Blazer longer sleeve

[squelchy451]

Hi

I have this suit and the sleeves are too short. Is it possible to make the sleeves longer?
Thanks!


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[Sanguis Mortuum]

Yes, providing it doesn't have working cuffs. By how much depends on how much fabric is available in the cuff.

 

[squelchy451]

I've tried the blazer with some of my dress shirts and when my arms are at my side, the sleeves of the dress shirts are longer than that of the blazer by about 1 inch, so I'm trying to shorten it by a little bit more than half an inch

 

[WBaker]

Check inside the cuff, if theirs at least half an inch of fabric folded over you should be fine. You might also want to check to make sure that the current cuff location hasn't left a dirt ring on the fabric which may be hard to remove.

 

[SuitMyself]

Virtually all jackets have 1.5 inches of fabric inside the sleeves for lengthening so long as the sleeves do not have genuine suergeon's cuffs (real button holes). You should be able to see about 0.5 to 0.75 inches of shirt cuff when you have your jacket on.

 

[squelchy451]

The blazer doesn't have real buttonholes and I see that there's a bit of black fabric before the lining starts. I wore it on a few occasions only so there shouldn't be any dirt rings

 

[bowtielover]

Sometimes they can be legnthen a touch but not that much, You should measure it and see how much longer they need to be before decidign on such an expendature.