When it comes to spending money on clothes, getting something tailored is the best way to get bang for your buck.
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When it comes to spending money on clothes, getting something tailored is the best way to get bang for your buck. Especially if you are:
*short
*tall
*round
*pencil shaped
*any shape that isn't a mannequin.In films, ads and TV people always wear clothes that fit, and designers design clothes with a fit in mind.
If you try on clothes in a store and hate them all it may be because none of them fit.
When you get them fitted suddenly you look amazing. Ready to wear was a mistake.
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When it comes to spending money on clothes, getting something tailored is the best way to get bang for your buck. Especially if you are:
*short
*tall
*round
*pencil shaped
*any shape that isn't a mannequin.In films, ads and TV people always wear clothes that fit, and designers design clothes with a fit in mind.
If you try on clothes in a store and hate them all it may be because none of them fit.
When you get them fitted suddenly you look amazing. Ready to wear was a mistake.
Buy a cheap blazer at the thrift shop and get it fitted. You suddenly look like some kind of genius about fashion.
I get a lot of compliments and it's really because everything I have has been fitted. I don't have any other bright ideas.
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Buy a cheap blazer at the thrift shop and get it fitted. You suddenly look like some kind of genius about fashion.
I get a lot of compliments and it's really because everything I have has been fitted. I don't have any other bright ideas.
One can also learn to hem things, and make alterations, but tailors *know things* I just bring in whatever it is and let they guy at the laundromat tell me what he wants to do, which is mostly making the sleeves shorter, but also random other things, like once he insisted on taking in a lapel?? but it was needed, it was too wide for my chest.
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One can also learn to hem things, and make alterations, but tailors *know things* I just bring in whatever it is and let they guy at the laundromat tell me what he wants to do, which is mostly making the sleeves shorter, but also random other things, like once he insisted on taking in a lapel?? but it was needed, it was too wide for my chest.
@futurebird is it spendy? I have never tried pro alterations.
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When it comes to spending money on clothes, getting something tailored is the best way to get bang for your buck. Especially if you are:
*short
*tall
*round
*pencil shaped
*any shape that isn't a mannequin.In films, ads and TV people always wear clothes that fit, and designers design clothes with a fit in mind.
If you try on clothes in a store and hate them all it may be because none of them fit.
When you get them fitted suddenly you look amazing. Ready to wear was a mistake.
@futurebird Back when my mom was a young woman in the 1940s, she had a friend who would buy cheap ready-to-wear clothes, take out all of the seams, and re-sew them tailored to fit perfectly.
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@futurebird is it spendy? I have never tried pro alterations.
Not as much as you'd think! At least in NYC every decent dry cleaners also does alterations. And it's normally less than 50 bucks, but this is the Bronx and I may be spoiled by the confluence of NYC being very fashion conscious and everything costing a bit less in the Bronx.
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When it comes to spending money on clothes, getting something tailored is the best way to get bang for your buck. Especially if you are:
*short
*tall
*round
*pencil shaped
*any shape that isn't a mannequin.In films, ads and TV people always wear clothes that fit, and designers design clothes with a fit in mind.
If you try on clothes in a store and hate them all it may be because none of them fit.
When you get them fitted suddenly you look amazing. Ready to wear was a mistake.
@futurebird I learned most of what I know about sewing and tailoring from my grandmother. She learned pretty much everything from her her friend, Desher. Desher was some European prince, but like the 10th son. (1st heir, 2nd priest … tailor when you get to 10…)
Fun fact: all of my grandmother's friends were gay. I was oblivious as a child. It explained a lot much later. -
@futurebird I learned most of what I know about sewing and tailoring from my grandmother. She learned pretty much everything from her her friend, Desher. Desher was some European prince, but like the 10th son. (1st heir, 2nd priest … tailor when you get to 10…)
Fun fact: all of my grandmother's friends were gay. I was oblivious as a child. It explained a lot much later.@futurebird The most important thing she taught me was to look for the quality of the fabric and construction of clothing. Pay more up front for quality, and it lasts for years.
Alas, paying more is not an indicator of quality, and more so every day. I find myself shocked by how shoddy expensive stuff is: narrow and inadequately finished seams, loose weaves with low thread counts - so little pride in craftsmanship.
You know, we deserve better!
