Tailoring question (trenchcoat)

[PJV20097]

Hello. Hopefully there's someone who knows tailoring and alterations inside-outside who'll read this post.

I am wondering how feasible it is to significantly reduce the size and fitting of a trenchcoat -- narrowing the width of the arms (which have buckles around the wrists), taking in the shoulders (which have epaulettes attached at the shoulder seam) and the sides (awkward panelling that meet the side seams and pockets close by) ... basically taking the whole coat down by at least one size. I often have shirts, suit jackets and the like taken down a size or two, but never a garment of this size or complexity. Any suggestions? I'm in London.

[kyo]

Taking in the arms and chest shouldn't be a problem, though it will be pretty expensive. However im not sure if a tailor will be able to do much with the shoulders.

[djrajio]

Taking in the arm length and the sides from the midsection under the arm is easy to do and not expensive. Anything else will require an entire deconstruction of the trench.

[Raskol]

just wondering, why is it so hard to take in the shoulders a little bit? i've heard people say that you can take in almost enything except the shoulders.

[djrajio]

Again, it can be done. But its not as simple since they need to deconstruct the entire article and reassemble it.