https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 20 May 2026 07:33:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1606121 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:16:06 +0000 always trying 1606121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has been the case for a while now.&nbsp; I find things like cardigan almost impossible to find that fit over a long sleeve top. Long skinny arms-like those Chinese think we all have gorilla arms. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1606106 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:03:31 +0000 Angie 1606106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't found this in tops, but it has been the case with jackets and coats for sure. Many clients sizing up because sleeves are cut quite narrow.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1606050 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:23:00 +0000 Rambling Ann 1606050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the reality check! It's really awful in sweaters as well these days I'm finding. I'm glad at least a few of us are able to wear these clothes, but at least one can sometimes take in a sleeve in clothes that would fit the rest of us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1606044 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:15:59 +0000 viva 1606044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find this too, and I am a smallish woman with fairly fit (and long) arms. I have a problem with arms often being too tight AND too short. Who is this woman they are currently designing for????? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1605996 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 12:02:48 +0000 Staysfit 1605996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gigi, I have noticed the same thing, my arms are not that large but the sleeves are definitely snug on most sleeved items! &nbsp;Yikes! &nbsp;If they are tight on me, I know most people are going to struggle! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1605994 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:56:52 +0000 dakotacheryl 1605994@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes ... this is so irritating to me, and especially makes no sense on fall/winter toppers where a person would probably want to wear a long sleeve top underneath. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1605922 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 04:34:46 +0000 Gigi 1605922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have noticed this too, but for the opposite reason--I have really skinny arms, and it's nice finding tops that fit me! But I do wonder how average people manage, because even I sometimes have a hard time getting my hands through the sleeves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1605861 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 01:47:51 +0000 JAileen 1605861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've noticed that in jackets. I've bought and returned quite a few jackets this past year. They didn't have enough ease in the arms and shoulders. I guess they looked okay, as long as I didn't raise my arms. If I sized up, they were too big in the body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shrinking-sleeves#post-1605827 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:40:01 +0000 Rambling Ann 1605827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went shopping today and bought..nothing. Every sleeved garment I tried on, the fit was fine in the body and the sleeves were impossibly tight. I'm not a small woman, and I lift 50 lb feed bags regularly, but my top size is medium or large. This odd shaping seems to be new in the last couple of years, or is it that aging is catching up with me? Has anyone else noticed this?</p>