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Tailored to Perfection: The Before & After of Suit Jacket Shoulder Resizing
At De Oost Bespoke Tailoring, we specialize in the precise art of suit jacket alterations, ensuring every client enjoys the comfort and confidence that comes with a perfectly fitted shoulder line. Our latest project showcases the transformative power of expert shoulder resizing—a service highly sought after by those who understand that the fit of a suit jacket can make or break its look.
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As a tailor, we often get fit related questions. You can visit a tailor because your measurements have changed or because you want a different fit. As a tailor, I think it is important to clearly explain to customers how sizes relate to styles and fits.
If you really want everything in your suit, jacket or trousers to fit 100% and with the details you want, you will have to have it tailor-made from scratch and visit a bespoke tailor.
If you look at the suit style of the past, it is a different fit than we see a lot now. The fit was wider, jackets longer, trousers were worn higher. Nowadays suits are cut much slimmer.
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Fit of MTM Suits vs Bespoke Suits
Naturally, a bespoke tailored suit represents the pinnacle of fit for the serious sartorial enthusiast and suit wearer. This is because all factors influencing the garment are perfectly tailored to your wishes and are in balance with each other. Between off-the-rack suits and bespoke suits lies the made-to-measure suit, which in the Netherlands is often sold as 'real tailor-made'. The moment you start critically examining it with an expert eye, you quickly see through this and find quite a few points for improvement in the fit.
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