school shirts for boys with loooonnnnngggg arms

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Amazingly dull question but... if you have a tall thin teenage boy with long arms, what school shirts does he wear?

My son has grown out of 16yr old shirts - the next size up is 16" collar but the chest and neck swamp him. It's his arms that don't fit - the sleeves are way too short on the long sleeved shirts. He's tall and thin but not emaciated or super skinny, I just can't believe there aren't shirts out there for him. I've tried the John Lewis 16" size (too big) - the ones he's grown out of are the Debenhams 16 year size (too small). Are there any school shirts (ie that are easy to wash and don't need ironing) out there for the long of limb?

Is he allowed to wear short sleeved shirts? DS(15) wears M&S short sleeved shirts for most of the year and so do a lot of the boys in his year.

Short sleeved shirts. Did buy a pack of long sleeved ones once and had to take the name tapes out 2 years later from some never worn shirts. He doesn't bother with a jumper either - just the short sleeved shirts and his blazer. Teenage boys seem to be incredibly unaware of the ambient temperature (or most other things in their surroundings either...).

DS hasn't worn a long sleeve shirt for uniform for years now. They are not allowed to take their blazers off anyway, so it doesn't notice and none of the boys ever where the school jumper, but all the girls do for some reason.

If you still want long sleeves, M&S do mens shirts that are 2 inch longer, which my DH wears and they are longer in the sleeve and body and start at 14.5 neck

He dislikes the short sleeved ones, oddly. You're right about not feeling the weather - he wears the same thing to school no matter how hot or cold it is (blazer, long sleeved shirt, no jumper).

Bruffin, those 2" longer shirts are perfect, thank you! :)