The guide
Knowing what to ask for.
How to choose a tailor and a suit: what things cost, what cloth suits your climate, and the questions worth asking before you commission.
Choosing a suit
The seven decisions behind a first commission, one chapter each.
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Choosing a Suit for the Occasion
Wedding, black tie, business, everyday. Each asks for a different suit, and each has its own deadline. Work out which one you are buying before you look at a single cloth.
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Suit Cloth for Hot and Cold Climates
A suit that works in a London winter is unwearable in a Dubai August. Weight in grams, and how open the weave is, matter more than the mill on the label.
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Suit Colour and Pattern
Almost every tailor steers a first commission to navy or mid-grey. The reasoning is sound, and it is worth understanding before you decide to be the exception.
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Suit Cloth Explained
Cloth is where most of your money goes and where most of the marketing happens. Three things decide whether it is right for you, and the Super number is not one of them.
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House Styles Explained
Every house cuts its own silhouette, and the difference is visible across a room. This is the choice you cannot alter afterwards, so it is worth understanding before the first appointment.
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Budget, Fittings and Lead Time
What the money buys, how many times you will stand in front of a mirror, and why a suit takes weeks rather than days. The practical end of a commission.
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Questions to Ask a Bespoke Tailor
A first appointment is free, and it is an interview in both directions. These are the questions that tell you what you are actually buying, and the answers worth walking away from.
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London
What London houses charge, how the Row works, and how to pick between them.
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How to Choose a Bespoke Tailor in London
London has more tailors per square mile than anywhere. The difficulty is not finding one, it is choosing. A practical method, and the questions worth asking at the first appointment.
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Savile Row, Explained
A short street in Mayfair that has set the standard for men's tailoring for two centuries. What the houses do, how they differ, and what walking in actually involves.
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How Much Does a Bespoke Suit Cost in London?
London bespoke runs from about £1,700 to well past £7,500, and the gap is not snobbery. Here is what the houses publish, what sits behind each figure, and what to ask before you commit.
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Cost and process
What bespoke costs, and what the money buys.
Before you commission
What to know before the first appointment.
How to Commission a Bespoke Suit
Every stage, from choosing a tailor and selecting cloth to fittings, cost and care.
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An A to Z Glossary of Suit Fabrics
Cloth terms explained, from barathea to worsted.
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Bespoke Tailoring for Women
What a commission involves, and the houses that genuinely cut for women.
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Best of
Ranked lists, each stating the basis it was built on.
City histories
How each city built its tailoring trade.
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Find your tailor
Browse the tailors we list city by city, or tell us what you need and we will point you to the right house.