Blazer too short after having it altered?

k4lnamja · Mar 15, 2011

Originally Posted by Jan_

My tailoress cut off 3" from this blazer's length. NewYorkRanger once said that 1" is the maximum and anything beyond destroys the coat's balance. Could be true... Unfortunately I was so surprised when she said she can take more than one inch that I forgot to protest and let it happen.

(I know that the shoulders are a bit wide and don't comment on the shirt's collar or the tie, I just put it on quickly for the picture.)

So, what do you say? Too short? Are the buttom button and the pockets too low?
And if yes, still wearable?
Could it help to take the waist in a bit?

Merci for your opinions.

I think it makes you look a little taller than you are. You're around 5'7-5'10?

The jacket does look short and does throw the balance off a little, however, I don't think it is that noticeable.

Cheers

hammer07 · Mar 15, 2011

Originally Posted by Jan_

I manipulated yesterday's picture and put the flaps 75% higher than they are. I think it looks a bit better now:
The placement of the pockets that high looks a bit funny to me as they were already set above the level of the last button. I would just go with the flaps tucked in.

alexanduh · Mar 15, 2011

any other parts of the jacket that could be taken in? proportions arent exactly fixed with waist suppression. might be better to start new.

Jan_ · Mar 15, 2011

Originally Posted by bringusingoodale

We sort of take it for granted that clothing act as signifiers of status and "prestige." The neat thing about sociological studies is that they reveal such tacit things through empirical evidence.

I read some books and studies about that (sociology of fashion, e.g., there), but what I'd like to have are hard facts, numbers. Most of the studies are more qualitative and focus on cultural context, stratification and semiotics.

I'd be interested to know what females ages 21-29 think of the fits and styles of fellow SF'ers

.

A true scientific mind...

Have you any sociological background?

Social simulation.

Originally Posted by k4lnamja

I think it makes you look a little taller than you are. You're around 5'7-5'10?

5'7. Making me look taller was part of the plan.

The jacket does look short and does throw the balance off a little, however, I don't think it is that noticeable.

The more I experiment with it, the more do I see how I can hide the obvious. Wearing dark(er) trousers and keeping the blazer open helps a lot.

Originally Posted by hammer07

The placement of the pockets that high looks a bit funny to me as they were already set above the level of the last button. I would just go with the flaps tucked in.

You're probably right.

Originally Posted by alexanduh

any other parts of the jacket that could be taken in?

Chest and waist, shortening the sleeves (again).

Anyway, tomorrow I deliver the last row of pictures (taken in the wild).

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