I decided to roam around the mall at lunch today, as I often do. Major clearance sales are happening now. I happened to come across a clearance leather jacket/blazer. It was a Hugo Boss leather blazer regularly priced at just over $1000. The current price? A little over $400. Big markdown but Ouch, still very pricey! It was the only one left and surprisingly, it was in my size!
I tried it on and the fit was great, not perfect but great! The cuffs would need to be hemmed for sure but thats a given. The seams on the shoulder is just a lil bigger than it needs to be. I guess there is just extra material there thats not needed. The waist and chest area fit just right. My main concern in addition to cost, is the shoulder area, and if alterations could be done, and how much it would cost. I shared my concerns with the sales associate, who was nice enough to call the lady from alterations to come down and look at it for me.
When the store tailor came, I explained to her to that I wanted the shoulder seams taken in a bit. The lady quoted me $120, and I'm not even sure if that included the cuffs ! Thats insane. I could buy a an outfit at that price. LOL. Well, I could buy a lot with that dollar amount! Alterations at that rate is just out of the question.
A point to share, is that the alterations on the shoulder is a nice to have. It would be fine without it.
I decided to put the blazer on hold. I wanted to talk to my tailor first, and see if she could do it, and for how much. Well, turns out my tailor CAN do it, and she will only charge between $25-$30, depending on how complicated it is.
Hmmm..... $120 or $30 ? Just because it is a designer item, doesn't mean people should be ripped off on tailoring. I was just shocked when the store tailor told me $120. Really!?
I'm going to spend the weekend thinking about it, and then decide next week. What would you do if it was you?
I tried it on and the fit was great, not perfect but great! The cuffs would need to be hemmed for sure but thats a given. The seams on the shoulder is just a lil bigger than it needs to be. I guess there is just extra material there thats not needed. The waist and chest area fit just right. My main concern in addition to cost, is the shoulder area, and if alterations could be done, and how much it would cost. I shared my concerns with the sales associate, who was nice enough to call the lady from alterations to come down and look at it for me.
When the store tailor came, I explained to her to that I wanted the shoulder seams taken in a bit. The lady quoted me $120, and I'm not even sure if that included the cuffs ! Thats insane. I could buy a an outfit at that price. LOL. Well, I could buy a lot with that dollar amount! Alterations at that rate is just out of the question.
A point to share, is that the alterations on the shoulder is a nice to have. It would be fine without it.
I decided to put the blazer on hold. I wanted to talk to my tailor first, and see if she could do it, and for how much. Well, turns out my tailor CAN do it, and she will only charge between $25-$30, depending on how complicated it is.
Hmmm..... $120 or $30 ? Just because it is a designer item, doesn't mean people should be ripped off on tailoring. I was just shocked when the store tailor told me $120. Really!?
I'm going to spend the weekend thinking about it, and then decide next week. What would you do if it was you?
