Can anyone recommend a good tailor?

[loadblower]

Hi All,

Wanting to have a bespoke suit made.

Any recommendations in London/Surrey?

Thanks,

Russ

[Don1]

Gresham Blake (Brighton, London).

[Vytalis]

Gieves & Hawkes bespoke I find to be good and a great fallback if you don't find a personal recommendation from this thread for a smaller tailor.

[pidsy]

My BIL has just moved along saville row from gieves & hawkes to chester barrie.

CB's stuff is quite contemporary and more "modern" than G&H.

Well worth a trip to saville row if you want it truly bespoke. Its easy to get carried away though... I ended up with moulds of my feet being taken and a £500 pair of shoes being custom made for me a little while ago ( that i couldnt afford)

Pop into chester barrie and ask for miles.

[loadblower]

Cheers. Website looks good, although no substitute for personal recommendations!

I'll give them a call.

[GWC]

pidsy said:

My BIL has just moved along saville row from gieves & hawkes to chester barrie.

CB's stuff is quite contemporary and more "modern" than G&H.

Well worth a trip to saville row if you want it truly bespoke. Its easy to get carried away though... I ended up with moulds of my feet being taken and a £500 pair of shoes being custom made for me a little while ago ( that i couldnt afford)

Pop into chester barrie and ask for miles.

Miles Porter? He made a suit for me at Gieves & Hawkes three years ago, he was very good.

[Zod]

Depends how much you want to spend:

£1200 or so - Sims & MacDonald in Lamb's Conduit Street;

£3500 or so - Anderson & Sheppard in Old Burlington Street.

[Sticks.]

Can recommend one in Tun Wells if it's not too far. http://www.bespoke-tailors.co.uk/

[Sideways Rich]

Cad and the Dandy - London

[MrJuice]

Tom Mahon. Englishcut.com

[pidsy]

GWC said:

Miles Porter? He made a suit for me at Gieves & Hawkes three years ago, he was very good.

Thats the one. Small world.

[OdramaSwimLaden]

Zod said:

Depends how much you want to spend:

£1200 or so - Sims & MacDonald in Lamb's Conduit Street.

I agree. I've been using them for years. For a nice bit of cloth you'll be lucky to get change from £1500 - £2000 though.

Very polite, very capable and always produce exactly what you are after.

[BMWBen]

If you're looking for something a bit cheaper look at king and allen in surbiton.

Got a wedding suit (~800 quid) and a work suit (~600 quid) from them. Both good and reasonably priced.

Of course if you're wanting to spend 2k then they're not for you

[Wheelrepairit]

Bit of a run up the A12 to Chelmsford but google

Terence hill bespoke tailor baddow

He is my uncle and worked in saville row for yrs

[Hackney]

Sideways Rich said:

Cad and the Dandy - London

+1 for C&TD

[Zod]

OdramaSwimLaden said:

Zod said:

Depends how much you want to spend:

£1200 or so - Sims & MacDonald in Lamb's Conduit Street.

I agree. I've been using them for years. For a nice bit of cloth you'll be lucky to get change from £1500 - £2000 though.

Very polite, very capable and always produce exactly what you are after.

That much now?! Makes me feel less bad about A&S's prices.

My first suit from S&M them cost £600 in 1995. I paid in monthly instalments. I still have it and wear it from time to time.

[loadblower]

Thanks all, lots of good info here. Will look into all of these.

Much appreciated.

Russ

[RodMod]

Tinker !

Rod.

[yellowtr]

Chris Georgiou in Kings Cross

http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1197/26382....

Had 2 suits from him and they are stunning. Budget around £750 and you will get a Saville Row suit for not Saville Row prices. He does a lot of work for Saville Row tailors who then add the street price on

[chrislewis]

hi,
Looking for Miles Porter

Miles has measured suits for me over the last 15 years (Rodderick Charles, Gieves & Chester Barrie). It seems he left CB last year. Does anyone know where he is as I'd like to get my next suit from him too. thanks

C