifting stats. Wearing a shirt that tightly cuffs the arms and shoulders might send the signal that I’m a “fitness bro douche.” (This concern might contribute to the aforementioned perspiration.). An unexpected drop in temperature can result in conspicuous “ice nips”. From a comfort perspective, tighter shirts are less comfortable, and seem to prompt a perspiration response from my armpits. But personally, I avoid the “medium” for four main reasons: “If you’ve been working out and you’re confident in how your body looks, then you’ll look good, even if something isn’t necessarily fitting you perfectly in all areas.” Finally, some just stated the obvious - suggesting I should simply bite the bullet and wear a medium. Still, not everyone strives for perfection in this regard. Several people also suggested buying large shirts, and then having them altered, which is beyond my patience or capabilities, but shows the lengths some men will go to find the right fit. If you buy those skin-tight clothes like the fitness bro douches on Instagram wear, then I think you might be pushing it a little.” Vintage and loopwheeled (the antiquated loopwheel machines apparently produce superior quality garments) T-shirts were recommended, too, as the cut better fits shmediums. Another opined, “Just because the sleeves and shoulders are a little snug doesn’t mean you’re trying too hard. You worked hard for them,” read the top comment. “top being scared of showing off your muscles. The reactions were varied, but all were helpful in their own ways. And so, using the handle shmedium_mane, I made an inquiry: It doesn’t have an impervious track record, but with 1.3 million followers, there was at least the potential for a large sample size of opinions. 
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In the absence of professional advice of how to bridge the shmedium gap, I turned to the logical alternative: Reddit, specifically r/MaleFashionAdvice.
(Also important to note: “Shmedium” as colloquially used, does NOT refer to a size between small and medium.) This sentence in particular demonstrates the inconsistency in the Rice University definition: “Take off that shmedium man, we know you aren’t that big” - as if being larger would justify a smaller shirt.Ĭould then the entire shmedium conundrum be avoided by going up a size? This unfortunately presents a new, but related problem: Often, you’ll look like a child swimming in their clothes, which ultimately gives off an unwanted youthfulness. Though the initial definition is relatively accurate (a shirt too small for the wearer), the overall sentiment is wrong.
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