That's quite the image. I don't have to ask; I managed an alterations department for about 2 years, and made custom formals to put myself through college. And in my current life, I buy pants listed as "cropped" length for my mom, because a standard inseam is 29-30", and my mom's inseam is 25". It's even difficult to hem them up that much because the legs taper.
I am also broad-shouldered. I learned to make my own suits (I'm a retired attorney, so suits were an absolute necessity) for that reason. Size 12 in the shoulders and upper back, size 6 in around my torso (back in the day; now I'm a 20 all over) - by the time something fit in the shoulders it hung like a sack everywhere else, and if it fit in the torso I could tear out the shoulders the first time I put my arms forward.
So, definitions: "Loose" is more than 6 inches of ease. If my blouse is more than 6" greater in diameter than I am, I consider it loose. Shoulders/upper back should have enough ease to move freely.
Long is defined in reference to the body it goes on. Standard shirt length should be 4-6" below your waist...wherever that is. Tunic length is about 2-4" longer.
So I'm not talking about or going by "standard" measurements. I'm talking about what would be comfortably loose but not baggy, and of a reasonable length, on you, not on some mythical "average person".
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I am also broad-shouldered. I learned to make my own suits (I'm a retired attorney, so suits were an absolute necessity) for that reason. Size 12 in the shoulders and upper back, size 6 in around my torso (back in the day; now I'm a 20 all over) - by the time something fit in the shoulders it hung like a sack everywhere else, and if it fit in the torso I could tear out the shoulders the first time I put my arms forward.
So, definitions: "Loose" is more than 6 inches of ease. If my blouse is more than 6" greater in diameter than I am, I consider it loose. Shoulders/upper back should have enough ease to move freely.
Long is defined in reference to the body it goes on. Standard shirt length should be 4-6" below your waist...wherever that is. Tunic length is about 2-4" longer.
So I'm not talking about or going by "standard" measurements. I'm talking about what would be comfortably loose but not baggy, and of a reasonable length, on you, not on some mythical "average person".