Has anyone recut/slimmed down their collar and lapels?

[ruben]

I'm not a slim lapel fan, if anything I prefer a slightly bigger than average lapel on most of my suits.

That being said I have an older Brooks Brothers suit, the fit is perfect, the shoulders natural, in short everything is right about it except the giant 4.25" lapels. that come within a couple inches of the shoulder.

I believe it's an old Brooks MTM, and the big lapels look really out of place on the suit.

Doing some experimenting with a tailors tape it would seem the lapels could be cut down right at the ends of the existing button hole, and I could end up with a reasonable, though slightly slimmer than I'd like, lapel width.

Can this be done without being prohibitively expensive?
Has anyone had any experience doing it?

 

[MyOtherLife]

I myself have not attempted this but am curious if anyone has

 

[k4lnamja]



I myself have not attempted this but am curious if anyone has

THis

 

[Reborn]

I think iroh could pull this off.

http://irohsguides.blogspot.com/

 

[ruben]

I sear there was an SF thread about this a number of years back, but I cannot find it at all.

I think iroh could pull this off.
http://irohsguides.blogspot.com/

Hysterical blog, great stuff.

 

[David Reeves]

Of course you can do it.i would expect to pay $150, use a good alteration tailor though.