Dinner Suit Dilemma

[Imran Ahmad]

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My issue is described in detail here:

http://unimagined.typepad.com/unimagined/2008/02/imran-ahmad-who.html

The question is: can a single vent jacket be altered to a double vent? Is it a routine operation? Is it worth the effort and expense? Is there a risk of ruining the cut of the jacket?

Thank you for your input.

Regards,

Imran

http://www.unimagined.co.uk/

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[Bird's One View]

Yes, no, no, yes.

I'm not a tailor, but my understanding is that vents can be closed pretty easily but that there is usually not enough extra fabric at normal seams to create nice looking vents.

 

[Edward]

Sounds like you put that oaf Green well in his place.... But hush my mouth, politics are against the rules in here. Sorry!

As to the issue.... my understanding has always been that the most formal approach is to have no vents at all; thereafter minimal side vents. Seems to me rather a minor detail, though, if you're happy with the suit - and I certainly wouldn't have paid an additional £200 "upgrade fee." Wear it well and enjoy it if you're otherwise happy with it - if other people think less of you for such a trifling reason, they're the ones that should be embarassed, not you.

 

[Tomasso]

the most formal approach is to have no vents at all; thereafter minimal side vents.

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