Wardrobe Maintenance - Page 7

I've also started to do the smaller maintenance tasks myself. It is actually not that hard to hem pants, even making cuffs, or slimming dress shirts.

Part of this motivated by the fact that I don't have access to a really good tailor that don't charge really high prices. But now I have started i have come to enjoy it. There's something very enjoyable over shoe polishing or sewing simple things like hems. The repetitiveness of the task is almost Zen-like.....

You should bring a large stuffed deer head in, just to mess with them. Bet they'd leave you alone after that.

I'm getting the early signs of fading on the shoulder and collar of a blue linen jacket. I just bought the thing in June.

I was going to this wine event Saturday night in Brooklyn and I was a bit early and it was beautiful out so I was standing by the pier. Well a big boat went by and sent a wave crashing into the pier drenching me while I was taking a picture. I went home soaked, smelling of the East River. Off the to the cleaners!

Some people pay good money for that.

Guys, have you ever worn a hole through the elbow of a business suit? If so, what do you do? Chuck it, patch it, or try to find somebody that can discreetly mend it?

French-American in NYC and Without A Trace in Chicago have gotten praise for their reweaving on SF.

On a similar note, I wore a hole into the elbow off my navy H&S Crispaire blazer. The hole is quite big. Should I I put on a suede patch or will it look odd?

I would think if it is a blazer it would look ok. On a suit I think it would look odd.

I think, being a blazer, it would be alright. I'm actually trying to find some elbow patches at the moment. Finally wore through the elbow of a linen summer blazer that I can't bear to part with, and need to patch it.