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Unfortunately no discount on multiple pairs because the volume we are doing besides generally most of the customers bring in multiples.It's 18$ for a superhem and if it's raw denim then it needs only a wrinkle hem 16$.I don't have pics ,sorry.

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I'll say this on the topic.It is no longer considered cheap quality when speaking of certain "third world countries".Yes most major denim brands and other garments are now being produced in China and ect.What many don't realize is that these great japanese brands you all speak highly of ~ a number of them are 75% produced outside of japan and brought back for the last 25%(maybe as little as pockets and hardware or even labels make up the 25%) to be finished so they can put made in japan labels.Also many Japanese brands buy denim from Pakistan,Turkey,Peru and a few others. So if you have loved your japanese brands and hold them in high regards then you can consider china and ect to be of high quality.I think many denim fanatics believe that all their jeans are woven cut sewn and produced straight out of Japan and it's not totally true.

Now this is my issue~ as I've researched manufactures and goods all over the world for my own line and I'm from the U.S. and I have pride and would like to see our jobs back here in America to help our own economy. We can continue to support companies that produce overseas and that sell back in the US to only financially gain for their own few pockets while the jobs here diminish and our economy suffers and the economies overseas benefit.The garment industry is a big part of what makes up our economy.Now I can appreciate what other denim companies have to offer and there is no doubt that Japan is fanatical about what they produce and it's hands down superior.But where do you think their inspiration for the love of denim comes from? It's our vintage denim from right here in the United States. They come over and sweep our fleamarkets and denim dealers and outspend our local buyers and take it all back to Japan by the loads.They say that in the near future that if you want to buy good vintage denim that you'll have to go to Japan.Actually I know denim dealers that are already doing just that.It's a shame that we as awhole do not share the same enthusiam for our own young culture as others like Japan and western Europe do.It's our fault.So to you denim finatics who gobble up all the great japanese brands, try going to good vintage stores or fleamarkets and buy a great pair of original levis or Lee's ect.I mean for the amount of money you're spending on these jeans you can afford a good pair of vintage 501xx levis(which is basically what every japanese jean is inspired from).All the chainstitches and hidden rivets and thread counts ect ect is all from the way levis were made back in the day.It was originated and developed here.

p.s this is not an attack just a rant and insight.

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Thanks for droppin that knowledge Ringring, very well done!

So anybody in the LA area ever have their jeans altered at DENIMDOCTOR? If so, can you post pics...I want to see how well the results are. Also, what is the wait and price for each jean?

I'm a noob in this game with a lot of jeans just wayyy too long! IF I happen to check out DenimDoctor, do I just drop off my jeans or do I have to ask for a specific service on them? I'm sure they'll know what to do....

--- Original message by bathe my ape on Oct 7, 2005 04:53 PM

Yes just bring them in.Understand that we are so busy that right now the turn around time is a week.So if you need them for something special wait until you have the time.

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Hey Bert,

well I am really sorry that someone told you otherwise! Yes we have a chainstitch machine and always have had one.Understand that the reason for the repair business we have basically started from the need from dealers in the denim vintage biz.So it kind of sparked from there to the general public.Unfortunately because we are so bogged down with so many jeans that our turn around time is about a week.Unless you pay 10$ more for a rush.

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Denim Doctors or Dr. Denim is on Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles. Supposedly they are so good, that people from NYC mail their jeans there to get repaired. Give them a call.

--- Original message by soultek on Apr 13, 2005 10:44 PM

Denim Doctors is located at 8044 W 3rd st. los angeles ,Ca 90048.

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Denim Doctors or Dr. Denim is on Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles. Supposedly they are so good, that people from NYC mail their jeans there to get repaired. Give them a call.

--- Original message by soultek on Apr 13, 2005 10:44 PM

Denim Doctors is located at 8044 W 3rd st. los angeles ,Ca 90048.

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Why is it so seemingly difficult for jeans stores or even places like Denim Doctors in L. A., who supposedly specialize in altering jeans, to have machines that can chain stitch when in Japan just about every jean store, including the levis stores, can chain stitch your jeans in around 15 minutes while you wait?

