I picked up 4 shirts during one of the recent j crew sales. Took them to my tailor and had the usual sides tapered plus darts. I asked her to slim the sleeves for me for the first time. I get them back and try rolling the sleeves up at home...it took 5 minutes per sleeve and was almost painful at times. When they aren't rolled up they are fairly snug to my forearms. I'm pretty pissed. When she pinned them up I don't remember her even putting any pins below my elbow. Is there any way to remedy this or did I just waste $125+tailoring costs?
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So my tailor slimmed my sleeves far too much
I picked up 4 shirts during one of the recent j crew sales. Took them to my tailor and had the usual sides tapered plus darts. I asked her to slim the sleeves for me for the first time. I get them back and try rolling the sleeves up at home...it took 5 minutes per sleeve and was almost painful at times. When they aren't rolled up they are fairly snug to my forearms. I'm pretty pissed. When she pinned them up I don't remember her even putting any pins below my elbow. Is there any way to remedy this or did I just waste $125+tailoring costs?
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Mreh.. I'm sorry to hear that. My recommendation is to turn the shirt inside out and see if she simply folded the extra fabric underneath (which I admit is unlikely) or if she simply cut it off. If she sewed it underneath, they could be let back out, though I'm not sure if there would be something visible on the sleeve from where the hem was. If she simply cut off the extra fabric, I'm afraid that you have no options.
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@trash, I have never thought of that before. Great idea.
It appears that she cut off the excess fabric. I guess I can take one back in and see if there is anything she can do? They are comfortable enough when rolled up for me to deal with. However, when they are unrolled they are still tight to my forearms to the point of looking pretty much skin tight when I bend my elbow. Damn.
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Just left the tailor. They cut the fabric so they could not be taken out. She said in order to give the "slim look" I wanted that they do it like that and it isn't meant for you to be able to roll up the sleeves. She said next time to mention that if I get the sleeves tapered. Wish she would have enlightened me beforehand. At least I was lucky with the Calibrate Black Gingham, my favorite shirt, because with the spandex (I think?) that's in it it can stretch and fold without too much hassle.
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@ NC - Funny that you think rolled up sleeves look "wrong." I think just the opposite - maybe it's a comfort/temperature thing, but if I'm not wearing a jacket over a long-sleeved shirt, the first thing I do with it is roll up the sleeves. To me, a long-sleeved shirt on its own looks funny, whether tucked-in or not, unless the sleeves are rolled up.
Ben
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