jean hemming and tailors

Someone started a thread about this a while ago but it got merged into another thread about alterations and got lost. I hope this won't get merged because I think it's a topic of its own!

A friend reccommended a dry cleaner place on 6th Avenue & 5th St (or 6th?) and they did a great job.... not exactly sure how they did it, but it was some complicated thing where they seemed to re-attach the hem (I've looked at it closely and still can't work it out). Couldn't tell they had been altered and they still have that worn-in look at the bottom.

Now if only I had been patient enough to wash them first - they shrank lengthwise and are now ankle-swingers. Oh well, that was an expensive lesson.

I'm petite so I always get my (expensive) jeans hemmed at 12 st and 8th ave.
So far so good, I have yet to have any problems in 3 years.

The thing is, my dry cleaner can do basic alterations, but hemming jeans with the original hem is a whole different skill level, I think. I mean, aren't there places in LA that just do jeans hems? Why do they make jeans so long anyway? Who really needs a 36" inseam??

Sorry to be a pain.

seven24 wrote: I'm petite so I always get my (expensive) jeans hemmed at 12 st and 8th ave.
So far so good, I have yet to have any problems in 3 years.

Plus these people only charge like $5. They also fixed a down jacket that had had an incident with a candle--I can't see the work and still $5 - 7 bucks.

Rose wrote: Why do they make jeans so long anyway? Who really needs a 36" inseam??

Me! I'm super tall and can never get pants/jeans long enough!

And it bugs me that stores which will take up your pants for free when you buy them there (think Banana) won't let them down for free. A very height-ist policy me-thinks.

(Just in case you were wondering, you can let the hem down by unstitching the original hem, adding a ribbon of fabric to the bottom and using the ribbon to make the hem - thus the get the whole length of the pant fabric.)

Anyway slightly off topic. I'm always keen to know of a good tailor so I might check out some of these options!

seven24 wrote: I'm petite so I always get my (expensive) jeans hemmed at 12 st and 8th ave.
So far so good, I have yet to have any problems in 3 years.

The Green Cleaners? I took a pair of my daughter's jeans there a couple of weeks ago but the hem doesn't look so great. They definitely did not reattach the original hem; they didn't even match the thread on the rest of the jeans. But it was cheap.

I want to hear Jean Hemming and the Tailors. I bet they would play at Joe's.

quiddity wrote: I take all my jeans to be hemmed to my dry cleaners on 5th ave. I haven't had a problem with them. I've had them hem everything from $100 jeans from Lucky, to some one of a kind jeans from a sample sale, to a bunch of jeans I picked up at TJ Maxx. They always match the thread and it looks fine. I can't remember the cross street for my dry cleaners. I think they're near the Key Food at Sterling.... Weird that I can't remember.

I would suggest this tailor (I think it might be called DUNrite..It is right on the corner and hard to mis..
It is Korean run and it looks like the momma in the family is the seamster. I have not only had hems done there but had curtains made out of this crocet fabric that involved complicated addition of material sewn just right to accomodate the rod.
There is a dressing room so you try the jeans on and they pin them up to length you want.. try on with shoes you would be likely to wear with the jeans to see where the hem falls.

veets wrote: [quote=quiddity]I take all my jeans to be hemmed to my dry cleaners on 5th ave. I haven't had a problem with them. I've had them hem everything from $100 jeans from Lucky, to some one of a kind jeans from a sample sale, to a bunch of jeans I picked up at TJ Maxx. They always match the thread and it looks fine. I can't remember the cross street for my dry cleaners. I think they're near the Key Food at Sterling.... Weird that I can't remember.

I would suggest this tailor (I think it might be called DUNrite..It is right on the corner and hard to mis..
It is Korean run and it looks like the momma in the family is the seamster. I have not only had hems done there but had curtains made out of this crocet fabric that involved complicated addition of material sewn just right to accomodate the rod.
There is a dressing room so you try the jeans on and they pin them up to length you want.. try on with shoes you would be likely to wear with the jeans to see where the hem falls.


I set out with a bag of clothes looking for Dunrite near 5th and Sterling. I did not remember the corner ref! I walked a few blocks down 5th both ways from Sterling and the only place that advertised tailoring and had a changing booth was Economy cleaners between Sterling and St. Johns. They couldn't replace my snap button but I left two pairs of pants to be hemmed...will report the results next week. $11 per pair of pants for hemming.

daver wrote: Out of curiosity, how tall is your wife? Like pro basketball tall, or does she just have really long legs? I'm a bit over 6', and my inseam is 32".

No pro basketball, she's just a bit over 6'-0".

Women sometimes want a longer pant if they wear them with heels.

mylkshayk wrote: I need a 36 inseam too, and I'm just a bit over 6 feet also.

Well, shit. I hate you all. No wonder I walk so slow.

mylkshayk wrote: What I wonder about is who needs a size 36 inseam on a size 2 pair of pants? Anorexic women? Or women with exceptionally narrow hips? It always scares me to think of those size 2, 36 inseam jeans. I mean, I hope people aren't starving themselves to get into them just because stores offer them.

How tall is Twiggy? And what is her inseam?

Subject: Campos & Campos is first rate

I got to Campos & Campos for my expensive jeans hemming--they're in the city on 14th St. at 8th Ave.

http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7104625

The can either keep the original hem for $25 or create a new hem using matching thread for $18. I've always been pleased, and no one is more anal about their jeans than me. I realize you'll just have to take my word for it.

Too many key foods!

I started with two pair of pants (not jeans) that should be pretty easy--the hem line isn't very noticeable. The lady who helped me seemed like she knows her way around a needle and thread so I'm optimistic.