u/Alarmed_Depth_7874

I've got the classic annoying build where nothing quite works.

Shoulders are fairly broad, arms are on the shorter side and I've got a bit of a chest on me. If the jacket fits my shoulders, there's heaps of room everywhere else. Size down and I'm fighting the jacket whenever I move.

Been getting stuff altered for years and it helps, but there's only so much you can do with something that wasn't made for your shape in the first place.

So is custom tailoring actually worth doing in this situation?

I'm seeing everything from under $1k to several grand and I'm having trouble working out what the sensible middle ground is. Probably happy around $1.4k to $1.9k if that's where the decent options start.

Also, what should I actually be asking the tailor?

Like, how they're taking measurements, whether they're drafting a pattern for you, what construction they're using, how many fittings etc.

Don't want to walk in knowing nothing and just nod along while someone tells me it'll be great.

My love for browsing bookstores and building a collection has completely outpaced my actual reading speed. Every time I promise myself that I won’t buy a new book until I finish at least three from my current physical TBR (to-be-read) pile, I end up walking past a bookstore and leaving with two more. There is just something incredibly satisfying about owning a physical copy and adding it to the shelf, even if I know it might sit there for months before I actually crack it open.

It feels like accumulating books brings a completely different type of joy than the actual act of reading them.