[supertofu]

I have a 12 year old all-season jacket from LL Bean that is full of holes. It has survived a decade of winters in NYC and upstate NY. It has a removable lining so the coat also works in Spring and Fall. In the summer I can use it as a small backyard picnic blanket.

I love it so much and it is so functional that I refuse to replace it.

I wish I could just mail it to a service that would fix all the holes, clean it, and mail it back.

I'm sure I could find a local tailor, but local tailors aren't always easy to find, and the whole process is such a hassle.

Seamstress-as-a-service? Any takers?

[whartung]

I have a similarly aged jacket from Orvis. Even in Southern California, I probably wear it 300 days a year. The inner, fabric lining has some holes in it, and I just took it to the local cleaner. They managed to stitch it all up and make it...umm...whole.

Are they pretty? No. Only so much you can do, I guess. But it's functional, and it's inside, so, no worries.

A daily driver jacket is just like an old friend.

Linus was right.

[0x0000000]

It's too bad that scumbags took advantage of LLBean's lifetime warranty so they ended it. You may still be able to send it back to them to repair, but a few years ago it wouldn't have cost you anything. Maybe worth a shot if you really love it!

[dekhn]

Aahaha, my parents used to abuse that service (finding old jackets abandoned by students at the end of the school year) and I told them to stop because it was taking advantage.

[supertofu]

So, I looked into doing that back when LLBean had the lifetime warranty, but they offered to send me a new jacket. They wouldn't repair the old one. And I wanted to keep my old jacket.

[jjice]

Might be able to go to the local tailor. Definitely depends on the place, but a tailor is likely to do that kind of work for you. A lot of tailors I know also have professional cleaning equipment, so that might be the double whammy.