drum007 wrote:Hey canoe2, great job modifying the budget Matchless collar. I'm really thinking of giving this a try! Where there any specific instructions you gave your tailor? I'm sure any competant tailor would know how to do this.
Thanks! Turned out okay; like I said, for less than $90.00 all in, I was pretty happy. There has been a lot of hits on the links to the Ebay Banana Republic suede jackets on the site, so I guess other people might want to try it too.
What I did was trace the original jacket collar on paper. Then I folded over and pinned down the original collar and kept trying it on and adjusting the pins until it had a height I liked that also matched up (more or less) with the pictures. I took the measurements of the adjusted collar height I liked and created the new pattern on the same paper with the first tracing so the tailor could see how much needed to be removed. For me the final height was 2.15" at the back tappering down to 1.75" at the ends, but the measurements will depend on your personal preference and the size of the jacket. On the pattern I also drew in how I wanted the "points" removed at the ends of the collar to create more of a squared off look. Then I took the pattern and pictures to the tailor and he went to work.
Of course, I probably could of just asked someone here that has the Matchless to send me the collar measurements 
I agree with everyone else, great site.
