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Perhaps I'm a sucker, but I tend to buy jeans too long for me and then end
up not getting them shortened because of potential ruin of the bottom hem.
I'm aware of a number of tailors in Los Angeles (inevitably) that
specialize in shortening jeans. Does such a thing exist in NYC as well?
-Sasha
Gothamist can sympathize with the jeans that are too long. We wonder sometimes if the jeans at some stores were designed for Amazons, and not for those of us with shorter inseams. (We'll spare you the rant about how women's jean sizes are totally arbitrary.) And if you buy those jeans that are too long, they either bunch up around your ankles or they drag on the ground and get all frayed and dirty.
We aren't aware of any tailors in the city that specialize in just jeans (if the readers know otherwise, by all means correct us!) but many tailors will shorten your jeans. Manhattan Users Guide and New York Magazine both have some good recommendations for tailors in the city. (And, for those of you in underrepresented neighborhoods, we found this guy in Inwood who will gladly adjust your hem.) We suggest calling ahead to be sure that whoever you choose doesn't specialize in, say, wedding gowns, because it might be a little awkward when you walk in there clutching your new jeans.
We also Googled for more info and found this page from the Vogue Australia forums with lots of suggestions for getting jeans altered (including how to measure the inseam to make sure not too much gets taken off the bottom).
Related: Ask Gothamist on returning jeans to stores with lenient return policies.
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Most drycleaners will have a tailor on premises who will sew hems and shorten pants, jeans, and jacket sleeves for very little money.
I have short legs and I am always frustrated when I try to buy jeans and pants because they are always so long on me. I live in Hoboken and there is a tailor that does a great job shortening my jeans. I brought in a pair of pants that are the perfect length on me and she shortened them to the perfect length and it looks like they are finished like normal jeans. It's Ray's Cleaners on 3rd and Garden in Hoboken, NJ. It might be a treck but Hoboken is a cute town to shop in, drink in, and/or have lunch in so make a day of it!
try stanton talior (stanton btwn. orchard and ludlow)--they do a bang up job for $10. Beware, they are closed on Sundays...
You can walk into many tailors and request for your jeans to be shortened and for the original hem to be used, they're pretty slick how they stitch it back on without losing any of the original flavor!
Before going to the tailor, try on the jeans with the flattest shoes and highest heels you'll wear them with and think about what length is best...I've shortened some jeans and they are too short for some heels, but perfect for sneakers...
i've altered lots of jeans...i have no idea why female jean patterns are typically graded to be so long...not much of a problem for guys...
the problem you'll find with taking your jeans to most tailors is bulky side/inseams and a stiff hem that doesn't match well...it usually looks just too new...it needs to be roughed up a bit and, depending on the wash, lightly bleached (you'll notice most jeans have a hem that appears slightly gathered with color variation between the peaks and valleys...this is because the first fabric washing usually takes place after construction).
anyway, if anyone's interested...i'll do the alterations for $15 a pair...less if you've got multiples...drop a line: sy_s (at) hotmail (dot) com...i'm in tribeca.
I am a professional privet alterations seamstress and I specialize in orginal hems for blue jeans along with orginal waists. I can some to you fit your jeans to the shoes you want to wear them with and have them back to you in 3 - 7 days. Usually its by the day after I picked them up from you.