Lol @Kyle, same reason I became an English teacher instead!

@Suz wait you're saying a side zip makes alterations *easier*? Gosh, I've been sitting on some rust, chocolate & plum pairs of trousers because I thought the opposite to be true - just wait 'til my work wardrobe hears about this, haha!

Well, I could be totally wrong, Zaeobi. I'm about as good a sewist as I am a mathematician.

Why I became a writer....