Albert Einstein once said, “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”

As a fan of custom tailoring and clothing alterations, I could not agree more.

While an urban legend states that Einstein wore the same clothing everyday, in fact Karen C. Fox and Aries Keck’s book Einstein A to Z reveals that the famous genius wore beautiful silk vests, and dapper neckwear picked by his wife.

Mrs. Einstein I presume, fancied fine clothing and had a regular appointment with a special tailor to help swath her husband in fine clothing fit for a theoretical physicist.

For the well-dressed woman who is looking for a quick treatise on clothing alterations before hiring a tailor, read on for my best advice on tailoring and what you need to know before hiring a master clothing magician. Read the rest of this entry »