Interesting Links for 09-01-2012

[andrewducker]

• Will shareholders crack down on executive pay? (No, probably not)
  (tags: business pay uk )
• Why clothes look so much better on celebrities than they do on you.
  (tags: fashion clothes )
• EA Invokes First Amendment Protection for Video Games in Trademark Dispute with Helicopter Maker
  (tags: trademark videogames freespeech usa )
• The evil plot behind

Comments

[cairmen]

Tailored clothes: Yes. Worth every penny and then some.

(And it's comparatively inexpensive to get your favourite pieces of clothing adjusted, to boot).

[andrewducker]

Got any examples for "comparatively inexpensive"?

[cairmen]

I've not done it a lot, but my winter coat, for example, was adjusted at time of purchase for about £30, as I recall, and my suit (the jacket of which I wear a lot) was adjusted to fit me for about £40, I think (it was a while ago). I've also had a few shirts made for about £30-£50.

I'd generally expect to spend about £20-£40 on getting an item adjusted.

I'd never thought of having a T-Shirt adjusted, but reading, it seems like an obvious idea. I'll probably have whatever outfit I end up wearing at the DKLS premiere fitted.

[anton_p_nym]

There's a chain here called "Stitch It" that does inexpesive, simple tailoring. Hems and cuffs for $10(CAD) for example... with my weird, stumpy legs I've turned to them to shorten trousers and jeans several times, and even to do some simple repair work on shirts and coat linings.

That being said, this isn't something I'd do routinely as the price is fine for occasional items but would probably drive up my wardrobe costs a good 50% if I applied it across everything in it.

-- Steve wishes he could fork over for more made-to-measure or tailored stuff. It's very comfortable.

[drdoug]

An old-school Gentlemen's Outfitters in the small town I grew up in sold me a pair of smart trousers and my brother a couple of suits, just after new year when we were visiting our parents. Having trousers taken up to fit cost an extra £10, and having a jacket adjusted was an extra £30-£40 depending on what needed tweaking.