Leather jackets have become a part of fashion now everyone is adding at least one leather jacket to their wardrobe because you can easily wear an outfit in less time but sometimes a leather jacket does not suit your size it makes you feel bad and to make it fit your fitting size you stitch your leather jacket. At Leather Hub USA we believe that everyone deserve their perfect fitted leather jacket so in the case your leather jacket is not perfect fit like lose from sleeve or other problem then you have to alter your leather jacket but the best option is you have always choose the customization option for perfect fit
AVERAGE COST TO TAILOR A LEATHER JACKET
Leather jacket tailoring is more expensive and difficult than other fabrics, so if you want to tailor your leather jacket for some reason, such as adjusting the sleeves or adjusting the fit, you have to keep one thing in mind that leather fabric tailoring is more expensive than other fabrics, so the prices here are according to the USA, according to the cost of tailoring their parts:
1. SLEEVES ADJUSTMENT
If you want to change size of the sleeves like lengthening it or shortening of your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: Around 20$ to 30$
But you have to keep one thing in mind, shortening the sleeves of a leather jacket is easy but if you want to lengthen it will be difficult
2. HEM ADJUSTMENT
If you want to change the length of your leather jacket like you want to shorten it or lengthen it so it will:
Cost: 60$ to 100$
We already tell you the shortening is but lengthening it is not, the lining needs rework on the leather jacket
3. FITTING ADJUSTMENT
If you want to change the fitting from the chest or from the upper waist or whole fitting of your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: 50$ to 130$
Note one thing that the inner lining will open then it will adjust according to your need
4. SHOULDER ADJUSTMENT
If you want to change the size of shoulder of your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: 75$ to 150$
Because first of all the sleeves are removed then the shoulder will adjust
5. ZIPPER REPLACEMENT
If you want to adjust the zipper or want to replace it of your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: 40$ to 100$
The price of zipper replacement depends upon the quality of the zipper
6. SLEEVE TAPERING
If you want to adjust the fitting of sleeve of your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: 30$ to 80$
It is the most common alteration for creating the fitted look
7. PATCHES ADDITIONS
If you want to add patches on your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: 20$ to 150$ or more than it
So the customization price of patches depends upon the quality and quantity of patches
8. LINING REPLACEMENT
If you want to replace lining of your leather jacket so it will:
Cost: 80$ to 200$
It is one of the highest tailoring of leather jackets because it takes more time than other alterations
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q:1 Can every tailor work on leather fabric?
Ans: Not every tailor works on leather fabric because it requires experience so if you want to tailor your leather jacket like adjustment of your sleeves, lining adjustment, zipper replacement or other adjustment then you have to choose an expert tailor in leather.
Q:2 Can the zipper on a leather jacket be replaced easily?
Ans: Yes, it is one of the replacement or alterations of leather jackets but the price of zipper replacement depends upon the quality of the zipper.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Tailoring a leather jacket is a less investment to achieve your perfect leather jacket but the alteration of your leather jacket depends on the part of your leather jacket because different parts of leather jacket tailor with different price and it also depends upon the quality of hardwares like zipper or patches so all the price according to their part mentioned above, range from 20 To 200$. At Leather Hub USA, we believe that a leather jacket is like the second skin of a person so you have to invest at least once on it and if you would not achieve the perfect fit of leather jacket then you have to go with a tailor option.
