Tailors | Bespoke Tailoring

"If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor." - Albert Einstein.

"The finest clothing made is a person's skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this." - Mark Twain.

TRADITIONAL TAILORING is called bespoke tailoring in the United Kingdom, where the heart of the trade is in London's Savile Row, and custom tailoring in the United States and Hong Kong. This is unlike MADE TO MEASURE which uses pre existing patterns. A bespoke garment or suit is completely original and unique to each customer.

BESPOKE is a term employed in a variety of applications to mean an item custom-made to the buyer's specification. While applied to many items now, from computer software to luxury car appointments, the term historically was only applied to tailored clothing, shirts and other parts of men's apparel involving measurement and fitting. The distinguishing points of bespoke tailoring are the buyer's total control over the fabric used, the features and fit, and the way the garment should be made. More generally, bespoke describes a high degree of customisation, and involvement of the end-user, in the production of the good.

A POWER SUIT is suit which you wear at work to make you look important or confident.

• THE BEST MEN'S SUITS - Forbes.com
• THE TRUE STORY ABOUT THE TUXEDO - Henry Poole & Co.

China

• TRANDS - Trands suits are a brand of designer suits created by Dalian Dayang Trands, a Chinese company. The company was founded in 1979 by Li Guilian. Trands is known for being worn by billionaires Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and the President of China Hu Jintao. In a video released by the company, Buffett praised the brand, saying he had thrown away all his other suits and only wears Trands.

Hong Kong

• MYTAILOR.COM
• SAM'S TAILOR
• W.W. CHAN & SONS TAILOR LTD.

Italy

Milan

Rome

• CANALI - shops all over the world.
• ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA - schedule an appointment in your country.
• GIORGIO ARMANI - the Armani Collezioni Made To Measure collection is available in Armani Collezioni stores and select department store areas.

Milan

• A. CARACENI - operated by Mario Caraceni, nephew of Domenico Caraceni, father of Italian tailoring. Cognoscenti consider A. Caraceni to be the best of the Milan branches.
• BRIONI - Italian fashion house founded in 1945. "To be one of a kind."
• CARACENI SARTORIA
• CORNELIANI - creates and delivers made to measure suits in all the world's cities.
• GIANNI CAMPAGNA - his creations attract some of the most prestigious names in Hollywood and on Wall Street.
• KITON - there are two lines of ready to wear suits, the "classic line", which retails for approximately US$7,000 to US$8,000, and the "CIPA 1960" line, introduced in 2010, starting at US$5,5000. Made to measure suits reach above US$20,000 and up to US$50,000 for the "K-50" line.

Rome

• GAETANO ALOISIO

Thailand

• ARMANI INTERNATIONAL SUITS

United Kingdom

• London
• SAVILE ROW - "golden mile of tailoring".
• SAVILE ROW BESPOKE ASSOCIATION - unites the founding fathers of the Row with the New Establishment tailors to protect and develop a craft practiced in this elite quarter of Mayfair for over two centuries.

London

• AQUASCUTUM - since 1851. "Understated British elegance."
• ALEXANDER AMOSU - "King of Bling Bling". Creator of the world's most expensive suit: £70,000. See YOU TUBE VIDEO.
• ANDERSON & SHEPPARD - since 1906. 32 Old Burlington Street.
• AQUASCUTUM - personal tailoring.
• CAD & THE DANDY - 12 Savile Row.
• DAVIES & SON - established 1803. The oldest independent tailor on Savile Row.
• DEGE & SKINNER - founded in 1865. 10 Savile Row.
• DUNHILL - bespoke at Alfred Dunhill, 2 Davies Street, Mayfair.
• EDWARD SEXTON - 26 Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge.
• GARY ANDERSON - 34-35 Savile Row.
• GIEVES & HAWKES - No. 1 Savile Row.
• H. HUNTSMAN - established 1849. 11 Savile Row.
• HARDY AMIES - established 1945. 14 Savile Row.
• HENRY HERBERT - "Savile Row by Scooter." Scootering tailor service which makes bespoke shirts, suits, wasitcoats and overcoats.
• HENRY POOLE & CO. - Savile Row’s longest-standing atelier established 1806. 15 Savile Row.
• HOLLAND & SHERRY - "The Finest Cloths in the World." 9-10 Savile Row.
• JASPER CONRAN - 36 Sackville Street.
• JASPER LITTMAN - 9 Savile Row.
• KILGOUR - 8 Savile Row.
• MATTHEW FARNES - 12 Savile Row.
• MAURICE SEDWELL - established 1938. 19 Savile Row.
• MEYER & MORTIMER - 6 Sackville Street.
• NORTON & SONS - established in 1821. 16 Savile Row.
• OZWALD BOATENG - coined the term bespoke couturier. 30 Savile Row.
• RICHARD ANDERSON - 13 Savile Row.
• RICHARD JAMES - 29 Savile Row.
• SOUSTER & HICKS - by appointment only. 9-10 Savile Row.
• STEED - 12 Savile Row.
• STEVEN HITCHCOCK - 13 Savile Row.
• STOWERS BESPOKE - 13 Savile Row.
• THOMAS MAHON - 20 Savile Row.
• WELSH AND JEFFERIES - 20 Savile Row.
• WILLIAM WESTMANCOTT - freelance Savile Row Tailor.

U.S.A.

Austin, TX	Beverly Hills, CA	Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA	New York, NY

Austin, TX

• GASSANE TAILORS - former US President George W. Bush's tailor.

Beverly Hills, CA

• BIJAN - by appointment only.
• DOMENICO VACCA - custom made.

Chicago, IL

• OXXFORD

Los Angeles, CA

• HART SCHAFFNER MARX

New York, NY

• BERMINI CUSTOM TAILORS
• DOMENICO VACCA - custom made.
• GILIBERTO DESIGNS
• J.PRESS - "Loyal to the Great American Male."
• JAY KOS
• JON GREEN
• KITON - most famous suit model is the "K-50" costing up to US$50.000.
• LEONARD LOGSDAIL
• MARTIN GREENFIELD - aka the Tailor's Tailor.
• NINO CORVATO
• ROCCO CICCARELLI
• SANITATE TAILORS
• WILLIAM FIORAVANTI