Reader hack: save with tailors
Noah at Noprobo has a tip to save on clothes:
Lots of people I talk to think that if you lose 5lbs and clothes become baggy, they're garbage. Also, better quality thrift stores can be a great place to score luxury clothes at discount prices, as long as you have a good tailor to make them fit.
I wrote an article about it on Noprobo:
Tailors: Forgotten Style Aids and Money SaversMy dad used to be a tailor so I suppose I have lots to say on the matter.
We do our own alterations and mending around here, but I always thought of tailors as an indulgence for the wealthy. Maybe I was wrong.
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2 Responses to “Reader hack: save with tailors”
April 10th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Growing up, I too was fortunate to get basic alterations done right at home. I never considered visiting a professional tailor until my twenties when I realized high-end thrift shops were selling pristine $1000 suits for less than cost of discount ones. That’s when I did the math and realized it made a lot of cents, err, sense.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:49 am
my mama used to completely reconstruct clothing for us children. she could take a mans’ suit and remake it for a young teen boy and many a time she would completelly alter one of her own dresses for myself and my sister. i can do some tailoring but there are a few things that i just cannot do….there is a lady in our town that makes wedding/formal wear and her secret to successful business is taking in mending and alterations for a very small cost..($5.00 for zipper repair and hemming as an example). also, the folks at the dry cleaner businesses will also do this for a fair price as well, but you have to really know the business well before trusting them with the job. when clothing at our house can no longer be altered it goes into the scrap heap for quilting and if it can’t be used for that or crafts it goes into the rag bag. i’ve been known to do alot of shopping at salvation army and completely remake what i’ve bought.
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