A man in Farmington Hills loses thirty pounds over a year, and the suit that fit last spring now hangs on him like it belongs to a bigger brother. The instinct is a new suit. Sometimes that’s right. Often the old one can be taken in, and taking in is the easier direction, because the cloth is there.
Where the weight went
Off the waist first, so the trousers go first: the waist and the seat come in, and the trouser looks new. The jacket is next. The sides come in so it closes without a fold at the back, and the sleeves if the arms got leaner. Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, does all of it and will say at the fitting how far it can go.
The neck and the shoulder
Two things a slimmer man notices that a tailor can’t fix. The shirt collar gaps; that’s a new shirt. And if the weight came off the chest, the jacket’s shoulder now sits past the bone, and a shoulder is the one seam that stays where it was cut. That’s a new suit. Thirty pounds usually changes the drop as well as the size. Select suits on our floor sell as separates, a jacket in one size and trousers in another, so the new chest and the new waist are both on the rack.
How long
Ask which of these count as small; small jobs he can often do while you wait. For the rest, he quotes the job and confirms the completion date before he starts. Bring it in the week you notice it hanging.
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