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Anyone still wearing these?
I used to, but the only suits I now own are off-the-peg, and they rarely see wear.
A friend of mine is an accountant for a big City firm. He used to be immaculately dressed, but last time I met him from work he was in jeans and open necked shirt. That, he tells me, is the way things have gone at his firm.
I used to, but the only suits I now own are off-the-peg, and they rarely see wear.
A friend of mine is an accountant for a big City firm. He used to be immaculately dressed, but last time I met him from work he was in jeans and open necked shirt. That, he tells me, is the way things have gone at his firm.
Bespoke and made-to-measure are entirely different things, but often used interchangeably. You definitely can afford the latter. I'm waiting for my third to arrive. You'll get a good degree of customisablity with M2M anyway so unless you're a complete peacock then you can get a suit that actually fits you, with some nice personal touches for the price of a decent off the peg.
Blown2CV said:
Bespoke and made-to-measure are entirely different things, but often used interchangeably. You definitely can afford the latter. I'm waiting for my third to arrive. You'll get a good degree of customisablity with M2M anyway so unless you're a complete peacock then you can get a suit that actually fits you, with some nice personal touches for the price of a decent off the peg.
I gather Reiss is doing M2M locally. But I am more interested in bespoke and whether people are still going to the trouble.
I had a suit M2M and it fitted very well but then I lost some weight and so doesn't fit quite so well now, cost a fair bit too, but I can have it altered FOC if I can be arsed. Got an off the peg suit from a closing down sale which needed altering to fit but it fits well and looks as good as the M2M and cost 1/10th of the M2M. Moral is probably wouldn't bother with M2M again.
I would say as many people as ever are wearing suits but they are perhaps worn in a less formal way or setting.
I often wear suits but rarely a shirt and tie, either an open necked shirt or a nice T shirt goes well.
As for bespoke or MTM, I'm very tall and a big build so although I can buy on the High Street I do use a tailor too. The one I use is Raja Daswani, they are I think Hong Kong based but visit the UK regularly to take your measurements and tailor a suit that arrives about 2 weeks later.
Price wise it's a minefield because although they offer a suit and an additional pair of trousers for about £200, firstly you won't want it as its a nasty material and secondly, once you've been measured they are very good at up selling so I'd say 2 suits for £1200/£1400 is the norm.
Proper buttonholes on the jacket cuffs, fancy silk linings, trousers that can be let out or in and your name sewn into the pockets with a code you can use to re order.
They are nice suits that I think would be £1500 each from a UK tailor.
I often wear suits but rarely a shirt and tie, either an open necked shirt or a nice T shirt goes well.
As for bespoke or MTM, I'm very tall and a big build so although I can buy on the High Street I do use a tailor too. The one I use is Raja Daswani, they are I think Hong Kong based but visit the UK regularly to take your measurements and tailor a suit that arrives about 2 weeks later.
Price wise it's a minefield because although they offer a suit and an additional pair of trousers for about £200, firstly you won't want it as its a nasty material and secondly, once you've been measured they are very good at up selling so I'd say 2 suits for £1200/£1400 is the norm.
Proper buttonholes on the jacket cuffs, fancy silk linings, trousers that can be let out or in and your name sewn into the pockets with a code you can use to re order.
They are nice suits that I think would be £1500 each from a UK tailor.
I've used A Suit That Fits for 3 different suits. I've got no major issues with the quality of the material nor the first and second tailor in my local office but the third one (who is new) is utterly useless as is their customer service.
They've had plenty of chances to sort it out but have failed on each and every occasion. I will be buying M2M elsewhere in the future. Any recommendations for Wales/South West would be appreciated!
They've had plenty of chances to sort it out but have failed on each and every occasion. I will be buying M2M elsewhere in the future. Any recommendations for Wales/South West would be appreciated!
acd80 said:
I've used A Suit That Fits for 3 different suits. I've got no major issues with the quality of the material nor the first and second tailor in my local office but the third one (who is new) is utterly useless as is their customer service.
They've had plenty of chances to sort it out but have failed on each and every occasion. I will be buying M2M elsewhere in the future. Any recommendations for Wales/South West would be appreciated!
http://www.raja-fashions.com/They've had plenty of chances to sort it out but have failed on each and every occasion. I will be buying M2M elsewhere in the future. Any recommendations for Wales/South West would be appreciated!
Raja whom I referred to above ( no affiliation other than as a customer) are in Exeter, Bristol and Southampton early August. Make sure he warms the tape measure :-)
acd80 said:
I've used A Suit That Fits for 3 different suits. I've got no major issues with the quality of the material nor the first and second tailor in my local office but the third one (who is new) is utterly useless as is their customer service.
They've had plenty of chances to sort it out but have failed on each and every occasion. I will be buying M2M elsewhere in the future. Any recommendations for Wales/South West would be appreciated!
used ASTF for my wedding suits and they just made a catalogue of errors such that even over a period of 6 months which meant a whole load of unnecessary stress for me, that they were nearly late for the actual day and even then they still weren't perfect. They have given me a free suit however to say sorry, and it's being made currently, but I don't think I will be back after that. D2K are very good but they have far fewer studios. They have a relatively new manchester studio but they are definitely sorting through some teething issues, and I had a lot of problems with a shirt I had from them.They've had plenty of chances to sort it out but have failed on each and every occasion. I will be buying M2M elsewhere in the future. Any recommendations for Wales/South West would be appreciated!
Perhaps you just get what you pay for. With any of these type of outfits (and Raja is no different) you have to wait from them to made offshore in a sweatshop. Then they are endlessly dicked around with in fittings, nearly always being amended in a different location to the studio. A couple of months is what you're looking at, to get it right. Saville row you're probably looking at a couple of days even for something relatively unusual.
Fittster said:
I can't think of any examples of significant bespoke tailors going out of business (I'm sure various one man bands have disappeared) so they must still have enough customers.
Spencer Hart went bust recently but then Ed Miliband was a fan.Edited by Fittster on Sunday 26th July 21:38
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