Denim Repair In Vancouver

[Nobody]

Can anyone recommend a repair shop/tailor/dry-cleaners that does a great job darning torn jeans?

Thanks for the help!

[KM80]

I've never heard of darning before, but I take my stuff to this guy and it's always worked out well for alterations and fixing little tears and things, I guess you could ask him how his darning skills are...

http://www.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=Albert%27s+Tailors&near=Vancouver,+BC&radius=0.0&latlng=49250494,-123111934,7627339923541587246&sa=X&oi=local&ct=authority&cd=1

[eddyz]

email or call up dutil, they will help you find a place to fix you jeans.

[stussified]

ALBERTTSSS!

I just got my blown out jeans back from him. Hes not like a jean expert, but he'll get it done and at a cheap price.

[Nobody]

Great! Thanks for the tip, I'll give Albert a try.

For the record, darning is a traditional stitch for repairing worn or torn fabrics. It ends up looking like a fine zig-zag pattern keeping your stuff together. You can see an example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darning, and a specific description here: http://web.archive.org/web/20060217005245/www.45rpm.jp/denim/detail.jsp?id=011〈=en

Thanks again!

[KM80]

email or call up dutil, they will help you find a place to fix you jeans.

Yeah that was actually who reffered me to Albert's.

[bd604]

I took my jeans to Albert and he did *not* darn them. he put a patch over the blown out crotch and admittedly did a great job of sewing it on, including reinforcing the seams and sewing over the hole, but he clearly did not 'darn'.

A bit disappointing, i'll admit, especially on my $400 PBJs =/