Made to Measure

Duty-free imports under $800 ended in August 2025. Here's what that means for clothing you order from abroad, who pays the duty, and what 'duties included' really tells you.

You can't try jeans on through a screen, but you can get close. Here's the checklist we'd use for any online jeans order, ours or anyone else's.

You've sent your numbers. Now what? Here's every step from the measurement check to delivery, with the timings in working days, and what happens if the fit isn't right.

Fit comes first, but details make a pair yours. Here's every option, what each one changes, and combinations that work.

A chain-stitch hem is the traditional way to finish a jeans leg, and the reason some hems ripple into a rope-like fade. Here's how it compares with the other hems.

The button fly came first and still has fans; the zip fly is quicker. Here's how they differ in feel, wear and looks, and how to choose.

Your favorite jeans are the best fit guide you own. Here's how to measure them flat, what copies across exactly, what to change, and how to write tailor notes that a pattern maker can act on.

Some fit problems cost $15 to fix at a tailor. Others can't be fixed at any price. Here's what alterations typically cost, what they can't do, and how to decide between altering and ordering a pair made to your measurements.

A pair of jeans goes from cotton fiber to finished pair in about a dozen steps. Here's each one, and what changes when the pair is cut from your own measurements instead of a size chart.