# Best way to estimate the sizes of tuxedo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 23, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-estimate-the-sizes-of-tuxedo/607190 "2011-12-23T16:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-estimate-the-sizes-of-tuxedo/607190/1 "2011-12-23T16:07:12Z")
I’m planning to offer a tuxedo for sale on craigslist, but I cannot seem to find the jacket or trouser sizes anywhere on them. Also, I cannot remember what size I was 25 years ago when it fit me. 🙂 I know how to take _my_ measurements (chest, waist, inseam) and how those measurements relate to the measurements for a jacket and trousers, but I’m wondering what I should take into consideration when translating the actual measurements of the garments. What I mean is, I don’t expect a jacket that is sized for a 42-inch chest (roughly what I was then) to actually be 42 inches around the chest, as I don’t recall ever owning a skin-tight jacket before. The trouser measurements, perhaps, as those seem truer. Any help or helpful suggestions welcome. Snarking at my no longer fitting into a 42-inch jacket not so much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-estimate-the-sizes-of-tuxedo/607190/2 "2011-12-23T16:38:20Z")
Take the suit to your tailor, who will know how to make the appropriate measurements. Stranger