Incotex Problem with Letting Out Waist

[CoryB]

I just took a pair of slacks to be tailored and planned to have the waist let out by an inch, but was told that when he opened the waist the extra fabric was substantially lighter than the bright orange colour of the slacks. The pants are quite tight, but I guess nothing can be done about it, and best of all, I was charged for it. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

 

[DocHolliday]

Had the trousers been worn, or were they deadstock? Maybe they'd been stored in the sun?

 

[CoryB]

I bought them from Chorse. They were unhemmed and with tags. I would be doubtful that at either Chorse's or the store they were exposed to sunlight for an extended period of time.

 

[philosophe]

Are the pants cotton? Or, worse yet, corduroy? In my experience, you can take in corduroy pants, but forget letting out the waist. The fabric just never looks right. Generally speaking, color fading seems to be less of a problem with wool.

 

[Flieger]

This is just exactly the same situation I am in, I have bought two beautiful Pal Zileri white label rib cotton pants from Lakewolf and one fits perfectly and the second is too tight. I considered letting the waist out a bit and I thought with rib cotton pants it would be less visible but now youre telling me it is even worse than with normal cotton? I am going to sell these to a friend of mine because I am not going to take chances on letting the waist out now that I know this. I thought rib cotton would make the crease less visible instead of more visible..

 

[Artisan Fan]

I've never had trouble letting out the waist with wool Incotex trousers. What material is it?

 

[Countertenor]

It's the extra fabric that's lighter (faded?). That's weird. Doesn't that rule out exposure to the sun?

 

[CoryB]

These are 100% cotton and the extra material is faded. He indicated that it was quite white and theorized that after the pant was made it was dyed again.

 

[texas_jack]

That's weird. I have a cotton Isaia jacket that is faded but the opposite is true, the extra material is darker.

 

[HalfCanvas]

Screw it. Let the waist out and hope that your belt covers it up. Unless he's letting out the butt seam as well, it shouldn't pose a functional problem.

 

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by HalfCanvas

Screw it. Let the waist out and hope that your belt covers it up. Unless he's letting out the butt seam as well, it shouldn't pose a functional problem.

I suppose that is a possibility, but I don't really want to wear a belt. I'm just going to wear them until I put on another 5lbs, but I really need to ******* gut to get into them and I'm only a 28" waist! The resale value is already destroyed because they are already hemmed.

 

[HalfCanvas]

What about dying it? Wouldn't some sort of ribbon belt look good with the orange? I always think pants look weird when they have belt loops but no belt in it.

 

[chorse123]

Sorry to hear there is a problem with these. I wonder if maybe they dyed the pants once they'd be tailored? That seems odd, but this is strange.

I agree that maybe a belt would probably just cover it.

 

[Drinkwaters]

These are probably what they call garment dyed slacks. The slack color is processed after construction and will leave the fabric inside a lighter color. We run into this problem all the time and if it is only the waist band that needs letting out the belt will usually cover this area. The other alternative is to have your tailor take a piece of fabric from the waste of the hem and piece it in.

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Gary

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[kabert]

FWIW, I have had my tailor tell me cotton corduroys don't "let-out well," so it's best to buy them a bit too large than too small.