As we’ve seen this awards season, A-Listers make suit-wearing a seemingly effortless exercise, but appearances can be deceiving.

Red carpet clobber is no off-the-peg affair. Silver-screen heroes look the part thanks to a tailor (or several) that can create flattering looks regardless of the wearer’s body shape.

Flattering, and also expensive. Since most of us don’t enjoy a seven-figure contract with Warner Bros., we’ve collated some of the best readily available alteration services to make high street look Hollywood.

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SuitSupply

If you’re too broke for bespoke, SuitSupply is a few pounds shy of the full chalk-and-measuring-tape experience. An in-store tailor will help perfect the Dutch brand’s off-the-peg pieces while you wait.

Plus, a design-your-own service offers hundreds of different choices – including over 70 fabrics and six different fits – for a more personalised touch in just eight weeks.

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Slaters

Most suit retailers will add on an alteration charge, ranging from modest amounts for slight tweaks to larger fees for a full overhaul. That’s not quite the case with the generous folk at Slaters.

Every store offers free alteration to jackets, suits and trousers no matter what the job, and that applies to online purchases, too.

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Marks & Spencers

M&S has been upping its game recently, and that also extends to the stalwart’s tailoring line. Its larger stores offer free alterations on suits upwards of £299, with a nominal fee for any pieces below this threshold.

Combine that with one of the most expansive collections on the high street and you’ve got all boxes – from granddad’s 80th to that all-important job interview – well and truly ticked.

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Uniqlo

Alteration doesn’t just apply to dandies, though. Uniqlo offers free alteration to any trousers priced over £20.