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The hole that decides whether you look tailored or taken hostage by fabric.
means The opening in a garment that the arm passes through, where it joins the body or sleeve of the piece.
from A straightforward compound of 'arm' plus 'hole' — no hidden trick here. English has long favored such plainspoken tailoring terms over fancier borrowed vocabulary; the garment trades call the same spot the 'armscye' (scye being an old word, of uncertain origin, for a shaped opening or seam in a pattern), but everyday speech stuck with the blunt, literal version. Sometimes a word is exactly what it looks like.
- too tight
- cuts circulation, calls it fashion
- too loose
- flashes your ribs when you wave
- tailoring term
- called the scye by actual tailors
- placement matters
- shifts it, and the whole sleeve lies