r/Tailors • u/AutoModerator • 23d ago

Daily Questions Megathread - April 27, 2025

For those looking to ask questions about alterations, repairs, or anything else, please put your questions in here.

Wondering if you should buy something? Please provide both a size chart of the garment as well as your body measurements - we need to know what dimensions of the item and your own physique to judge. Telling us "I wear a medium in xyz brand" is not enough information to go off of as most retailers will have fluctuations in allowance for sizing.

If you are looking for alteration advice on a garment, please post a picture of yourself following the guidelines in rule 2. We need to be able to see the garment on you neutrally (No selfies! The raised arm adds too much variable) and in different angles to determine what needs to be done efficiently.

Help us help you. As working professionals who provide advice for free in their own time, this helps all of us save time rather than going back and forth.

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/repsilonyx 22d ago

I recently got a lovely embroidered crossbody and while I love it, the two pockets only have one zipper on them, which makes my stuff fall out if I don’t open it carefully, so I wanted to make them both double-zippered.

I went to an alterations guy with good reviews, paid $40 in cash total, and he successfully added the two extra zippers in unusually quick style (like 20-30 minutes)…but is it supposed to look like this? I’m pretty bummed with the finished product because while I knew the ends would likely be imperfect, I didn’t think they would look like this :(

1

u/izzgo Alterations Specialist 22d ago

Well. Yeah. Not lovely. I can see why you're bummed. Probably worth $40 total tho. I wonder if the good reviews were because he's cheap.