Lunar Obverse

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His answer was that everything you will ever see on a celebrity’s body, including their outfits when they’re out and about and they just get caught by a paparazzo, has been tailored, and the same goes for everything on What Not To Wear.  Jeans, blazers, dresses - everything right down to plain t-shirts and camisoles.  He pointed out that historically, up until the last few generations, the vast majority of people either made their own clothing or had their clothing made by tailors and seamstresses.  You had your clothing made to accommodate the measurements of your individual body, and then you moved the fuck on.  Nothing on the show or in People magazine is off the rack and unaltered.  He said that what they do is ignore the actual size numbers on the tags, find something that fits an individual’s widest place, and then have it completely altered to fit.  That’s how celebrities have jeans that magically fit them all over, and the rest of us chumps can’t ever find a pair that doesn’t gape here or ride up or slouch down or have about four yards of extra fabric here and there.

I read about this years back, in one of the many many self-help or how-to-date books I’ve read (I’m pretty sure I’ve read them all) and it’s always made sense to me. Just have the stuff tailored. 

My trouble has been a) having enough disposable income to do it (problem solved!) and b) finding a tailor I can work with for the long run, someone who will know me and my general proportions and on whom I can dump a bunch of off the rack stuff and have it all just made to fit.

Anyone know a good tailor in Portland who will work with me on this? Because I still want to do it.