Narrow Shoulder Adjustment

[charlotte]

I'm looking to make a narrow shoulder adjustment on a princess seam coat, where the princess seam extends to the shoulder.

I can't decide whether it's better to make the adjustment on the front side piece, slashing and pivoting at the armscye seam (which seems to be the most common suggestion, looking at Google), or just take it in evenly at the princess seam so that the front and side front pieces remain in proportion.

Any suggestions? To me the princess seam option seems most logical, but online tutorials seem to suggest the side front adjustment is more common (e.g. here)

[Ohsewsimple]

I think it depends on how much you need to adjust.  I’d do a sample and see if it narrows the side panel too much and looks odd if adjusting the side panel only.