The Basic Bae dropped-shoulder sweatshirt has a roomy upper shape and a rib-trim hem that gathers inward in the gallery. Those two features can produce a bloused outline, rather than a straight fall from bust to hip. Decide where you want the hem to settle before deciding whether it needs a tuck.

For S, the chart lists a 48.4-inch bust, a 35.1-inch hem width and a 24.8-inch length. The hem entry is not defined as a flat width or circumference. Subtracting it from the bust figure would therefore suggest a precision the source does not support. The photograph establishes the gathered appearance; the chart still needs its measuring conventions confirmed for sizing.

Try the hem with your actual waistband

Use a sweatshirt with a similar gathered hem as a reference and put on the jeans or trousers you plan to wear. Keep their waistband at its normal position. Changing the trouser rise changes the visible relationship between the two garments, even when the sweatshirt stays the same size.

1. Let the hem rest without arranging it. Lower your arms and see where it naturally stops. Look at the side and back as well as the front. If it catches on the hip and leaves fabric above, decide whether that is the bloused shape you want rather than continually pulling it downward.
2. Try a deliberately higher position. Move the reference hem to the intended waistband area and let the fabric above settle. This shows how much of the trouser front you want visible. A higher resting position is a styling trial, not proof that a different size will stay there.
3. Compare a small front tuck. Tuck only enough of the reference garment to test the outline, leaving the rest outside. Check the bulk at the fly or fastening and the side transition. If the ribbed band makes the tuck awkward, an untucked gathered shape may suit that waistband better.

Check what happens after you move

Sit, stand and reach forward with the reference outfit, then let it settle again. A tuck that needs repeated rearranging answers a different practical question from one that looks good for a single photograph. Choose the placement you want to live with, including how much trouser waistband you want on show.

The product lists no stretch and a blend of 75% polyester and 25% cotton. Do not assume the rib trim has an unlimited adjustment range simply because it looks gathered. For the MAXCT item, request the hem measurement in its relaxed state and an explanation of how it was measured. Compare like-for-like garment measurements using the size-chart guide.

Caramel is the current color option. The selector includes S–2XL, while the supplied measurement rows stop at XL; 2XL needs its own figures rather than an extrapolation. The listed care directions are hand wash cold and do not tumble dry. Keep those directions separate from the styling exercise: no measured shrinkage result is supplied, so washing is not a way to plan a shorter hem.