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Alterations

A good suit from anywhere made to fit you, by the same hands that make ours, in the workroom above the shop.

  • Most work ready within a week
  • An honest word on what is worth doing
  • Fitted on you, not guessed
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A seamstress hemming grey flannel trousers at a black sewing machine

Alteration prices

Prices for a suit of ours are in brackets. We pin everything on you before we cut.

Trousers

  • Shorten or lengthen£28
    Plain or turn-up hem
  • Waist in or out£34
    Up to five centimetres
  • Taper the leg£42
    From the knee down

Jackets

  • Shorten the sleeves£75
    With working buttons moved by hand
  • Take in the back£55
    Through the centre seam
  • New liningfrom £180
    Bemberg or silk, your colour

Coats

  • Shorten a coat£95
    Lining and vent remade
  • Replace the buttons£30
    Horn, corozo or leather

Good to know

Do I need an appointment?

Not for trousers. For a jacket or a coat, book half an hour so that we can pin it on you properly.

How long does it take?

Most alterations are ready within a week, a new lining in three.

Will you alter anything?

Almost. If a change will spoil the garment, we will say so and suggest something better.

Bring it in

The shop is open Tuesday to Saturday. Trousers need no appointment; jackets and coats need half an hour.

Book half an hour