The Dirty Pigeon
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This might be a case of internet forum standards being much higher than real world standards, but…
In my neck of the woods (Orange County, CA), there are plenty of neighborhood alterations tailors on the high and low ends of the price spectrum but I haven’t found one yet who can go beyond the basic menu items like pant-leg hem, taking in the sides, shortening sleeves, etc. Anything beyond that, they don’t want to touch it or they tell me “it looks fine..”
Is it reasonable to expect that a local alterations tailor would be able to look at a garment, when worn, and diagnose issues like wrinkle lines in the drape of trousers/sleeve, or maybe something more complicated like a balance issue with a coat? Or, are these the types of things that only a more seasoned bespoke cutter would see?
In my neck of the woods (Orange County, CA), there are plenty of neighborhood alterations tailors on the high and low ends of the price spectrum but I haven’t found one yet who can go beyond the basic menu items like pant-leg hem, taking in the sides, shortening sleeves, etc. Anything beyond that, they don’t want to touch it or they tell me “it looks fine..”
Is it reasonable to expect that a local alterations tailor would be able to look at a garment, when worn, and diagnose issues like wrinkle lines in the drape of trousers/sleeve, or maybe something more complicated like a balance issue with a coat? Or, are these the types of things that only a more seasoned bespoke cutter would see?