Alterations recommendations

So, last winter I splashed out and bought a lovely looking Jersey from Cafe du Cycliste that I thought would keep me toasty warm and comfy when I can be arsed to go out in Baltic weather.

But, you can tell it was designed by people who only ever ride in the tropical south of France as the bloody thing let the wind in through the zip in such volumes that I might as well have been wearing a soup strainer.

It's now cold enough again that I have dug it out, and am looking to get a more serious zip liner sewn in.

Can anyone recommend someone that could do a decent job?

This is what I'm dealing with.

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Any normal alteration place will be able to undo the seam and neatly sew in an internal (I’d go for that, easier to make look good) or external flap, I had a great one at Elephant but they seem to have moved on

Is that an Alphonsine? I found I could only wear mine when it was really cold, but with a short-sleeved winter base layer. The Jersey sleeves/shoulders were just way too insulated in comparison to the body.

Yeah it is. It's definitely a serious cold weather jersey, but I found it was useless, even with two thick merino baselayers on because of how much wind the zip let in.

@t.o. thanks. Useful advice. My local place wouldn't touch it, so I'll have to look further afield.

Yeah, similar experience. I'd not put it down to the zip though. I felt the material choices needed to be better thought out. I have an Albertine as well that seems so much better balanced with a (primaloft?) padded front panel.
If you get the zip changed and it helps, please post back here, cos I'd like to get more use out of mine too. Thanks.

Good to know about the Albertine. I'm a bit once bitten with CdC, but if this makes a difference I could probably be persuaded back (and will report back here).

I'm also keen to hear some recommendations of good alterations places. I have some expensive things that I would like fixed/altered but not totally sure I trust all the random places around London so it would be good to take them somewhere that others had had good experiences with.

@Chopsicle I don’t suppose you have any contacts for mods/alterations/repairs to cycle clothing?

Giving this a bump - I have a long sleeved jersey that has sleeves that are too short for my gibbon arms and would like to get it converted to a short sleeve jersey. Does anyone have a recommendation for somewhere that could do this?