Can an inseam be extended past its original length?

[ajmanouk]

Title says it all. Can an inseam be extended past its original length without looking strange or awkward. For instance, If I buy two identical pairs of chinos, is it possible to cut off material from one, turning them into chino shorts, and extend the inseam of the other pair an inch or two? Chinos with a 36 inch inseam aren't as easy or cheap to come by as a 34 inseam...

 

[KObalto]

 

[Blackhood]

You're an idiot.

 

[ajmanouk]

No need to be so nasty.

 

[GradSchooler]

You mean it would be cheaper for you to buy two pairs of 34's and pay for all this tailoring than to buy one pair at the correct length?

 

[bengal-stripe]



If I buy two identical pairs of chinos, is it possible to cut off material from one, turning them into chino shorts, and extend the inseam of the other pair an inch or two? Chinos with a 36 inch inseam aren't as easy or cheap to come by as a 34 inseam...

You would have a seam going all-around the trouser leg where one material is pieced to the other. Hardly attractive, I presume.

You might be able to make a 'false turn-up', where the inevitable seam is hidden by the turn-up.

 

[ballmouse]

 

[ImaPro]

Yes, but youll need some fairy powder.

 

[ajmanouk]



You mean it would be cheaper for you to buy two pairs of 34's and pay for all this tailoring than to buy one pair at the correct length?

Well I'd have a pair of chinos and pair of chino shorts...and when they're 12 bucks at lands' end canvas....just a thought!!

You would have a seam going all-around the trouser leg where one material is pieced to the other. Hardly attractive, I presume.
You might be able to make a 'false turn-up', where the inevitable seam is hidden by the turn-up.

Thanks. It was just a thought that occured to me the other day, and I was wondering what would happen to the seam. Perhaps a cuff could cover it?

 

[F. Corbera]

Most office and jeans pants can be lengthened in length through (a) wetting and (b) weighting with weights.

If you don't have weights, fling the wetted pants over monkey bars so that they hang from the crotch, grab the ankles, and then suspend yourself above ground until the pants dry.

How far off the ground you suspend yourself does not affect the outcome (Isaac Newton, anyone?), though there are bragging rights that accrue if done at a great height.

Also works great to make short sleeved shirts into long sleeved shirts.

 

[Despos]

Just wait...they will evolve according to Darwin's theory of chino evolution.

I'm waiting for my chinos to evolve to corduroy

 

[NAMOR]

this is a deep question

 

[bengal-stripe]



....... fling the wetted pants over monkey bars so that they hang from the crotch, grab the ankles, and then suspend yourself above ground until the pants dry.

If you need more length, you could always hire an elephant and suspend him mid-air employing the trouser legs.

 

[F. Corbera]



If you need more length, you could always hire an elephant and suspend him mid-air employing the trouser legs.

+1, but if you go elephant, get the one with the big ears that can fly. Otherwise, it can rather be a mess down below if the trunk slips.

 

[F. Corbera]



Just wait...they will evolve according to Darwin's theory of chino evolution.
I'm waiting for my chinos to evolve to corduroy

It's not my way to be pedantic, but I think that's more Lamarckian.