Most women fall into one of two categories: Those who have their tailor on speed dial, and those who've never ventured into the world of clothing alterations. If you fall in the latter group, you ...

Denim and tailoring are no strangers to one another, as evidenced by a half-century of Ralph Lauren. But as we enter our brave new, dressed-down world, labels best known for suiting are increasingly ...

Tailors are unsung sartorial heroes. They turn ill-fitting, unflattering clothing into made-to-order masterpieces. And they’re relatively easy to find, but there are a few keys to finding a good ...

Jeans, in fact, are anything but basic, says Maurice Ohayon, who applied his tailoring savoir faire to denim when he started Atelier Notify in 2003. What began as a small workshop experimenting with ...

When skinny jeans were just starting to become popular, I was hesitant to take the plunge and spend the money to buy a new pair, but I still wanted to try out the trend. So instead of buying them, I ...

For the fashion-conscious, wearing sweatpants in public is a cardinal sin, excusable only if you’re working out or doing laundry. Otherwise, sweatpants-wearers get stereotyped as hungover or recently ...

Many San Franciscans happily live in hoodies, yoga pants and jeans. But we also wear gowns to the Opera, suits to the Symphony and vintage everywhere - with a few tweaks, of course. "It's the little ...

Most everyone loves a good pair of jeans, but perhaps no one more than Kelly Durand. Durand is the owner of Tucson’s Desert Denim Company, which offers vintage Levi jeans, tailor-fit by Durand herself ...