Customs jeans in Shockoe Slip

A new shop is setting up in Shockoe Slip that will provide you custom jeans for what I’m told is the reasonable price of $175 – $225. More intriguing to me is that owner Anthony Lupesco plans complimentary beer or wine while a tailor hems your pants. Details in Richmond Biz.com.

The front half of the 3,000-square-foot shop at 13 S. 15th St. will have a showroom with jeans for purchase, Lupesco said. Customers will also be able to design their own looks.

“If you decided you wanted to create something more unique, we would measure you, and you would choose the fit you wanted, and then choose the fabric,” he said. “You would then have the ability to choose the thread color, buttons and other accessories.”

“People can see the jeans being made,” Lupesco said. “They can watch their jeans get hemmed on the spot.”