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Get stiff

Filed under: Accessories

StiffsHow many times does a product come around that makes you hit yourself on the forehead and say "Why didn't I think of that?" Here is another feather for your cap ... Stiffs.

Stiffs are little sticky strips that act as a temporary hem for your pants (take them off before you wash your pants though). Sounds silly, but think about all of the chewed up pants you have because they drag the floor ever so slightly. Happens to me all the time. I am not one for a trip to the tailor unless its totally necessary because there are so many pants that are perfect with heels but disastrous with flats.

Stiffs are the solution to all of your hemline problems. Best part, they are only $10, much cheaper than the tailor and definitely cheaper than new pants. Don't you wish you thought of it first? Oh well, you didn't so you may as well reap the benefits to the lucky one who did and get some Stiffs.

Get it altered

Filed under: Clothing

Buying clothing off the rack, whether it's in a discount or a department store, is much easier and less expensive than getting clothing custom made or going straight to a designer. But even if the actual design of the garment is good, that doesn't mean it's going to fit properly. A few years ago, an ill-fitting garment might have been put back on that rack if it didn't work out in the dressing room, but that is no longer the case. Lately, the trend is to buy clothes and have them altered to fit your body and your tastes. People are even getting their t-shirts tailored -- where once the most common alteration was to lengthen or shorten a hemline or inseam.

This taste for tailoring is known as "remaking" clothes and Barney's, for example, is reporting a 20% increase in the number of alterations made this year over last year. Requests are made for more body-conscious clothing, at a level that clothing made to fit different body types simply cannot match.

Is it worth the added expense? It is to many, who get a satisfaction out of having created something at some level. To others, it isn't worth the time or the price and they'd rather seek out brands that fit them well from the get-go than wait 2-3 weeks for their newly remade t-shirt to get returned.

[via WSJ]

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