REMOVING TROUSER PLEATS - Page 2

What a great thread! I had always wondered about this. So same thing, what about price? All is saw was $$$$$. Is that $50 or $200? I am going to the tailor tomorrow for some shirts so if I don't hear back, I will get a quote and post it here.

thanks again for the thread.

 

To bump this up: Can anyone post some results of trousers they've had pleats removed from?

 

I have a pair of PRL suit pants that I'm thinking of having this done to. For NYC tailors, I think I'm going to trust Ercoles with this. I would be surprised if the job is under $100. If people are interested, I can take before and after pics and report back.

This is great information to know, I need to look into this.

Who makes a decent pair of single pleated pants? Do you have yours custom made? It seems like most pants either have two pleats, or no pleats.

I have several suits with single pleats. Less common, perhaps, but not all that hard to find.

I've had them made. Single pleated pants are pretty rare rtw, particularly a single forward pleat.

If you dress left, consider a single pleat on the left, flat on the right.

where you at?

I just picked up a RLPL suit from my tailor that I bought from Mr. Moo. http://www.styleforum.net/t/281869/grail-rlpl-suit-made-in-england-us-40r-5k-retail

I didn't want pleated trousers, but otherwise loved the suit and took a bit of a chance. My tailor removed the pleats and also slimmed them down slightly. I couldn't be happier. I'll try get my wife to take a few photos and will post them here. My tailor does not do bespoke, but has a lot of experience with suits. He does do bespoke shirts, FWIW.

Dunhill Tailors in New York, of blessed memory, sold pants at least in RTW, with front
darts. My suit from them circa 1980 had them.

http://www.styleforum.net/t/123150/lost-new-york-dunhill-tailors-and-andre-oliver

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/08/nyregion/norman-j-block-93-founded-dunhill-tailors.html

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-52939.html

How did it go? Did you take before/after pictures?

Believe it or not, I'm actually still waiting on them. I dropped the trousers off with the jacket, and my tailor said he had a six week wait for suits. Wedding season, I assume.

 

Suffice it to say he said he'd be able to do it easily by recutting the trousers, and charged me $40 (!!!) for it. One of the many reasons why I love the Lower East Side. (That lower price may have been because he already had me for another $100 with all the alterations to the jacket and a few other things.)

 

Will post pics when it's done.

Good for you man, I think that's a good deal.

My flippant answer to this is - why in G-d's name would you want to???