Haberdashery is pronounced dead [View all]

First, give me the highest marks for irony. I, who sit around in old sweats (often with holes in them) much of the week, running a home business, am commenting on haberdashery. Double ironic, though you wouldn't be in on the joke, because the most northern part of my ancestral tree is populated by a haberdasher in 16th century London. So there, if any of you blithering idiots think I'm not qualified to spell haberdashery let alone opine on the subject, well, you know, to you!

Oh! That feels better already. Now for the subject of the space I've cleared, as if some reader isn't already exasperated that the topic isn't stated for their 15 second mind. About 16 years ago I wanted to have a pair of pants copied. Although store bought and a major brand, they were quite unique in design and fit famously. Slight flare as I recall, with light shimmer heavy polyester, and front combo pocket half flaps shaped more like a division sign written long hand - like 180 divided by 6 - you know that's hardly found anymore, there's not even a graphic for it that I can find.

Anyway I found a tailor in San Francisco, he was an old tailor who said he could copy anything, fabric and all. It was outrageous at $180. So I shelved the project. I still have the pants. Now, he moved to Hawaii and retired long ago, there are no pants copiers except for celebrities at $450-800 a pair, unless you ship to India and they won't copy the fabric. Culture is now more into copying chinos and jeans than actual casual dress slacks. If you can't squeeze your tush into it, they will copy it! But your Haggar dress pants are a thing for insurance agents, car salesmen, and probably undertakers. And so few tailors understand the process it's useless anyway.

You say, oh, it doesn't matter. I get it, but think if you had your ancestors' 1810 frock coat. You'd be rich, museums would be after you, you could probably hyperventilate on Antiques Road Show to your heart's content.

I'm going back to my sweats. Have a nice day.