As a dancer/boxer I am built with massive shoulders, a slim waist and hips, and fairly slender arms. I am 5 11 and 195 pounds.

As I prefer close-fitting clothes this makes finding jackets and shirts hard and so far impossible. However, what I can do is find something with approximate shoulders and tailor the rest to fit. This is what I had done to this coat.

An XL fits me perfectly across the shoulders and just a tad tight (I prefer that) around the chest, but with enough fabric around the waist to fit a small bowling ball. I therefore had it taken in, and had the sleeves chopped off 2 inches, resulting in a perfect-fit coat. Cost was $30 to bring the total cost to this jacket to about $105.

Girls pretty much freak when they see this coat...I bought it in beige and it's like catnip to the ladies. :D Now I have an inkling on what it feels like to be a hot chick and getting hit on all the time.

I suspect it works really well if your waist to shoulder ratio is, as many scientific articles attest as being very attractive to women, less than .75. Mine is around .7