Quote Originally Posted by Laird_M View Post
Just looking at a few sites as I'm looking for an Argyll jacket for myself but have a question for those in the know.

Why do some tailors measure the sleeve from shoulder to wrist and others from the nape to the wrist?
And, some measure the inside of the sleeve from the armpit to the wrist.

I much prefer the shoulder-seam-to-wrist measurement.

There's potential confusion because some measure from the collar (where the lapel meets the jacket body) to the wrist, others from the centre back to the wrist, and oftentimes the wording isn't entirely clear.

The trouble with the armpit-to-wrist measurement is that two sleeves of the same shoulder-seam-to-wrist measurement can have different armpit-to-wrist measurements due to the shape of the arm hole (a longer or shorter oval).

Shoulder seam to wrist is both the most common, and the least subject to error, it seems to me.