#i only weigh 115lbs/52kg so I don’t know from personal experience. just reading a ton of reviews

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It won’t solve the issue at a societal level but in the meantime here are some brands that either cater towards or are great for short and fat men:

Peter Manning NYC, where the inseam goes as low as 25 inches (I’m 5’1”/155cm and wear a 26in inseam) and can go anywhere from a 28in waistband to 38in. They sell jeans, chinos, formalwear, shirts of all kinds, etc. Their stuff is very good quality and I honestly never want to take the jeans and chinos off.

Ash & Erie, another brand for small men. I’m actually wearing a pair of their chino shorts and a short-sleeve henley right as I type this. Both are great quality, the sizes are fantastic and for the first time ever I’m glad I went with a size small on the shirt instead of an xs. Their jean sizes are the exact same range as PMNYC and I’ve not tried them yet but I hear they’re great.

Kerrin Finch, a brand that makes masculine and androgynous formalwear for butch women, trans men, gnc short men, etc. I am so in love with their vests and I can’t wait for the day where I can afford them. Their clothes are a little pricier than the others on the list and I’ve not tried this brand personally yet, but I have a transmasc friend who swears by them and I’ve heard a lot of great things. Their sizes are wonderfully inclusive as well for fat folks so don’t be afraid to try them out. Their button-up shirts range from size 0 to size 24, and their trousers are the same size range.

Uniqlo, which sells mostly basics. Their men’s sizes often run small and sometimes an xs is too small even on me which is wild. Their stuff fits well and although some of the products have gone down in quality (specifically their supima cotton t-shirts), everything else has been all right in my experience. The trouser inseam isn’t that low BUT! You can have the jeans or trousers you buy tailored for free before they ship it to you. Free! 100%. So if the lowest inseam they sell is 30in, you can just ask them to tailor it to a 26in inseam and they’ll do just that. Their clothes are very affordable too so if you’re on a budget and can’t afford the other three brands, this is a good place to go to build the core of your wardrobe.

TW for discussion of eating disorders and body shaming

Since I had this exchange with @krispykrememothnuts I thought I'd look more into this:

And yeah, the fashion industry has an issue with making clothes that fit short men and fat men.

This is something that affects transmascs and cis men.

The fashion industry isn't friendly to any fat person but I think it tends to be more lenient towards short women because it's more acceptable for them to be short.

Meanwhile, men should be tall according to the beauty standard.

We know that eating disorders are extremely common among cis men and transmascs (Cis men: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3. Trans men: Source 1, Source 2. Gay men: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3.)

And it doesn't help that all the representation in fashion that we get are tall dudes with abs that can (usually) only be achieved through dehydration, restricting diets and intensive work-outs. And that it's considered acceptable to make fun of people for their height, weight, hairline, face, as long as it's men.

And as I mentioned in the comment, not being able to find men's clothes that fit me I have to buy women's clothes that make me dysphoric and usually show my bra or binder straps, which immediately clocks me as not-a-man.

It's also important to note that a TERF talking point is that transmascs transition because of eating disorders. While it's possible that gender dysphoria and eating disorders have a link, it's not a cause-effect situation, i's more of a comorbid condition.

Looking into transmasc eating disorders could disprove this TERF theory but alas no one cares enough about transmascs to do a research only about our experience with eating disorders and trans people are usually treated as a homogenous group.