Tailoring
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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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@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.
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@68degreesorless did you ever contact? Just curious how it went
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@CosmoSix5 nah not yet. Will do next time I need some tailoring tho. I moved up here from Atlanta a few years ago and haven’t found a tailor yet so glad to have the contact. Thanks again.
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I had one of my Wabash shirts altered as a test (it's an older black wabash that is a size too large for me) and the results are less than optimal. No felled seams, jacket up gusset, they cut my chain stitch runoff, it's not symmetrical (which wouldn't matter if it wasn't a shirt with straight vertical lines at regular intervals, but it is). I'm going to try my hand at redoing the whole thing, but just in case, if anyone knows a good tailor that is good with IH feel free to let me know. I'd happily mail it to them already marked up for sizing if I'm not successful on my own. I'm just baffled that a "legitimate" shop would hand me back something this rough.
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@indigo_fades If you can get in, one of the best from what I’ve read and heard: https://www.indigoproof.com/
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I do tailoring and wardrobe for half of my professional career, and I just won't touch most of my IH stuff, save for hemming pants. The attention to detail is just so good and perfect from the factories. Most tailors out there (really good ones to mediocre ones to terrible ones) are used to mostly dealing with people that don't see the small finishing details that is such a selling point for IH. So with that, assume that they will think you won't notice their finishing. Most customers of theirs wouldn't even know what a felled seam is. I think it's more of just letting them know that you are more particular and want the finishes to match, rather than just taken in here or there. Be specific and let them know your expectations. And expect most of them to not have the ability to replicate the same exact finishes.
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Not sure where to post this, although I’m sure goosehead or Giles will post the thread link
I really want shorten my sleeves on my 178. They are about an inch too long. I have ideas how to do it but just want to see if anybody has a good experience with doing that on a CPO or heavyweight shirt.
Thank you in advance.
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@northsouthdenimguy @Mizmazzle did it with his leather type III. I believe the removed the cuff, shortened the sleeve, and reattached the cuff.
Here is the link where he starts the process: https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//post/798775
"I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)
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@goosehd @Mizmazzle thanks!
