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I did something like this for a while. I was in Hong Kong in the late 80s and on the recommendation of a much more seasoned colleague I went to 'his' tailor wh
by kjs3 3y ago
I did something like this for a while. I was in Hong Kong in the late 80s and on the recommendation of a much more seasoned colleague I went to 'his' tailor who measured me in great detail and for what I'd pay for one off-the-rack suit in the US I got 2 really excellent well fitted suits and a week worth of dress shirts. For the next decade or so I would order things a couple of times a year (by sending a letter + money order; no web site then) and it would show up 6-8 of weeks later just as I needed. Even when I included "I gained 10 lbs since my last order", they adjusted perfectly.
Then I spent a good while where suits weren't the 'style', didn't order and lost those contacts. Not that I need one now, but it'd be nice to have 1 suit that really fit and looked good for less than US$1k.
- borroka 3y agoYou did what I did, but 30 years ago, hats off. I've had a few suits made by my tailor and some were well crafted, others, well, let's leave it at that. I would say, outside of SE Asia, $1k is the middle ground between too expensive for a made-to-measure suit and too cheap for a bespoke suit. As I see it, it is more fun to have distinctive garments made. I had a shirt made inspired by a shirt I saw Fonda wear in a Western movie, a denim jacket seen in a Paul Newman interview. It was a lot of fun, but dealing with the tailor took some tenacity and a certain unusual desire to wear those clothes.
- kjs3 3y agoit is more fun to have distinctive garments made On a trip to Korea, one of the team had an entire suite of outfits made inspired by the movie "Electric Cowboy". Outstanding quality. These apparently made him wildly popular is several SFO clubs, esp in the Castro.