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taking in the chest area of suit

stu00a

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I recently bought a suit for me, and it fits me perfectly, shoulder, all parts except for the chest area.
chest is little roomy so I like to make it fitted(not that fitted), altering chest area 1~2inch(front and back) 44" -> 42~43", is it hard job for my local tailor? he's Italian, and he done great job on shortening sleeves(I think any tailor can do this job easily). Anyway, is it easy for him?
I searched some threads and found that someone said it was easy job, some others say it's not.
I think it depends on tailor's skill, but what do you guys think?
should I just taper the chest area?
 

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