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getting jeans hemmed
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poly800rock
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I have a pair I need to get hemmed by an inch or so. Will any old dry cleaner do a decent enough job, or should I go to a real tailor?
my drycleaner always does a standup job. to semi quote gordon from BIG, "your drycleaner def. made a stronger stitch than this chainstitch machine will do." i think he was actually impressed.
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he is referring to an "original hem" or frankenhem.
the butcher cuts off the hem, shortens your jeans and reattaches the original hem, hence the nomenclature.
i wouldn't do this, but i'm exceedingly dweeby about jeans, i guess.
are the jeans in question raw? if it is only an inch you need hemming, know that a wash could shrink that inch away.
if your hem is chainstitched, i would suggest sending it away to have someone hem using a chainstitching machine. if the hem is single-stitched, any tailor can do that for you.
personally, i think an inch isn't worth the effort.
but i would avoid a frankenhem at all costs.
the butcher cuts off the hem, shortens your jeans and reattaches the original hem, hence the nomenclature.
i wouldn't do this, but i'm exceedingly dweeby about jeans, i guess.
are the jeans in question raw? if it is only an inch you need hemming, know that a wash could shrink that inch away.
if your hem is chainstitched, i would suggest sending it away to have someone hem using a chainstitching machine. if the hem is single-stitched, any tailor can do that for you.
personally, i think an inch isn't worth the effort.
but i would avoid a frankenhem at all costs.
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