NYC Tailor Problem - Peppino

[wq1999]

Hello.

I brought a double-breasted jacket in to Mr. Peppino to shorten the length of the sleeves. Because of the unique shape of the sleeve, and the unusual buttons/stitching, he insisted on doing the work from the shoulders. After some hesitation, I agreed. When I picked it up, I noticed that he completely changed the shape of the shoulder -- all the "roping" was gone, and it was replaced by a softer shape. (In fact, one shoulder still had a little roping, and the other didn't -- which is even worse.) I pointed this out to him, and he begrudgingly agreed to a redo. When I picked it up the second time, there was no appreciable difference in the shape of the shoulder.

I would like to bring this to another tailor to fix, if possible. Can anyone recommend a tailor in NYC who has the skills necessary to restore the roped shoulder? Or is this not possible? Thank you.

 

[Manton]

Unless he cut away all (and then some) of the excess cloth at the upper sleeve that used to go around the rope, it should be possible to re-rope the sleeve. Remove sleeve, add sleevehead wadding, re-set sleeve.