Step 1 - Find a men's shirt in a fabric I like

This step was fairly straight forward.  I decided to choose a fabric I thought was interesting, in a neutral color, which didn't have a bold pattern which would be hard to work with.

The shirt I chose has a pattern to the fabric, but it's pretty subtle.

It's a 15 32/33 Shirt, and the collar and cuffs fit great. The sleeve length looks like it will be just right, once the shoulders are taken in. Although the rest of the fit isn't so great, that's the whole point of this project, right?

Here are pictures: