anybody ever shorten a blazer?

[bsyde82]

not talking bout a major restructuring, but like a subtle half inch, inch...

i'm wondering if this would look funny...i'm 5'8...wear a 38S, but i'd still prefer it a tad shorter...just wondering if anyone's ever done this before w/ success

 

[Arethusa]

I haven't, but you definitely can. Half an inch is doable without screwing up the pocket placement and proportions.

 

[Saucemaster]

I've had it done before. The important thing is the pocket placement. If the pockets aren't too low, it works fine.

 

[a tailor]

yes many times. a half inch is in most cases the max to shorten a jacket.

 

[mack11211]

As noted above, key is not visibly affecting pocket placement too much. Also make sure they finish the quarters in the same way. Once I found an RLPL flannel coat and thought, why does this look odd? It was because a cheap alteration job from an L to an R had chopped the bottom of the jacket without rounding the quarters at all.