[bummer] A moth?-eaten suit!

[deckeda]

Bought a nice (my nicest) suit a few years ago. Maybe wear it once a year. Put it on today and it's got several small holes on sleeve ends, two on the back and the slacks have one started.

Can someone take some unseen part from an inside cuff or whatever and "re-seam" where the holes are?

I never took cedar hangars and wood blocks seriously before.

Not going to inspect my other suits and sport coats tonight. Don't want to go to sleep even more pissed off.

[Racer X]

Yes they can. Its called reweaving.

[NewtonMP2100]

so looks like WEAV [ we've ] got a problem.......??

[deckeda]

reweave - roger that. Thanks.

[testcase]

Check with your dry cleaner. He should be able to connect you with someone who can re-weave.

[BernDog]

testcase wrote:
Check with your dry cleaner. He should be able to connect you with someone who can re-weave.

And do something about the moths, or it'll be all for naught.

[testcase]

BernDog wrote:
[quote=testcase]
Check with your dry cleaner. He should be able to connect you with someone who can re-weave.

And do something about the moths, or it'll be all for naught.
:agree:

If you don't want the smell of mothballs in the entire closet, get a suitbag that will completely zipper that suit in. A cedar insert (or mothballs) in with the suit should give the protection you need. I expect you haven't found a re-weaver yet. I expect it will be expensive.

[rgG]

I have rewoven holes in a few garments.
It is painstaking work.
Depending on the material, and the size and location of the holes, you might be able to do it yourself.
Check with the place that you got the suit, for a recommendation for someone who can do it. My husband had a hole in a jacket rewoven years ago, and the store where it was purchased, handled getting it done.

[OWC Jamie]

Is the distressed look not a fashion statement ?

[MysteryGuest]

Wow, I didn't realize that there were still reweavers around!