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[pattinsons]

Hi I am looking for clothing. I am about 275 and a bout 6'3 I wear either a xxlt(t is for tall) or a xxxl in shirts and about 42 waist. Anyone know where I can get clothes. I didn't bring that much with me from the States.

[warmachinenkorea]

Your gonna get hit with Itaewon.

I'm just a bit bigger than you and can't find anything here. Even in Itaewon. Might have to have stuff shipped from home.

[pjmancktelow]

ive seen xxxl and i think xxxxl in itaewon. same side as the hamilton up on the second floor. i cant remember the exact location but less than 100yards from the hamilton. said the usual outside, big size etc

[PaperTiger]

There's a great store just to the right of McDonald's in Itaewon that sells golf shirts and bowling shirts in XX and XXX for 25,000 each. I'm really tall so I need long shirts.

Do NOT go to the place that rhymes with Rig Smother (the libel and slander laws here are ridiculously far-reaching)...their quality is crap. Actually most of the shops sell stuff that will fit when you try it on and then after you wash it you're SOL. Find a place that has stuff you like and buy a small sampling, if it washes well, keep going. It's better to buy stuff online or have your family send things. Shoes and clothes for the bigger guys are poor quality and shamefully ugly.

If you have big feet, avoid the shoe shop on the main drag as well. He claims to have "big size" but what he doesn't tell you is that the shoes he's charging you 90,000 won for were made in China for 10,000. They're all glue and not much else. His shoes are too narrow as well. Never again.

[pattinsons]

Thanks for the heads up papertiger. I will follow your advice on buying stuff.

[phoneboothface]

Try stuff on before if you can. I'm not as big as you guys but the sizes are messed up here so an XL that I'd wear at home is like an XXXL here sometimes. Sizing isn't as consistent as it is at home.

Footlocker and some others ship here right?