My father's unorthodox tailoring request. Please advise.

[Joel_Cairo]

My dad recently discovered that Canali is a good cut for him, so he picked up a couple suits at Filene's Basement. They are double vented, but he prefers ventless (he's generally proportional, but with a bit of a belly - more or less the precise body-type for which Manton's book recommends ventless). The tailor told him that he could easily "remove" the vents, but I'm not so sure... wouldn't he end up with a stitched shut jacket that has visible seams, as if he just didn't undo the basting keeping the vents shut? My dad seems a little apprehensive on the tailor's overall quality (found the sleeve buttons to be rather slapdashedly reattached after sleeve shortening), so I wonder if this guy knows what he's talking about.

Assuming someone wants to devent a jacket, can it be done? Should I urge him to call the tailor post-haste and cancel the alteration?

 

[grimslade]

The vents run along a seam that would be there in any case, so a competent tailor should be able to close them. NOt that I endorse the operation...

 

[Manton]

Closing vents is easy, but once done, it cannot be undone, unless the tailor purposefully leaves the underlap on each side as inlay. And, typically, they don't do that.

 

[Joel_Cairo]

Ok thanks guys. I too was taken aback that he'd want to do such a thing, but to each his own I guess. After 60 years of wearing Abboud & JAB, I'm just happy he's finally looking into something a little nicer.

 

[finch]

It's a non-issue and any good tailor can close up a double vented jacket with ease. Myself I love the look of a double vented jacked, as mentioned once the jacket has been altered there's no going back.