Tailoring a Suit from Off 5th

[gqlurie]

Hey guys,

First post here but have been reading this site for several months.

I recently bought a suit from Off 5th and wanted to get the waist jacket brought in and the pants hemmed. Should I take it to a Saks retail shop to get this done? Will they do it for free or will they know it was from their outlet and charge me?

Edit: The suit I purchased is a suit made by Saks with the cloth by Zegna

 

[DerekS]

If you dont have a tailor you already use then I guess the Saks store would be a fairly safe bet. But yeah, pretty sure they will charge you. Now is a good time to find a local tailor that you like/trust.

 

[Superfluous]

They will charge you. Might as well just find a local tailor. Go to google maps and search tailor. Find one near you and take it to them. It should cost you about $50 total.

 

[thinman]

A good alterations tailor is worth their weight in gold. Go to the best menswear store in your city and ask where they take alterations. If they do the work in-house, ask where they send the overflow, when their tailor is too busy to take care of everything. I found a marvelous alterations tailor this way, until I moved to a new city. For some reason, my tactic didn't work here, so I'm still searching

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[Zackb911]

You can look on Yelp for reviews on local tailors as well.

 

[SpooPoker]

They will charge you, but likely 25% more or so than a local tailor. If you go to a full price Saks, they will try and beat the money out of you that you saved by shopping the outlet.

 

[Superfluous]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

They will charge you, but likely 25% more or so than a local tailor. If you go to a full price Saks, they will try and beat the money out of you that you saved by shopping the outlet.

I would have thought so too... but I took a Black Label sport coat that I bought from RL.com on sale to the Ralph Lauren store. They needed to chop the shoulders, trim the chest, the waist, lengthen the sleeves/finish the sleeves. They did a pretty good job and only charged me $150 total.