(PICS ADDED) Big Alteration Mistake - Need Real Advice

[phxlawstudent]

Give it away. You'd be punishing whoever you sold it to.

 

[johnnyhooks]

Originally Posted by phxlawstudent

Give it away. You'd be punishing whoever you sold it to.

ah man thats terrible. YOu dont think it can be salvaged by bringing in shoulders and tightening up arm holes?

 

[Maccimus]

Oh come on...It is a $120 jacket. Let it go.

 

[emptym]

I don't know if anyone who's responded to you has looked at the pictures--some because they posted before the pics and some because they can't see them. The side view looks OK. The front one reveals almost nothing, since your arms are up. Take a front view pic w/ your arms down and post it in your original post.

Edit: After looking at your new pics, I'd say that the front looks OK, but from the sides and back, you can see that the waist has been taken in too much. I'd see if it can be let out a little. If it can be, I'd keep the jacket until I had the money to get one custom made.

 

[phxlawstudent]

Originally Posted by johnnyhooks

ah man thats terrible. YOu dont think it can be salvaged by bringing in shoulders and tightening up arm holes?

You could just live with it as is. I doubt a majority of the population would even care how it looks.

 

[DerekS]

Originally Posted by Ivystyle

yeah..that does look skirty... advice is to sell it and get a bespoke from your friend.

this. Bespoke sportcoats are a lot more reasonable (can be) than i thought.

 

[johnnyhooks]

Originally Posted by emptym

I don't know if anyone who's responded to you has looked at the pictures--some because they posted before the pics and some because they can't see them. The side view looks OK. The front one reveals almost nothing, since your arms are up. Take a front view pic w/ your arms down and post it in your original post.

Ok I will take a picture today and post it. The reason I put my arms up was to show the depth and size of the arm holes and how they affect how the jacket moves with my arms.

While I may be getting a little OCD over this, I am trying to rationalize this as follows. I am $260 in the hole for a super-awkward 44 sports jacket. If I go for 150 and have the shoulders brought in and armholes reduced and I still dont like it, at least I can try to sell it as a custom 42 that will fit better than the mess it is now.

 

[phoenixrecon]

you wont get anymore money out of it if you sell it after the alterations

in fact youd be lucky to get $50

 

[phxlawstudent]

I have never heard of a tailor making arm holes smaller. I buy my suits accordingly. Or live with the larger than desirable arm hole.

I can't even fathom how the operation would even proceed, unless the entire jacket is remade.

 

[rossyl]

Although your original post states that you've saved a lot of money having read up on this forum, I hope this is one of the occassions when you use your own head in order to make a decision.

Firstly, I'm not very knowledgable at all, so ignore what i say if you so want.

The arms outstretched image it's hard to gather what the jacket fits like. But it looks fine.

The side view - I don't think it's too skirty. The quality of the photo is rubbish. Also it could be that you just have a decent sized behind, so the jacket is sitting on it. It doesn't look bad.

If I were you I would stock panicking, don't make any rash deicisons, and just leave it for a while. Try it on in a few days and see how you feel. It may not be perfect, but it's no where near the "big mistake" that you panic about.

Ultimately, I would keep it, I doubt the majority of people would even know what you are worried about. Also what would be the point throwing it away. $210 is money, and a decent amount - I think some people are losing perspective. Or maybe they donate $1k a day to charity and spend $210 a day on lunch?

 

[rossyl]

Originally Posted by phxlawstudent

I have never heard of a tailor making arm holes smaller. I buy my suits accordingly. Or live with the larger than desirable arm hole.

I can't even fathom how the operation would even proceed, unless the entire jacket is remade.

Fathom this:
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...7&postcount=11
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...04&postcount=3

It's difficult, you cannot do much...but it is possible.

 

[phxlawstudent]

Originally Posted by rossyl

Fathom this:
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...7&postcount=11
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...04&postcount=3

It's difficult, you cannot do much...but it is possible.

Despos is the way I imagined it being done. But how is that different than basically remaking the suit? You just chopped up the backbone of a garment and are asking the tailor to remake it.

 

[johnnyhooks]

Just added pics

 

[butterflystyle]

Lose weight. This is mostly a body issue, not a tailoring issue. How can it NOT look skirty when he has to deal with that boiler?

 

[johnnyhooks]

Originally Posted by butterflystyle

Lose weight. This is mostly a body issue, not a tailoring issue. How can it NOT look skirty when he has to deal with that boiler?

Oh man, I am in pain laughing over here. While you make a point, the first tailor brought the waist in too much in the lower back. I should take a picture of another suit that fits me perfect.