Slimmed shirt on the sides: reversible?

[razl]

I had a batch of shirts taken in on the sides at my tailor who usually does a spot on job. One of the shirts was my recently purchased, first Borelli that I love. Unfortunately, it's too slim now, probably by about .5-1" total. I took a look at the inside stitching and, to my eye, it doesn't look like there's extra fabric there meaning (gulp) it doesn't look reversible.

Unfortunately, my tailor is closed on Wed, so I have to wait until Thurs to discuss but I'm wondering if maybe I'm missing something about how it's done and am worried over nothing. What say?

 

[rebel222]

Probably not reversible, since there shouldn't be excess fabric.

He didn't pin the shirt while you were there?

 

[razl]

Originally Posted by rebel222

Probably not reversible, since there shouldn't be excess fabric. He didn't pin the shirt while you were there?

Yes, she did pin it. And it was during a batch of 4 other shirts that were all pinned similarly. All the rest came out OK, this one seems a bit, but still substantially, smaller. This is my first shirt gone wrong, of course it had to be my first Borrelli and a freakin' gem to boot. My tailor's great but I'm not going to make her pay for the shirt. I wouldn't care so much about the dollars, I want another one and that's going to be near impossible. That said, expect to see a light gray, micro-birdseye, french cuff, slim 16 Borrelli in B&S in a few days.

 

[acecow]

You can always have her make it into something like this:

 

[rsuhandy]

What are your measurements? I might be able to take that shirt off your hands

 

[Lord Asquith]

Originally Posted by razl

I had a batch of shirts taken in on the sides at my tailor who usually does a spot on job. One of the shirts was my recently purchased, first Borelli that I love. Unfortunately, it's too slim now, probably by about .5-1" total. I took a look at the inside stitching and, to my eye, it doesn't look like there's extra fabric there meaning (gulp) it doesn't look reversible.

Unfortunately, my tailor is closed on Wed, so I have to wait until Thurs to discuss but I'm wondering if maybe I'm missing something about how it's done and am worried over nothing. What say?
Perhaps next time you'll just leave well enough alone

Besides, when you get the sides of a shirt taken in does the tailor get it exactly the same as the original single needle stitching?

 

[razl]

Update: talked at length with my tailor about it. Considering all the great work she's done at fair to good prices, I was willing to chalk it up to a wash (and was trying to sell it on B&S) but she was determined to set it straight.

They took it apart and eeked back 1/4"+ each side - enough to make it work! Granted, there's no extra room - it's a perfectly slim but not over slim - but now it's serviceable! Hurrah!!!