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Most of my money net goes towards cycling gear. I buy new clothes maybe once a year or once every two years. I have a custom made suit that I bought from a bes
by torgian 6y ago
Most of my money net goes towards cycling gear. I buy new clothes maybe once a year or once every two years.
I have a custom made suit that I bought from a bespoke tailor in Chengdu for about 1200 usd including custom shoes.
I still want to find a nice trench coat for winter, and I saw one at Dior that I really liked. Didn’t want to pay the 5000 usd price tag though.
- eb0la 6y agoI remember asian tailors advertised in the Financial Times. They just rented a room near the City to make measuremens an bought an ad in FT to book appointments. That way you could get a nice bespoke suit for less than it was sold in London. I wonder if that market still exists.
- torgian 6y agoI think it depends on who you approach. The place I went to in Chengdu was actually owned by a foreigner. You would get measured. Then he sourced fabric from Hong Kong, had the pieces made there, then made second and third fittings in person. Shoes were made locally, with leather sourced from Hong Kong as well. I'm not sure if it would be possible to order a completely bespoke tailored suit online. If you gave them your measurements, you probably could get a suit, that was semi-tailored (similar to off-the-shelf suits). You'd still need to get final adjustments made. But it still wouldn't be completely fitted 100% to you and your body.