Who wants to spend the money? Well, my friends, it turns out I have enough of the former to investigate. And what I found may shock you: No one, actually, has a perfect jeans-body.
We are all jeans-bodies: We just need to help our jeans along. Which is where tailoring comes in. And, if your jeans are faded or distressed, they'll need to be cut at a place that looks consistent with the style.
No matter what, be sure to bring the shoes you'll wear most often with the jeans so that you get the right length. If you'd rather not cut your jeans, you can ask a tailor to do an "inside hem. Instead, your tailor will fold the extra length under and stitch it in place to make the jeans appear shorter.
Since this doesn't give you a finished hem look, it's better as a short-term solution think: when you're borrowing a pair of jeans from a friend. Maybe you stumbled upon a pair of denim that fits well through the waist and hips, but the thighs are too baggy. Or, perhaps you've got an old pair of straight-leg jeans and skinny jeans are more your style now. Either way, tapering jean legs to make them slimmer is a pretty straight-forward alteration for a good tailor, as long as you're not drastically changing their style think: going from flare to skinny.
To taper your jeans for a more streamlined leg look, the tailor will have you try on the jeans then pin along the inseams the line of stitching running down the inner leg. The jeans will then be turned inside out and sewn to create a more slender "tapered" leg opening. The extra fabric on your tailored jeans can be cut away or just sewn inside, depending on the excess amount. Bear in mind: If you're taking in the calves of jeans as well as the thighs, the bottoms may need to be re-hemmed.
Ask the tailor for an "original hem" to give jeans an unaltered look. Waist gapping can be an issue with denim pants, but an experienced tailor can alter a waistband to nip it in a bit.
Just be sure not to take in the jeans more than one to one and a half inches at the waist, as doing more can change the pocket positioning and front shaping of the jeans.
Not to mention, you'll likely have to alter the hips as well to maintain the proper line. It's often easier and less expensive to either wear a belt or find a pair of jeans that fits your hips better. Before taking a new pair of jeans for alterations, you should wash them a couple of times first.
To wash jeans, turn them inside out and launder them in cold water on the delicate setting of your machine, then leave them to hang dry. Uniqlo's jeans are the cheapest well-made denim jeans you can get and they've also got a smidge of stretch for comfort straight off the shelf. They come in a variety of colorways, too, so you're not just limited to the standard blue jean. Today's Best Deals. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Two Creatives on Their Journeys to Sustainability.
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Before you take your jeans to a tailor, wash them a few times—first turning them inside, then washing them in cold water, then letting them hang dry. Particularly if you want to shorten your jeans, you are going to want to bring the shoes you most plan to wear with them to the tailor to help the tailor mark the jeans at the right length. One of the easiest fixes that a tailor can make to a pair of jeans is shortening the length.
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