Ooh, and I see one of your fave blogs also endorses the Palmer Pletch fitting methods (http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/2011/02/mens-shirt-sew-along-14-addressing-fit.html). I took a jacket tailoring workshop on that years ago, that's where I learned the "do it in gingham to fit first" method.
Re: I did this once or twice a long, long time ago...
Ooh, and I see one of your fave blogs also endorses the Palmer Pletch fitting methods (http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/2011/02/mens-shirt-sew-along-14-addressing-fit.html).
I took a jacket tailoring workshop on that years ago, that's where I learned the "do it in gingham to fit first" method.