{"id":8,"date":"2026-10-11T03:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/what-to-bring-to-an-alterations-fitting\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:49:25","slug":"what-to-bring-to-an-alterations-fitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/what-to-bring-to-an-alterations-fitting\/","title":{"rendered":"What to bring to an alterations fitting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a fitting the tailor pins the garment on you, so it is altered for the way you stand and move. What you wear with it changes where a hem falls and how a waist sits, so bring these with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The garment itself<\/strong>, clean and ironed if you can, so the tailor sees how it really hangs.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>The shoes you will wear with it.<\/strong> Heel height changes the right length of trousers and dresses by several centimetres.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>The right underlayers:<\/strong> the shirt you will wear under a jacket, or the bra and shapewear you will wear under a dress.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Anything that goes with it<\/strong>, such as a belt, a waistcoat or the jacket that goes with the trousers.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Your date<\/strong>, if the garment is for a wedding, an interview or a trip, so the work can be planned back from it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stand as you normally do while the garment is pinned, and say how you like it to feel: some people like trousers with a slight break over the shoe, others prefer none. If a garment is for a wedding, expect two or three fittings so the final adjustments can be made close to the date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fitting takes a few minutes, and the right shoes and underlayers make the result much better. Here is what to bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-hemline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}