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Edit: It was actually Dragons Den (Season 2 Ep 6 I think)
I have an idea, let's make the entire site using Flash, it will be super awesome! cache:vastrm.com = "get adobe flash player"... Fail.
And... their site is being crushed by the traffic. EDIT: Finally loaded, and the site is a giant SWF file? Seriously?
I remember watching Shark Tank a while ago and one of the pitches was perfect fitting jeans. The idea seems quite similar (but for jeans). The investors didn't really think it was viable due to the turn-around time (if I remember correctly). Edit: It was actually Dragons Den (Season 2 Ep 6 I think)
This looks like it could be really useful, although the pricing is a lot worse than my current "buy 20x Lands End polos when they go on sale" strategy. For dress shirts/buttondown or suits/pants, I haven't found any of the online vendors to be as good as W W Chan in HK or Shanghai.
Perfectly fitting clothes is a pretty hard problem to solve without human intervention (a tailor). Sites like BlankLabel do a decent job at getting you a dress shirt that will fit you alright, but it's not quite there yet. The shipping times are quite long, and the cost is very high unless you go for the rather disappointing fabrics. Affordable, rapidly produced and perfectly fitting clothes would be a dream.
I'm 6'5" 220+ lbs. If I can't find a tall size, I have to get a XXL which is made for chubby guys, not tall thin (well not as thin as I used to be :-) ) men.
A good fitting shirt is the hardest thing to find. Pants already come in a variety of sizes (length + waist) so it's not as big of an issue.