{"id":211,"date":"2025-08-01T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandleather.tqt.io\/blog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:31:35","slug":"our-sleeve-shortening-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/our-sleeve-shortening-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Our sleeve shortening service"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><\/figure>\n<p>We know that the leather jackets you invest in from Lakeland Leather are just that &#8211; a true investment in quality and long-lasting style. Because of this, we want to make sure your jacket fits you perfectly, and there&#8217;s nothing more frustrating than when the sleeves are just that bit too long!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where our professional sleeve shortening service comes in, <strong>for just \u00a340 (plus \u00a33.99 postage and packaging)<\/strong> and a 2 to 3 week average turnaround time. Follow our handy step-by-step guide below to get your perfect fit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn the sleeve under to your required length &#8211; we recommend just above the thumb knuckle<\/li>\n<li>Allow for a small amount of creepage on the sleeve length, which will happen naturally with wear<\/li>\n<li>Check you&#8217;re happy with the overall length of the sleeve, then hold onto the turned up sleeve and remove your jacket<\/li>\n<li>Measure the amount of sleeve being turned under to the nearest full cm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To request this service, either pop into any of our <a href=\"\/store-locator\">UK stores<\/a> or reach out to Customer Care via <a href=\"mailto:online@lakelandleather.co.uk\">online@lakelandleather.co.uk<\/a> or 015394 39020.<\/p>\n<p>Additional repairs and expert advice are available from our knowledgeable Customer Care team, simply email <a href=\"mailto:online@lakelandleather.co.uk\">online@lakelandleather.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know that the leather jackets you invest in from Lakeland Leather are just that &#8211; a true investment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-leather-experts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":915,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelandleather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}