Tapering the Wested...

Posted by Patterson from 63.104.29.91 on September 15, 2000 at 17:00:42:

In Reply to: Just got my Wested back from the tailor! posted by California Smith on September 15, 2000 at 16:45:13:

: If anyone read my earlier post, my original Wested was too bulky in the waist. I got a 46" Wested. Problem is my waist is around 34-35", so that when I had the side straps cinched in, it bulged out way too much and just did not hang right. I took it to my local tailor, and she pulled in a couple of inches on either side of the first seam behind the pockets. She tapered down, so that I did not lose any room on the chest.

: Well, it came out perfect. I am no Harrison Ford, but at least the jacket now hangs on me like it hangs on him. My tailor charged me $50 which is a lot less than the cost of sending it back to England. Not to mention the time it would have taken.

: Now if it only had gussetts!!!

I always gave Peter both the chest and waist measurement. I wear a 48 through the chest, but wear a 36 in jeans, so without the taper my Westeds would look like leather dresses! Peter has always taken this and delivered a jacket with the proper fit both high and low, with the proper drape all around. Now if he could just line up the seams? Oh, well...

Cheers!

Patterson

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Re: Tapering the Wested... California Smith 18:25:23 9/15/2000 (1)
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: : If anyone read my earlier post, my original Wested was too bulky in the waist. I got a 46" Wested. Problem is my waist is around 34-35", so that when I had the side straps cinched in, it bulged out way too much and just did not hang right. I took it to my local tailor, and she pulled in a couple of inches on either side of the first seam behind the pockets. She tapered down, so that I did not lose any room on the chest.

: : Well, it came out perfect. I am no Harrison Ford, but at least the jacket now hangs on me like it hangs on him. My tailor charged me $50 which is a lot less than the cost of sending it back to England. Not to mention the time it would have taken.

: : Now if it only had gussetts!!!

: I always gave Peter both the chest and waist measurement.  I wear a 48 through the chest, but wear a 36 in jeans, so without the taper my Westeds would look like leather dresses!  Peter has always taken this and delivered a jacket with the proper fit both high and low, with the proper drape all around.  Now if he could just line up the seams?  Oh, well...

: Cheers!

: Patterson

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