Advice on losing the bootcut on my RRDS

[Stylin-1]

Ok, I love them, but I'd like them to fit more like my 5EP ldb in the hem. This means they would need to be taken in from 9 to 8.5". Has anyone had this done? The biggest issue I foresee is that they have a straight outseam, so they'd have to be taken in on the inseam in order to look right. I don't know much about alterations but I believe this is the tougher of the seams to alter? Any input or advice is appreciated...thanks.

 

[evilgeniusdan]

I think Sauce has had this done. I'm sure he'll chime in.

 

[a tailor]

if there is a laped seam and a regular seam then the regular seam is used.

 

[Saucemaster]

I've had it done, they took it in along the outseam (which is kind of fun, because by the time you reach the hem, the selvage is really fat). It worked fine for me.

 

[dry the rain]

that's interesting just because the inseam is the seam where the actual bootcut is happening. i mean the outseam has to be straight, it's selvage. i'd love to get this done to mine too, but i'm not sure i trust any of the tailors around here (new orleans) to listen to me/not just do whatever they want despite my instructions.

 

[sbbbjm]

thats weird, because i thought the bootcut on ralfs was made by letting out the inseam. just saying, not arguing

 

[Brian SD]

It is. But the bootcut is pretty subtle on the ralfs, so it's not going to severely damage the silhouette of the jeans. We've seen pics of sauce's and they look perfectly normal. Nothing bow-legged going on.

 

[dry the rain]

would any tailor be willing to alter it from the inseam, do you think? i'd imagine it would be quite involved, though, and possibly more (potentially) damaging to the jeans. is that the case?

i clearly know very little about the actual nuts and bolts of tailoring, even if i'm aware of what i'd want to be done, i'm not so sure of the step by step of it.

 

[j]

To do the inseam, you'd have to undo the outseam first. From there it wouldn't be extremely difficult, but it might look a bit off if the jeans have been washed, because the fading on the lapped seam is more distinctive than on the outseam. Once the inseam was done, you could restitch the outseam, a simple procedure, and redo the hem.

 

[Stylin-1]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

I've had it done, they took it in along the outseam (which is kind of fun, because by the time you reach the hem, the selvage is really fat). It worked fine for me.
How much did you have taken in?

 

[Saucemaster]

I had them turned into a true straightleg, from the knee all the way to the hem, so it was somewhere between maybe half an inch to three quarters of an inch at the hem.

 

[Mayday981]

Is there anybody who does that in LA?

Ok, so I called Hollywood Trading Company. They said they would do it for 45 bucks. Also they told me to soak them before I came in. Should I soak them first or just let them turn it into straight leg and then soak it?

 

[Stylin-1]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

I had them turned into a true straightleg, from the knee all the way to the hem, so it was somewhere between maybe half an inch to three quarters of an inch at the hem.
Thanks man. I'm having second thoughts now. I just got my Brando Engineers and the bootcut suits them quite well. I dunno, maybe an 8.5 hem would still be better; it's a relatively narrow boot. But then again they've gotten so loose in the thighs, maybe I should just leave them be as my "sloppy bang around" jean.

 

[Saucemaster]

Originally Posted by Stylin-1

Thanks man. I'm having second thoughts now. I just got my Brando Engineers and the bootcut suits them quite well. I dunno, maybe an 8.5 hem would still be better; it's a relatively narrow boot. But then again they've gotten so loose in the thighs, maybe I should just leave them be as my "sloppy bang around" jean.

Well, FWIW, I like the cut of the Ralf so much that I have two pairs; one that I sized down on (that's the pair I had tailored), and one I sized up on so that it could be my sloppy(ish) pair (and that one I've left untouched). It's a really versatile jean, and I think it works fine either way.

 

[Stylin-1]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

Well, FWIW, I like the cut of the Ralf so much that I have two pairs; one that I sized down on (that's the pair I had tailored), and one I sized up on so that it could be my sloppy(ish) pair (and that one I've left untouched). It's a really versatile jean, and I think it works fine either way.
Yeah, I've thought about buying another pair in 29, maybe later this year. They'll be freakishly tight at first but will end up being pretty well fitted.