I want to give my experience with Morris & Sons and would like to hear what others have experienced there or elsewhere in similar situations.
I recently purchased a Jack Victor Loro Piana 130's suit from Morris & Sons in Chicago. I needed a mid-range suit immediately and couldn't find the right combination of price and fit on B&S. They have a nice showroom outside of the loop and do most of their advertising by word of mouth. They carry mostly suits, pants, ties, and shoes, ranging from Hugo Boss to Kiton and a huge Stefano Ricci custom display.
While I am very pleased with the sales floor service and product quality and price, I was largely displeased with the altering. I am a newly licensed lawyer, under 30, and have gleaned loads of advice from SF regarding fit. I instructed the tailor on the following: quarter-inch shirt sleeve to show, suppress my waist a tad, little to no break in my pants, and 1.75" cuff.
Here's my problem. After waiting 9 days, I returned and tried on my suit to find: my shirt sleeves hardly even peaked out from beneath my suit sleeves, the waist was suppressed but not to the extent I'd prefer, my pants have a full break, and I have 1.5" cuffs. When asking why my originally requested alterations were not made, both the salesman and the tailor combined to respond ...
1) Shirt sleeve - "we measured a standard 4.5" from base of thumb, and you must have long hands, so you should buy 35" shirt sleeves instead of 34" so that they extend onto the meat of your thumb, because that is proper."
2) Pant break - "well, you want the pants to drop just above your back heal and cover your shoe tops in the front; otherwise, they will look too short."
3) Pant cuff - "a 1.5" cuff is about as much as you should wear, anything more starts to look silly, is that what you really want?"
Maybe it is because I am young, maybe I didn't communicate my preferences clearly (although I requested the above ver batim), or maybe I ran in to a shop that is only capable of producing one fit. Despite the fit, I left with the suit, because I need to wear it asap, and am going to take it to another tailor in a few weeks.
I will post pictures tonight, but I wanted to give the thread a head start and see whether anyone has shopped at Morris & Sons and/or wanted to give general feedback.
I recently purchased a Jack Victor Loro Piana 130's suit from Morris & Sons in Chicago. I needed a mid-range suit immediately and couldn't find the right combination of price and fit on B&S. They have a nice showroom outside of the loop and do most of their advertising by word of mouth. They carry mostly suits, pants, ties, and shoes, ranging from Hugo Boss to Kiton and a huge Stefano Ricci custom display.
While I am very pleased with the sales floor service and product quality and price, I was largely displeased with the altering. I am a newly licensed lawyer, under 30, and have gleaned loads of advice from SF regarding fit. I instructed the tailor on the following: quarter-inch shirt sleeve to show, suppress my waist a tad, little to no break in my pants, and 1.75" cuff.
Here's my problem. After waiting 9 days, I returned and tried on my suit to find: my shirt sleeves hardly even peaked out from beneath my suit sleeves, the waist was suppressed but not to the extent I'd prefer, my pants have a full break, and I have 1.5" cuffs. When asking why my originally requested alterations were not made, both the salesman and the tailor combined to respond ...
1) Shirt sleeve - "we measured a standard 4.5" from base of thumb, and you must have long hands, so you should buy 35" shirt sleeves instead of 34" so that they extend onto the meat of your thumb, because that is proper."
2) Pant break - "well, you want the pants to drop just above your back heal and cover your shoe tops in the front; otherwise, they will look too short."
3) Pant cuff - "a 1.5" cuff is about as much as you should wear, anything more starts to look silly, is that what you really want?"
Maybe it is because I am young, maybe I didn't communicate my preferences clearly (although I requested the above ver batim), or maybe I ran in to a shop that is only capable of producing one fit. Despite the fit, I left with the suit, because I need to wear it asap, and am going to take it to another tailor in a few weeks.
I will post pictures tonight, but I wanted to give the thread a head start and see whether anyone has shopped at Morris & Sons and/or wanted to give general feedback.
