What Size Shirt Should I Order from J.Crew Factory

[DK]

I am looking to get this shirt: http://factory.jcrew.com/mens-clothi...3gf3aW9sxsYItw but I am a little worried that even the small size will not be slim enough. But do I "size-down" to an XS? I feel like that is crazy. I am about 6 feet tall.

Any thoughts on this?

[goterps]

if the fit is anything like the jcrew regular, I'd stick with slim. I'm a S slim in jcrew and trying the classic fit XS is akin to a skinny rectangle, tighter, but not in a good way.

[Longshanks]

I know this may not exactly answer your "slimness" question, but this may give you an idea of what sizes you should comfortably be able to fit into (this is from a comment I left on a Dappered article from a few months ago):

"A Medium is a 15-151/2 in the neck (in at least the Haberdashery shirts, the neck size is listed on the tag but as far as I know this rule applies to all Men's long sleeve Factory shirts that come in standard sizes) and a 34-35 in the sleeves. To know any of the sizes add or subtract an inch in both neck and sleeve. So, a Large is a 16-161/2 Neck and a 35-36 Sleeve and a Small is a 14-141/2 Neck and a 33-34 Sleeve."

So in comparing the sizes of the two, a Small is a 14-141/2 neck with a 33-34 sleeve and an extra small would be a 13-131/2 neck with a 32-33 sleeve. If the measurements of the neck and sleeve work for you, then sizing down would likely help get you a slimmer cut.

As goterps mentioned, I know when I worked at a J. Crew Factory over the summer, we did have "slim fit" washed shirts, but if I recall correctly, they tended to be different patterns than what was found in the regular washed shirts.

[darth_ninja]

What are your other measurements? I wear smalls pretty much across the board in J Crew Factory with their regular fit at 6'1" and 155lbs. 37R in the chest and 34" inseam, so pretty much all legs here. I haven't tried the slim fits since they don't carry them at my local, but I actually sized up earlier this week when I ordered a slim fit dress shirt. I figured it might be easier to get a medium slim fit tailored in than a small slim fit taken out.

[Dev]

I've just got a jcrew factory medium shirt. I'm 6'2, 180lbs and wear 15.5 34/35 shirts. While the shirt is by no means slim, there's much less billow than you get with most of the other regular shirts that you'd try. Take that as you will.

[risingstars]

I'm with darth. J Crew lists their measurements for their respective sizes and they are pretty tts. I'm 5'11" 160 lbs, 39" chest. A small just doesn't fit right at the shoulders and across the chest for me. I personally go for a medium and tailor it down. It all depends on your measurements though.