hi jind86, i would like to alter some of my shirts and polo T but I have no clue which tailor should i look for. would you mind sharing your tailor with me?

yeah sure no problem, my tailor is Ruth's at KLCC, it is on the ground floor below the Louis Vuitton store.. you can look for Ruth herself, or if not look for her son Vincent.. the price is a little more than regular tailor stores but they have served me well.. ALWAYS ALWAYS try on your clothes after the alterations have been done, and if for example you feel that the pant/shirt length is not short enough etc, do let them know so they can redo it, they wont double charge..

This post has been edited by jind86: Dec 31 2008, 01:28 AM

Any idea roughly how much it would cost to have the shoulder and sleeve length of a suit jacket altered at the tailors you guys normally go to? Thanks.

This post has been edited by Fusion[eX]: Dec 31 2008, 03:23 AM

ive actually went around finding tailors to bring in the shoulders of my jacket, however no one was good enough.. i even went to Lord's but they were not able to do so.. the only place who was able to fulfill my request is my current tailor - Ruth's alteration..

shoulders = RM50
sleeve = RM60

Hi jind86. thanks for the info. it is very much appreciated.

i shall pay them a visit this weekend.

i also wan to ask bout my jean...
levi's engineered...
da problem of this jean is da stitching...
instead at da side straight down...
it will turn to front...
any oppinion?

@jind86> Many thanks for the info, jind. Indeed dealing with the shoulder is hard especially when they need to deal with the shoulder pad and/or roped shoulders. Not good a job and the back of the jacket might have a curl below the collar.

@washabushi> Also, Topman name the type of jeans as Twister Jeans.

just sent the shirt for alteration... the resit say 15rm havent pay thought

anyway since i went to klcc i drop by at burberry and got myself 2 burberry shirts (had same problem as armani only can wear S got this one nice shirt but cant fit only have M

unemployed

haha, studying la. i guess u r from a rich family, or u wont be able to afford luxurious brands. envy...

Cost of altering is enough to buy a new shirt for me. -.-"
so i dun alter. i'm currently going for style under a budget. quite sad really.
if it dun fit, i dun buy it.
unless i can find a cheap taylor that alters clothes.. then might be a diff story...
anyone knows any cheap taylors that can alter clothings cheap?

yupp actually sometimes altering can cost quite abit.. of course i do not buy clothes that do not fit, take a dress shirt for example, they may fit good on the body but the sleeve length would always be too long for me.. therefore the length has to be shortened.. all my dress shirts are altered to the same length.. same goes with my suit jackets.. i measure my shirts according to my suit jackets as well, they are half an inch longer than my suit jackets so a little shirt cuff will be displayed when i wear the jacket..

im not too sure about cheap tailors, im sure there exist, but the question you shld also ask is are they good?

hi all,

I didn't notice a thread about tailors, so i created one, and lets all share our experience/information about tailors which we have tried/encountered. Do include the name of the tailor, pricing, workmanship, design and quality.

Spark Manshop. Pricing and quality, depends on the cotton quality and type of cotton. Design eh, suit. Workmanship, great, pro tailor and advice and explanation about quality and type given.
Located at The Gardens, Isetan third floor and Sogo. I only know this 2.

from my experience, spark manshop tailors are only trying to push on sales and they would do and say whatever just to sell.. but hey maybe it was just that particular tailors i encounted or maybe my luck is bad with them.. what would be better is give the name of your spark manshop tailor to TS so at least he knows specifically who to look for which provides good service..

This post has been edited by jind86: Jan 13 2009, 12:07 AM

Well, i worked next to it before and all of the customers are giving positive feedback. The gardens, Isetan, third floor.

There's already a tailoring thread if I'm not mistaken.

jind86 started it.

I need to alter my shirt too.
The shoulder and sleeve lengths are ok but the width (the torso part) is too big.
Really look untidy when I tuck in.
Can that part be altered?
Basically how much?

yes it can be altered but not by much.. if im not mistaken it would cost around RM30-RM50..

what about the collar for the dress shirt, do you think it can be altered to 1/2" smaller?

Good Price! I asked an alteration shop inside Endah Parade in Sri Petaling and they quote me RM80 for shoulders only!

This post has been edited by netmatrix: Feb 10 2009, 07:01 PM