Taking in a Spring Jacket

[KaiserSose]

Sorry to have to start a thread for this, but there is no quick question thread in this forum as far as I know. I'm thinking my thought process might be a little off here so I'm hoping someone will either correct me or agree.

I want to take in a spring jacket (same material / look as a harrington) to give it a slimmer silhouette. The tailor suggested creating a seam in the back (similar to darts). If I wanted the area by the armholes to fit slimmer, I would want to take it in more at the bottom to create tension that would pull the area by the armholes nearer to my body, correct?

 

[KaiserSose]

Not even a joke at my expense?

 

[JayJay]

The way your tailor would go about slimming the jacket sounds awful. I can't imagine it turning out ok, but I'm not a tailor.