Tailoring
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Giles - Thanks for sharing that! Kiya - Looks incredible! Till - How about you craft your own denim suit since this one is not up to par? Would love to see some of your handy work!
I will have to dig deep into my photo trunk to get some photos of stuff I've tailored. I vividly remember the dress I made while in fashion design school for my then GF. Red Valentino Haute Couture silk crepe. A bitch to work (the material that is LOL). Had to blind stitch meters of it by hand. What was frustrating was that between the time I took the measures and made the test dress and the time I had the real dress done, she got her tonsils taken out. She lost like 5kg, which on a 48kg girl is a lot. So the dress fit too loosely and I got points subtracted. I also admit to not being the best seamstress on the planet but I can tell if two shoulders of a suit are not the same. It's pretty obvious. And it's really strange because as nicely as the rest of the suit is done, I would think whoever made it, knows what he is doing and takes pride in his work. So wouldn't he correct an off shoulder? The only thing I can think of is that it happened afterwards. The shoulder and neck are the most difficult part to get right anyway. When you carry a bag with a shoulder strap just once, it can totally screw the shoulder of a jacket almost irreparably. That's because mostly the shoulder tailoring and the shoulder pad are custom fit for one another. So if you can't get the exact same pad, it is very difficult to get it right again. Of course, you can change both pads but then you usually change the fit of the suit.
My tip is that when you do a bespoke suit and you don't know whether you will live there forever (i.e. use the same tailor) or how long the tailor is going to be around, get a second pair of shoulder pads as back-up. If ever something goes wrong you can replace with the original part.
Till
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@tfar:
Wow, that is some awesome detail on the collar. Really nice. Too bad the shoulder is off. I hope it's just in the picture because otherwise that is a really nice suit. Thanks for the info on the shoes. Are those still available? If so, how much?
Till
Found this blog by accident when googling the shoes:
http://lehomeroom.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.htmlReally strange fold in the back of the suit, too. I can't imagine how a suit good be so well tailored in some regards and so badly tailored in other regards. For a traditional guy like me Argyle socks on the wedding day are heresy but I guess that's what the outfit was about, so it fits.
Till, I reckon that the detail on the back of this suit is either a pin fold for the photo shoot, or perhaps a design riff based on a jeans cinch back.
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I had thought of the cinch back, too. Still, between a good creative idea and the way the end result looks there is a difference that must be honestly appreciated. So I hope it's just something like you said with a pin for the photo shoot.
Don't wanna dwell on it, so it doesn't come off as me criticizing, but obviously we are all concerned with details and high quality or we wouldn't be here and when I see something that is very nicely done in some regards and looks very bad in others, it just raises questions.
Till
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Hi
I have a pair of PBJ's which are absolutely wonderful, but the lower part of the leg is too wide and I'd like to have it tapered. Gordon from BIG told me about Denim Doctors in LA, but LA is halfway around the globe from France, so I was hoping that someone on this forum in Europe would be able to point someone who is trustworthy, who will work as well as the fine folks who made those jeans in the fist place at PBJ.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
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Hi
I have a pair of PBJ's which are absolutely wonderful, but the lower part of the leg is too wide and I'd like to have it tapered. Gordon from BIG told me about Denim Doctors in LA, but LA is halfway around the globe from France, so I was hoping that someone on this forum in Europe would be able to point someone who is trustworthy, who will work as well as the fine folks who made those jeans in the fist place at PBJ.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Check with Daniel and the gang at DC4 - sometimes they do smaller repairs if they fell like it.
They certainly have the machinery for it…Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
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OK, I'm bumping an old thread, but I've got a denim made-to-measure suit by Timothy Everest. I should post pictures sometime, but it's currently at the other end of the country, and it really needs tweaking to fit me.
Anyway, there are a few bits on his blog of recent denim creations. The first is a dotted denim suit.
The second is in a cotton jacquard camouflage denim.
And this third is rather pink…
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I wanted to share more of my tailor Marina's amazing work. She just shortened my CPO sleeves .75" but her attention to detail is just the best. And $15 per item .. and she won't take more. I had fun sitting on her floor after I was invited to her kids tea party one time. If you're in central Ohio I recommend her highly.
John 1 1-3 ❤️♥️❤️♥️
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Does anyone tailor their Iron Heart shirts or is that not advisable? After trying several IH shirts, they all seem to narrow in the chest and shoulders at a size that looks good on me. When sizing up to fit my chest/shoulders the sleeves and body are too long.
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@jpvisual I have not, but anything can be tailored with the right seamstress, tailor, etc. Shop around and ask questions. Good businesses will be able to tell you up front what they can and can not do. They will also suggest things that you may not have considered.
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Does anyone tailor their Iron Heart shirts or is that not advisable?
@jpvisual I have had a bunch of shirts altered - including shorting sleeves and hemming length. A quality tailor will be able to retain the side gusset and button placement on the sleeves so it will look like new.
I usually wash the shirt first in case of any shrinkage pre-alteration.
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Good to know, thanks!
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I was actually planning to take in my 411 today to get it shortened an inch in the back, never had it done before but since its just going to be shortened in the back I think its gonna be easy enough
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@jpvisual sleeves are not an easy thing to get altered, they always look off if shortened from the cuff end, and its a lot of work to shorten at the shoulder end.
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@CosmoSix5 how do I find her?
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@68degreesorless Marina's Dress Shop in Mansfield. Google that.
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@jpvisual I sized up in my 292 cpo to wear as an overshirt but the sleeves ended up being just shy of my finger tips. Had my local seamstress shorten the sleeves at the cuff by ~2.5" and it fits way better now. It's definitely not as clean as the original stitching and I can see where she struggled at the pleats. Fits ideal now though and no one but me will notice the irregular stitching.
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@catdad1 yeah exactly what I might do. IH advised against it, but I'd rather have something that fits well. I don't care at all about perfect stitching. There is a denim tailor in my area that is really good.
Most shirts (not just IH) are designed to fit big in the middle, narrow up top or just narrow or big all the way through. Athletic cuts are difficult to come by in this market so a tailor is really the best option.
