Lengthen Pants Online Clothing Alterations Service

Lengthen Pants

$49.00
$49.00
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Existing Hem: Use the seam allowance existing in the current hem. Additional material is added but not visible.
Add Cuff: Add visible additional material to extend the length of your pants. Use a matching material for a subtle and barely notice-able lengthening, or be bold and add contrasting colours or pattern to the make a new cuff that stands out.

Lengthen your pants with our professional online tailoring service. Extend the length of your pants by using the existing seam allowance, adding extra material of a colour and type, or opting for decorative fabric to make a statement. This service is also known as "adding a false hem" or "adding a cuff" to lengthen pants, is suitable for all types of pants, including jeans, trousers, chinos, and more.

Perfect for growing kids or adults looking to extend the life of op shop purchases or hand-me-downs that are a little too short. If your pants are too short, this is the service you've been looking for.

Hello Tailr is a convenient and easy online platform that allows you to to order clothing alterations from home. Use our door to door courier service or one of 5,000 drop off locations, Australia wide.

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Learn more about lengthening pants

Is it possible to lengthen pants?

Absolutely. A professional tailor or seamstress can assess and lengthen your pants in a few ways:

  • Existing Seam - This involves unpicking the existing hem (seam allowance) to let out more length of the original fabric, then attaching a new piece of material ("false hem") to be used as the backing material for the new hem. 
  • Adding Hem (Subtle / Discrete) - Find material that closely matches the existing pants in colour and composition and adding to existing pants as a new cuff. This may or may not also involve letting out the existing seam allowance. Since the colour and material of the new hem (or cuff) is similar, it's not an overly noticeable change, especially when you are not looking closely.
  • Adding Hem (Contrast / Bold) - This technique is the same as the method above, but rather than adding a matching piece of material you select one that is bold or bright, in contrast to the existing colour.

 

How do you lengthen pants? (video)

If you search how to lengthen pants you will find many technical sewing videos online. If you have the skills and experience to give this a try, you should definitely have a go yourself. If you're looking to get your pants lengthened because they are too short you can see how our tailors do it in this non technical step by step video. Watch how to lengthen pants by adding a false hem on Youtube Shorts.

 

How to lengthen pants that are too short?

Visit Hello Tailr to get your pants that are too short lengthened today. Our expert tailors will professionally lengthen your pants, chinos, trousers or jeans by adding additional material (inconspicuously or bold contrast colours and patterns) to meet your personal preference and style.

 

Can a tailor make pant legs longer?

If your pants are too short a seamstress or tailor can definitely lengthen your pants by adjusting the existing hem, or adding a new hem. 

 

Add a false hem to pants

A lot of people refer to this service as "adding a false hem" or "adding a cuff", typically adding a false hem means using the existing seam allowance, where as adding a cuff is adding additional material to extend the length of your pants. These phrases can change from region to region and it's best to be clear about your preferences when requesting this service from your professional clothing alterations service.