For the “Thom Browne Look”

G&G CLEANERS AND ALTERATION, 311 W. Broadway; 212-966-9813

ghetto gastro marketing director Malcolm McNeil first heard of G&G from his girlfriend, who had been a sales associate at A.P.C., which used the shop to hem and mend jeans for its recycling program. Later on, a friend at Thom Browne told McNeil the brand used G&G for alterations as well. “I figured if both of those brands use G&G, then I should use them too,” McNeil says. So he brought a pair of ill-fitting trousers with an unfinished hem into the shop. Before he could say anything, the woman at the counter suggested he get the “Thom Browne look.” A week later, the pants came back with the hem slightly above his ankle and a neat, subtle cuff (which, six years later, has yet to come undone). He’s since brought in several more pairs of pants for adjustments and jeans for patching. No matter the job, he says, “there’s a level of consistency there that is unparalleled.” Jenelle Manzi, a ballerina with the New York City Ballet, is also a G&G devotee. (She struggles to find straight-leg jeans that fit her muscular calves and smaller waist, so she typically buys a size up, then has them altered.) She’s had G&G fix up or fit at least ten pairs of her beloved vintage Levi’s and some black Gala pants from The Row. (From $20.)