Originally Posted by
MacBean
I took it back and marked the coat in chalk with the precise curve I wanted. They made a straight diagonal cut, stating it would look better that way, and ruined the coat entirely; a shame.
I definately would not take them any more business if that is the regard they show for your explicit instruction. No reasonable craftsman I think would condone making an irreversible alteration in opposition to what the customer directed W/O clearing it first out of respect to you and your property.
"The Highland dress is essentially a 'free' dress, -- that is to say, a man's taste and circumstances must alone be permitted to decide when and where and how he should wear it... I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed." -- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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