Tailoring help for shorts/khakis

[megalison]

I have a pair of size 40w khaki shorts, got em for real cheap (And nice brand) but now im kinda regretting it lol.. can you tailor these down to around a 31? Also the leg opening as well?

Also, for full khaki pants, can you taper the legs on those?

thanks

[Amuthini]

you want to shrink the waist size of your shorts 9 inches ? i don't think it will ever look right.

[tamper]

9inches, The back pocket would need to be halfway inside the pants. For all the work it would take to recut those you might as well go to Fabricland buy a few yards of twill and give it to the tailor. It would be cheaper to start from scratch. Unless you're going to gain 100 pounds return/get rid of them.

Tapering is tricky also tricky to get right. Can ruin the pants. Will require skilled tailor, and quite a bit of time. and time+skill=money

In both cases probably just cheaper to buy the right pants new.

[megalison]

Damn, I guess I'll just sell the pair of I have now... it retails at over 100+ but I got it for 20$ off ebay :D

The reason I asked about the khaki pants were cause I can't find any that are slim fit rather than what they usually are.