Return of the schoolboy blazer - or not?

If you woke me in the middle of the night, shined a flashlight in my bleary and blinking eyes, and asked, "What must you NEVER EVER FORGET TO DO?"  no matter in what condition I'd staggered to bed, I'd reply "READ THE FINE PRINT."

So when this morning found me hunched over my trusty Iphone (building repairs having incapacitated FIOS), I was happy but suspicious to see that many iterations of the Schoolboy Blazer have returned to the J.Crew website, under the category Jackets and Blazers. I looked at each. Here is my report.

The velvet: "updated with a slightly shrunken and chicer (sic) fit".

The academy stripe: "featuring a posh, slightly shrunken fit". Hmm. Will leave it to readers from Abroad to explain how a fit can be shrunken and posh. Tipsy laundress, p'raps?

Houndstooth: also "features" this fit. Busy laundress.

Navy: has a "slightly shrunken, superchic fit." I think a light is beginning to dawn.

Wool flannel: back to "posh, slightly shrunken."

All of the models are standing slightly (couldn't resist) off-kilter, so you can't see what the shrinkage looks like when the model stands up straight, tries to button more than one button,and tries to put her arms down.

So what I'm wondering is, maybe it's not that the talented designers shrunk the fit, it's that the talented cutters shrunk the marker. This question comes up a lot when I consider awkward sizing, which in my case is often, and I thought I'd google the term in order to provide one or two helpful explanatory links. Sadly, iPhone google is not as comprehensive as big computer google, and this is the only one I found: shrinking the marker

So even though I've longed for the return of velvet jackets and their friends and relations, I'm waiting for reports on the fit, quality and comfort from real-life purchasers. Could this be the origin of Skinny Arm Syndrome? What do you think? Chime in!