Tailor made jacket around 1cm shorter than I asked. Should I ask them to remake?

[sadkfjaskfaj]

Got a jacket made. Asked the tailor to copy another jacket that I'd gotten made with them. I measured both jackets and the new one is around 1cm shorter than the older one. To be honest I do notice the length difference. Would it be bad form to ask them to remake?

Paid US$500 for a whole suit.

Note that they already remade the front panel for me because they messed up the button stance (made it about 1.5cm too high).

 

[sadkfjaskfaj]

Bump

 

[monkey66]

If I were unhappy with a tailor made garment I would tell the maker. Sleeve length is important.
Probably an adjustment, not a remake.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Post a pic and let’s see. Perhaps it’s a mistake but if it looks ok why worry.

 

[comrade]

$500? I paid $650 for a MTM suit from Chipp in New York in 1987.
It still needed alterations, since they got the pants wrong..My local
tailor did it and Chipp reimbursed. Where did you get the suit?
An outer island of Indonesia? That tailor owes you nothing!

 

[sadkfjaskfaj]

If I were unhappy with a tailor made garment I would tell the maker. Sleeve length is important.
Probably an adjustment, not a remake.

Jacket length not sleeve length.

 

[dieworkwear]

Not sure where you live or what's your budget. In the US, $500 for a custom suit would be considered very low. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable asking the tailor to remake or even adjust at that price.

Between the issues regarding the button stance and the length, and what I assume from the price, I would just move on.

In my experience, if the tailor doesn't deliver a good product on the first round, they are probably not a very good tailor. Since you are also not a tailor, micromanaging the process isn't going to improve the outcome. The first delivery may have some issues, and sometimes they can be fixed through adjustments, but things should be within a certain ballpark. I've both seen on this forum and experienced it myself, where a tailor delivers a bad product and the person goes back again and again, getting adjustments or doing subsequent orders, and it just ends up being a waste of time.

But it's hard to say without seeing you wear your jacket. Or knowing what $500 means where you live. It may be a fair price and maybe you got a great product that can be adjusted. From the info you've given though, I would just chalk it up to a loss and move on.