Pants Measurements for Tailors
I need to add quite a few pants to my wardrobe this fall/winter.
What parts of pants can be easily altered vs more difficult?
For example, shortening is easy but taking in the waist is harder (and costlier).
So where do pants need to fit right off the rack and what areas can be changed?
Thigh? Rise? Taper? Etc.
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you can basically only make things smaller in one dimension. so you can taper a thigh, ez. shortening inseam, ez. reshaping the seat? much harder, not really worth it.
so get something that fits around your hips/ass/dick and thighs well even if it's loose through the leg or waist
rise too
fit is also contextual- sometimes you want a slightly baggy pant to then belt, or a slightly longer pant to cuff or raw hem
but otherwise this
Ok this makes a lot sense.
I mentioned waist not being easy because I thought it makes pockets look weird. Is there a certain tolerance before this happens?
Also is “rise too” under the easy or difficult column?
Difficult and no, there’s no rule of thumb
Depends on so much about the patterning of the pants