--- Original message by Bert and Pat Guiterrez on May 22, 2005 02:44 PM

Hey Bert, you mentioned my store Denim Doctors and we do chainstitch for hems.If you were told otherwise they were wrong.If an employee told you that they were very wrong! Good luck. And to some other post on my store, yes we are a little more expensive than your local tailor but people have to realize that what we do is above the rest.That is why we developed a business around this particular type of work.We have also been doing it before denim even became such a craze.So when we do something like a superhem(which we coined) it is actually custom work.It's not your 8$ or 10$ dry cleaner hem.Other tailors are now trying to do our superhem and it just isn't the same.We do many fix-its on other tailors work.A few have been able to do a pretty decent job but the two I know of charge 30$ and up for a superhem.So I don't think 18$ is that expensive.People have to understand it is much harder to work on denim than even the finest suit.That's why we are farther ahead in the game than most other tailors.And we have been perfecting it for years.I also hear complaints on the turn around time.Yes it is much longer than I would like it to be but in the last year alone our business has increased so much that it's hard to keep up with the demand.If there were more sewers qualified to do this type of work we could bulk up our staff.I am baffled when someone actually gets "angry" at us for the wait, if you don't want to wait shrug your shoulders and find another place.I would never get angry at a restraunt if they told me the wait was really long I would either mosy up to the bar or find another restraunt.How can I be angry at an establishment for being busy?It's that simple.

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Why is it so seemingly difficult for jeans stores or even places like Denim Doctors in L. A., who supposedly specialize in altering jeans, to have machines that can chain stitch when in Japan just about every jean store, including the levis stores, can chain stitch your jeans in around 15 minutes while you wait?

--- Original message by Bert and Pat Guiterrez on May 22, 2005 02:44 PM

Hey Bert, you mentioned my store Denim Doctors and we do chainstitch for hems.If you were told otherwise they were wrong.If an employee told you that they were very wrong! Good luck. And to some other post on my store, yes we are a little more expensive than your local tailor but people have to realize that what we do is above the rest.That is why we developed a business around this particular type of work.We have also been doing it before denim even became such a craze.So when we do something like a superhem(which we coined) it is actually custom work.It's not your 8$ or 10$ dry cleaner hem.Other tailors are now trying to do our superhem and it just isn't the same.We do many fix-its on other tailors work.A few have been able to do a pretty decent job but the two I know of charge 30$ and up for a superhem.So I don't think 18$ is that expensive.People have to understand it is much harder to work on denim than even the finest suit.That's why we are farther ahead in the game than most other tailors.And we have been perfecting it for years.I also hear complaints on the turn around time.Yes it is much longer than I would like it to be but in the last year alone our business has increased so much that it's hard to keep up with the demand.If there were more sewers qualified to do this type of work we could bulk up our staff.I am baffled when someone actually gets "angry" at us for the wait, if you don't want to wait shrug your shoulders and find another place.I would never get angry at a restraunt if they told me the wait was really long I would either mosy up to the bar or find another restraunt.How can I be angry at an establishment for being busy?It's that simple.

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Let me answer this for everyone , I own a store in Los Angeles that specializes in this area.It's a misconception that a great tailor can hem a jean if he's amazing with suits.Denim is extremely more difficult than any other fabric to work with.Trust me! Los Angeles is full of great tailors and we constantly have customers bringing their jeans in to have them fixed by botched jobs from other tailors.Now I'm not saying that there aren't other tailors who can do this but it is correct that most will do the job and the thickness will be more than the original.This is something we've been perfecting for over 7 years now ,well before any other tailor even thought about learning correctly because it simply was before this huge denim surge.We have jeans sent everyday from all over the country and all over the world because we have continued to build our reputation.I'm not trying to come off as arrogant or pompous just wanted to clearify the misconception about great tailors and the difference from denim to other fine fabrics.If a jean has a chainstitch then we put a chainstitch on it.

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