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  • beawulf
    Junior Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 2

    can I shrink it?



    Hi, this is my first post! I found you guys yesterday and I think somone may be able to help me out...



    My Mom got me a fantastic handmade coat from Zara but its just a bit to big and I look kinda dumpy in it. So I was wondering if i could shrink it without ruining it completely. The outershell is 70% woll and 30% Nylon and the lining is 100% polyester. As a textiles major I feel stilly not knowing if it would work or not this but I've just starded my major studies...





    Thanks!

  • Chinorlz
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 6422

    #2
    Re: can I shrink it?



    mm, probably not uniformly unfortunately. The poly and the nylon don't shrink as they're synthetics. The wool will and potentially result in a fabric "buckling" which is definitely not the look you're going for.




    Your best bet is to take it to a really solid tailor and get it tailored for you. Be sure they take up the sleeves at the shoulders and not at the cuffs! HUGE difference!




    Good luck!




    Albert

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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      #3
      Re: can I shrink it?



      why not just take it to a tailor? what care instructions are on the tag?



      P.S. Welcome

      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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      • xcoldricex
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2006
        • 1347

        #4
        Re: can I shrink it?

        coats aren't a very good thing to try to shrink - as everyone else said - take it to the tailor!

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        • beawulf
          Junior Member
          • Jan 2007
          • 2

          #5
          Re: can I shrink it?

          yeah...that was my fear...thanks a lot though! :)

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