is it impossible- to add length to jeans?

[krn.nyc]

Hey all,

I know this might become a flame thread towards me... hope not though

I've searched it and maybe because it's such an impossibility it has never been asked.

I had my APC jeans hemmed too short and am unsatisfied with the inseam length... If I get access to the raw denim that's usually hemmed off, is it possible to reattach?

That seems kind of unlikely since there would be no conceivable way to hold the two parts together without having a thread sewing them both...

Any other ways to add maybe a little length back in my jeans?

These are New Standards unwashed also ...

thanks for the help guys

[fndmybetterhalf]

you can sling your jeans down low...but yeah if you dont want your jeans lookin like ass, with an extra line of denim (that probably wont match in color) hanging down, you stick with your length.

[krn.nyc]

^^ what if it was the same exact type of denim?

yeah kind of sucks. now i realize i shouldn't have hemmed it so much

thanks

[fndmybetterhalf]

well...i guess you COULD add denim onto it but still...even at that, it'll just look goofy. idk if its been done by someone on this forum or if its been shown but i would imagine it to be pretty weird.

[pokpok]

sell them and get a new pair

[ericdw]

maybe if you could find denim that matches reallly well, and then have it professionally attached at the bottoms of the legs in such a way that it may be hidden by some stacking? it's a long shot

[LIVENUDEGIRLS]

Hey all,

I know this might become a flame thread towards me... hope not though

I've searched it and maybe because it's such an impossibility it has never been asked.

I had my APC jeans hemmed too short and am unsatisfied with the inseam length... If I get access to the raw denim that's usually hemmed off, is it possible to reattach?

That seems kind of unlikely since there would be no conceivable way to hold the two parts together without having a thread sewing them both...

Any other ways to add maybe a little length back in my jeans?

These are New Standards unwashed also ...

thanks for the help guys

how much length do you need? Its not hard to stretch them out an inch or two in the length or even more if you get creative.

[beast]

Hey all,

I know this might become a flame thread towards me... hope not though

I've searched it and maybe because it's such an impossibility it has never been asked.

I had my APC jeans hemmed too short and am unsatisfied with the inseam length... If I get access to the raw denim that's usually hemmed off, is it possible to reattach?

That seems kind of unlikely since there would be no conceivable way to hold the two parts together without having a thread sewing them both...

Any other ways to add maybe a little length back in my jeans?

These are New Standards unwashed also ...

thanks for the help guys

1. After hemming, there would be some extra material folded and sewn inside the jeans which you can remove the threads to lengthen the jeans by an inch or so (depending on how much extra material folded in).

2. You can conceivably sew the extra material you find to the legs of the jeans and it would not be obvious.

[Tarmac]

heres the secret Okayama way to get them longer:

1. get:

priority envelope

digital camera

2. post on ebay

3. get money

4. ship short jeans out

5. buy longer one

[Swych]

I've actually 'added length' to my pair of nudies when I first started fucking around with denim. If you've kept the hemmed piece, you could re-attach it. There will be a line where the attachment is made, which if your cut piece is long enough, could be covered up by cuffing correctly to hide the line. Needless to say, this is pretty dumb but mine fly under the radar. Have done for the past 2 years.

[Kasper]

I've actually 'added length' to my pair of nudies when I first started fucking around with denim. If you've kept the hemmed piece, you could re-attach it. There will be a line where the attachment is made, which if your cut piece is long enough, could be covered up by cuffing correctly to hide the line. Needless to say, this is pretty dumb but mine fly under the radar. Have done for the past 2 years.

yeah, if you cuff your jeans just after the sewn line, nobody should be able to see it.

for extra material, it's a really long shot, but you might want to try to call or mail APC

[Tarmac]

if you cuff them, they are shorter again

[hilite]

if you cuff them, they are shorter again

I was thinking the same thing.

[Kasper]

if you cuff them, they are shorter again

if you had more fabric than the length of the cuff, then will will be longer. you can add almost the length of the cuff to the overall length, and the line where the 2 parts are sewn won't be showing.

think of it this way, you have a 32 inseam, you add 4 inches of new fabric so new inseam is 36 but you have a line at 32 so you make a 2.5 inches cuff and the new inseam is now 33.5 and the line is hidden...

[plongin]

unwashed,which means that they would prob shrink further.

therefore, you could make the first pair of apc ns berms.

[Superstar]

i dont know how long they are on you, but if they are long enough you prolly could hide the connecting-point with some stacking..

[Swych]

if you had more fabric than the length of the cuff, then will will be longer. you can add almost the length of the cuff to the overall length, and the line where the 2 parts are sewn won't be showing.

think of it this way, you have a 32 inseam, you add 4 inches of new fabric so new inseam is 36 but you have a line at 32 so you make a 2.5 inches cuff and the new inseam is now 33.5 and the line is hidden...

thx for the explanation. couldn't have done it better myself.