Measure twice: notes for your tailor
Small alterations change everything. The five adjustments I ask for most, and how to explain them.
Off-the-peg clothes are cut for nobody in particular. A good tailor turns them into clothes cut for you, often for less than the price of the shirt.
The five I ask for most
Trouser hems, sleeve length, taking in a waist, shortening a jacket strap, and moving a button by a centimetre. Each one takes minutes and changes how a piece sits.
Bring the shoes you will wear, and stand the way you actually stand.
How to explain it
Describe the problem, not the fix: say the jacket pulls when you sit, and let the tailor decide where to take it.
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